OOh! I've just been approved as a member of British Mummy Bloggers. How exciting. I've also gained at least one other reader, judging by my Twitter content, so I'd better get writing a bit more often. Here goes.....
Living in the south east, we've had our far share of the cold white stuff lately. It's meant three days without pay for me and three days off school for the boys - which I'm sure they regard as a good thing. In a way, it's felt like an extension of the Christmas holidays - hanging around at home, playing games, doing family things together, eating lots with the excuse that we need to stay warm. And despite our penury, I've loved every minute of it.
My OH has spent hours outside - way beyond my frozen toe-tolerance levels - carving out an igloo that I think he has enjoyed more than the neighbourhood toddlers it's enticed. And despite the argument going on within earshot right now over the Wii being turned off at last for the first time this morning, we've been able to achieve so much while we've been forcibly housebound.
I've finished the trim on an antique chair I started reupholstering six months ago in a fit of creativity. I'm so proud of it, because it's so against my nature to be that craftsy, that I may well have to post a photo of it here? When I get round to it.
Meanwhile, the ironing pile is more molehill than mountain for the first time in months - with a little help from the in-laws who stayed just after the New Year.
I've found all sorts of buried 'treasure' while rummaging under sofa cushions with the hoover so the lounge actually IS clean, instead of just looking it on the surface.
The children's scrapbooks are up-to-date - a project I started during that creative season I've only just realised I had - in an attempt to stop the house being wall-papered with their schoolwork, certificates and doodles.
The kitchen cupboards are only half-stocked, but that's a good thing because we're moving house next month so we need to get rid of the half-opened packets of lentils and soya mince that no one really likes but which I buy in regular fits of health angst.
We've had loads of quality time with the neighbours, who are now firm friends, thanks to the Blitz spirit the snow, ice and power cuts have inflicted on us. And we may even get to watch the Beowulf DVD my OH has been nagging about since before Christmas now that we've watched most of the Sky-plussed backlog.
Plus, I've been able to update this and I may even bake some bread later.
So, all in all, it's been very much like that situation I've often wished for: "Stop the World I want to get off!" That's the phrase I sometimes utter when I feel overwhelmed, overworked, stressed out and pulled in all directions. Now it's happened! If that's what winter's all about, this sun-worshipper may have to start liking the other end of the year too.
So when the Big Freeze turns into the Big Melt, floods permitting, I'll be ready for the world to start spinning again.
And instead of my usual New Year dieting resolutions, which have been postponed until February, it's been a refreshing change to start the new decade with a huge mental & physical spring clean. Whilst my To Do list is not actually Done (will it ever be?), at least it's shrunk.
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