Life: It Goes On - January 28

Happy sunny Sunday! After a week of grey skies (although temps above freezing every day), we finally have the sun back this weekend...and the temps are climbing higher. I begin to think that I will survive winter. Although, as I type this, I can see out my window the neighbor girl out building snow men in her front yard and I'm reminded again how your attitude makes all the difference. She is loving winter because she can see the joy in being able to do things she can't do any other season. Children really do have a lot to teach us. 

I'm super excited to see that my blog feed with Bloglovin' is finally working again. I've been struggling with it for months and have missed getting to read so many other people's blogs. It's kind of like telephone numbers - I have no idea what my daughter's telephone number is and wouldn't have a clue how to call her if I lost all the phone numbers in my phone and I can't recall how to find blogs without that feed reminding me where to find them.

Last Week I: 

Listened To: Paulette Jiles' latest, Chenneville, which I am loving. 

Watched: Football, college basketball, Ted Lasso, Daisy Jones and The Six, and Funny Girl (needed something to turn on that I could listen to without necessarily watching while I worked around the house on Friday evening. 

Read: After Annie by Anna Quindlen. 

Made: Guys, we ate leftovers from last week's cooking almost all week. So I didn't cook again until today, when I made dinner for The Big Guy's birthday: white chicken chili, cornbread cookies (an experiment after having them at dinner last night), and gingerbread cake with cream cheese frosting. 

Enjoyed: Dinner with old friends at a new-to-us place last night. Delicious - we will meet there again. Then Mini-him and Miss C joined us for birthday dinner today. 

This Week I’m:  

Planning: It's time to focus on my house and get back to my decluttering. I've just got a little more to do in our bathrooms and I'll be through the Go Simplified's January challenge. Then we move on to what she calls "entertainment spaces." That will be the family room and dining room. Having just hushed my family room (thanks to Myquillen Smith's Cozy Minimalist challenge), that room shouldn't take too long as I was very deliberate about what went back in there. But the dining room? It's time to make some tough choices in there. 

Thinking About: Less than three weeks now until my dad is able to move into his new place and my brain is busy thinking about where to place furniture and where to hang all of his artwork and collectibles. 

Feeling: When the NFL teams I traditionally cheer for are done for the season, I start cheering for the Kansas City Chiefs and I'm excited to see them having just upset the Ravens. Although wouldn't it have been something if one brother one the college championship and the other had won the Super Bowl?

Looking forward to: A quiet week. I don't think there's a single thing scheduled on the calendar...not even books that need to be returned to the library. 

Question of the week: Twice in the last month I've had meals that included cheesy grits and I'm now a big fan. Are you? If so, how to you like them best?