living in the land of....frozen...

 ...it was 18 degrees F(-7.7c) this fine morning when I left for the pool.  It goes against every shred of reasoning in my brain, to get out of my warm bed and head out into the cold to get into the water.  I wish I could say it was bathwater warm, Gulf of Mexico (or do we say Gulf of America now?) warm.  But it's not.  You walk down the ramp into that water, and you know you have to start moving and keep moving or you will be chilled.  When you get out of the pool it's not so bad, but the cool air in the locker room hits you like a mini arctic blast.  The showers are nice and warm, then you're all wet and trying to dry off to get back into your clothes, and out into the freezing cold again.  Home...ahh, home, with it's slippers and sweater, and that after-pool coffee, mmm hmmm.  

This is going to be a big weekend for me.  Abigail is coming for a visit from Delaware, and bringing her new fiancé, Derek.  Evelyn is bringing her fiancé Nate, and the family is all invited over on Saturday.  I've got lots of charcuterie for the afternoon, and have some ideas for dinner.  Ideas.  But, we have a few gluten free people, and dairy free, and carnivore.  ugh.  :)

This fine day, I am not up to my elbows in a project.  The bathroom hasn't been started yet.  I am just trying to clean up the house here and there, deeper cleaning than normal every day stuff.  Yesterday I went out and about with Miss Kathryn and her children.  Two fell asleep in their car seats on the way to the store, so Kathryn and Achilles went in the store alone.  We then went to the thrift store, 25% off Tuesday, and I found a talking dancing Bluey for $3, and Kathryn found some children's books.  

Then to Aldi for a few things, then back home.  Achilles is excited because he's going to watch The Incredibles 2, he likes Dash and lots of other things I don't really know about, but I listen, and act interested, ha.  

Home again, then time to start dinner, Sonja and Oscar were coming over.  I peeled and chopped red potatoes, Camille made them into mashies.  I put out the steaks (strip steaks were buy one get one free) to come to room temp, salted and peppered them, added some minced onion...we all cooked our own in the iron frying pan, to taste.  I like mine a little more well done than Oscar does.  His was mooing.  Cam is in between, and so is Jonathan, and Rosi.  

Camille and I had to leave for Activity Club, so off we went.  We had air dry modeling clay for the girls to play with.  They made little doggies and kitties and doll accessories and turtles...and ate brownies.  It was a really good activity, we want to do it again sometime.  

Paul is in Houston, so of course I stay up way too late reading.  He'll be back on Friday:)

Not too much else going on.  Except:  two trips are coming up!  Next month, Norway, then to Phoenix in April!  

Have a really good night...:)