Yesterday the wind was howling. Things were flying all around the patio, all around the yards, it was a mess. This morning we woke up to temperatures in the 20’s. I realize it’s nothing like the more northern states, but for us, it was COLD. Once I get cold it takes forever for my body to warm up. In fact, this is how I walked around the house until Donny left for work and I actually got dressed for the day.

I had no plans to leave the house today. I still had laundry and some baking to do. I had cooked and mashed some sweet potatoes so I decided to make some spiced muffins.

I’m still not sure how I feel about having to take care of a sourdough starter. I have moved it to a larger container and fed it again.. Maybe, if some bread turns out okay, I will feel more confident about it. I don’t know why I feel intimidated by some dough in a jar.

I am almost through all of my meal plans for the week. Tonight was meatballs, mashed potatoes and gravy. I did not serve a vegetable because no one seemed particularly hungry and I knew it would just get shoved back into the fridge.

I don’t know if anyone else does this, but when I’m cooking I always wear an apron. I end up just leaving it on, sometimes just taking it off when I’m ready to get dressed for bed. I was telling Donny that things were made so much better decades ago. This apron was from when I was 18 years old and working at Catfish Charlies in Corpus Christi. I worked there for 3 years and this is the only apron I have left from that time, but even the name is still legible. How crazy is that?

Yep, I’m wearing a turtle neck and a heavy sweater. I’m telling ya, I get cold easily.

Now I’m going to go ready the Daily Bible book. I’m still in Genesis, but I’m learning a lot. Especially learning that the very early biblical names are very hard to pronounce.