Winter Notes- Saturday February 10th. 43 degrees now- but could get warmer.

 I would be thrilled to have these flowers here in the house.  I have been looking at the grocery store bouquets on Shopping Day.... and decided just now...to buy one on the next Shopping Day.

Treat myself.  And if I was saying this to my late husband- he would go out and buy me one. That's the way he was.... was.

The sunshine outside looks WARM but I know it really isn't as there is still snow on the grassy areas. My neighbor has gone to Boston for a grandchild's birthday party... returning tomorrow.  My Lunch Buddy is waiting to see if she and husband get COVID from grandson......even with the shots...they have gotten it before...and it lasted a few weeks.

So. I had said something about February being Jane Austin and I guess Hallmark got the message. They are having a Jane Austen Hallmark Movie each week.  The first one was a bit (well more than a bit) lame.  This second one might have a bit more promise.....I'll know this evening. I believe there are four.

When the idea of the Jane Austen stuff came up.....I had ordered a few things on library loan- By the Book arrived and I was surprised by it....having forgotten  etc..... Julia Sonneborn.  I read it once before.  Parts are tedious but since I have read it before-- 362 pages-- I can bypass them knowing they have little to do with the plot.  I also have Jane Austen like things in my bookcase...... I have Jane and Edward, Jane in Love, Eligible (really good fun), Longbourne, The Other Bennet Sister (which was very good).  And whatever surprises arrive from interlibrary loan. So, I am fulfilling my promised plan. I also have the three novels using Austen to tell a modern story about a family from India.  I love two of them.

I am thinking about peeling and cutting up my last apple and putting  it into the microwave to "bake" and then eating it with butter and cinnamon.  I have one bowl of soup left to finish off.  I didn't actually buy anything for dinner....this week (not a clue what I was thinking as I shopped).  So, I will be cooking. Possibly in the Air Fryer.  I think we have chicken in the freezer already to go into the air fryer.  And there is always my fall back position- Kraft Mac and Cheese.  My second fall back is rice with peas.  But while I have lots of rice I do not have peas in the freezer.....I do have stir fry vegetables....

Whatever happens, I have food.  Peanut butter, Bagels, Kraft, cans of Baked Beans, two more sweet potatoes and football pizza tomorrow.  Let the good times roll........ San Francisco.