Field Notes- Saturday January 14th- Cold with thin layer of slippery Ice on every outdoor surface.

 Cold.  Seriously cold.  Also no Sunshine.

Made a third or fourth (I lost count) pot of Chicken Soup for husband yesterday.  Which worked out..as he likes having soup on COLD DAYS. And today is COLD.....  I had COLD yogurt and Bran Buds.  A mistake.  I should have eaten something warm.  Today I will.  I looked up Vitamix soup recipes.  But I don't have the vegetables and broth to make any of them. Well, I have vegetables.  No Broth.

My book for yesterday was one I read awhile ago and liked.  Cul-de-Sac Wars by Melissa Ferguson.  Neighbors.  The new to the neighborhood guy (rehabbing a house) has a gigantic DOG who takes one look at the woman living next door and falls deeply, hopelessly in LOVE.  Yes, the dog falls in love.  I think the guy AND the dog fall in love at the same time but the dog...doesn't wait around..just goes for it. Like lunges and knocks her over etc.  I am reminded of that happening with Riley.  I spent quite a bit of time on the ground that first few months......guess he loved me? Yes, he did.

I have  books waiting at the library.  But, we'll wait till the ice melts....... I have books here I haven't gotten to as yet.  And I need to make myself a SOUP.  I think a broth.... and then empty canned vegetables in the pantry into the broth. I have corn, beans and frozen green peas.  I also have a potato and a carrot. Sounds okay. I looked up the Vitamix Soups on the internet......I've lost the book that came with the machine. I am reminded of making a Cashew Cream of Carrot soup. I do not have any cashews in the pantry.  To make the cashew cream. And I am low on Carrots. I might just have pancakes.

My shopping list is growing.   Husband is running LOW on desserts. Getting Nervous.

I said I was going to bake a cake but I didn't.........a lot of that going around.  Not Doing.....