What Country Mice Do When It Is To Cold To Go Out.

I know that for some of you, you could not possible imagine being stuck in a tiny house with only your children to talk to for weeks on end. But I do this every January. For some reason the new year always brings a sense of urgency to the construction trade so Shawn is never home much and with January also being the coldest month of the year going outside is out of the question. This January I also happen to be vehicle less and I have had to become creative. When I start feeling sorry for myself I drag out one of my favorite books. It happens to be The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder. It is about how her family endoured an impossible winter. I read 2 chapters every night and it always seems that when I am finished the book my winter does not seem so hard. If you haven't read the Little House Series you really should. My other trick to conquer cabin fever is drag out all my seed catalogs and begin praying fervently for SPRING.