Patchwork Cottage - Cabin Fever

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Feb. 3, 2009

Cabin Fever

I am suffering a severe case of Cabin Fever.

I'm sick of snow. I'm sick of cold. I'm finding it very hard to be grateful when we are so blessed.

I hate winter! And I have no idea if the foolish groundhog saw his shadow or not, but it doesn't really matter because where I live there will be at least six more weeks of winter regardless!!!!!

On a slightly different note, this fever had driven me to begin planning for next year -- anyone else here do that? I mean the new academic year doesn't start for nine months, but you know what I'm ready. I have everything I need for MattMann, and all the pieces are falling together for Lizbeth -- well sort of, she's always the one causing trouble, after all.

Oh, and the boredom has finally driven me to set up a facebook page - using my real name, even. I've just endured over an hour of my 17 year old Facebook expert telling how to do it quicker and what I was doing wrong and who I couldn't invite to be my friends (who is the parent in this relationship????)

And, I'm making brown bread from scratch (no more B&M Brown Bread in this house) and do you have any idea how long it takes to steam that stuff?????? 3 1/2 hours

I want to walk in warm sunshine, and plant seeds and pull weeds and go for a picnic and, and, and.... but for now, I'm headed off to curl up under a quilt and continue to read some more of the book Only Parent written in 1953 by Loise Dickinson Rich (author of We Took To The Woods) about her experience as a widowed single mother -- in a day when it was far less common than it is today.

How are you all doing? Has Cabin Fever struck yet? What are you doing to combat it?

Blessings, MaggieRaye

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Feb. 5, 2009 - Cabin Fever

Posted by cawmlw

I am praising God for the heat that is in my home, that I have a house to be sheltered in, that my kids are living with me, that I can still see His beautiful sunshine and feel it's heat when I stand in the doorway, that I have the money to pay for the bills, etc. Praising God for what I do have, that is how I deal with the winter months. I want to move near the equator where I can feel the heat and sun all year round, until then... here I am.

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Feb. 17, 2009 - Untitled Comment

Posted by JennyMaine

I just set up a Facebook page as well - I'd love to see ya there!

Thanks for the suggestion of reading Only Parent. I just picked up an ILL copy from my library.

JennyMaine

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