Sunshine, oh bitterly cold sunshine

Finally. January is over. I feel so relieved, as I always do after another January has passed.  Today has been a good day. It's sunny, but incredibly cold outside.  So, PJ and I are having a jammies day. Which we have most days anyway, but it's special because I'm officially designating it a jammies day. I'm working on making some homemade bread today, and I can't wait for it to go in the oven.  Parmesan and cracked pepper loaves. :)  Yum. I worried about having enough flour, but of course that wasn't until after I'd committed and had it in the mixer.  The dough didn't kead out as smooth as I'd like, but it felt pretty good after it rose. We'll see how it turns out. It isn't like I'm out any real amount of money. It's bread, after all.


I find my mind wandering a lot today. I daydream about having one of my closest friends living closer, and all the play dates and lunches and dinners and everything we could share.  I watch pj intently playing with his kitchenette and eagerly anticipate the day when he is able to help make cookies and breads and all manner of yummy things.  I think he's going to be a good cook like his mommy.


With any luck, he and I will be driving the 90 minutes down to my dad's house to spend the day and night.  I'm looking forward to that as well. I miss my dad, and I especially miss his and my step-mom's awesome food. Not that the tummy needs it. I'm not doing great on losing weight. But January is never a good month for me to start anything. I'm going to try to do better this month. I will do better because I want to look cute in a bikini again.


Guess that's it, just random bumbling along. :)