Being thankful for a warm house to come home to.

     Another 6-8 inches of snow so far and very cold temperatures.  We did take Rin out for her obligatory, what she considers to be, squirrel hunt.  Later, we will go out with shovels and get more functional fitness.  Once out the door you do notice the peacefulness and quiet of the snow.  I did look up, but I can't see foothills or their beauty right now, but I know they are there.
     I saw on Facebook that more than a dozen brave and hardy souls went to running group this morning.  Not us.  Keeping up a jogging routine is going to be more difficult than I imagined over the winter.
     I am so thankful to have a warm home and hope everyone has found a warm place out of the elements today.
     Do any of you get cabin fever, too?  I feel like I am trapped in a snow globe sometimes and wish someone would stop turning me upside down. 

Inside the snowglobe on my father's desk, there was a penguin wearing a red-and-white-striped scarf.  When I was little my father would pull me into his lap and reach for the snowglobe.  He would turn it over, letting all the snow collect on the top, then quickly invert it.  The two of us watched the snow fall gently around the penguin.  The penguin was alone in there, I thought, and I worried for him.  When I told my father this, he said, "Don't worry, Susie;  he has a nice life.  He's trapped in a perfect world." 
                            Alice Sebold,  Lovely Bones

Brave, hardy runners today (not us)