{"id":7807,"date":"2013-01-21T18:50:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=7807"},"modified":"2013-01-21T18:50:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:50:02","slug":"today-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/?p=7807","title":{"rendered":"Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Snowday.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Snowday.jpg\" alt=\"Snowday\" width=\"500\"class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Snowday.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Snowday-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>21st January 2013<\/p>\n<p><strong>Today my life feels like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outside My Window:<\/strong> it is dark, cold and more snow is forecast. I haven\u2019t closed my curtains yet. I can see some snow covered roofs. I think the houses look pretty covered in snow and lights shining through windows. It snowed here last Friday: They say \u2018if it\u2019s hanging about, it\u2019s hanging about for more\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am hearing:<\/strong> home time traffic whizzing by, my Mac is humming and the rest of the house is beautifully quiet because I just turned the radio off. They were playing something dreadful on radio three. I found myself getting wound up so the off button was utilized.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am watching:<\/strong>  the blackbirds in the early evening, they seem to be doing an awful lot of squabbling and the gulls are here a lot at the moment. I don&#8217;t see the gulls low enough to be bothering the blackbirds. May be it is &#8216;next doors&#8217; cat? I&#8217;ll look harder. Nothing interests me on the TV or the iPlayer these days.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am thinking:<\/strong> about a couple of outings we have planned. One to Brighton, because I want to wander the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitbrighton.com\/shopping\/the-lanes\">Lanes<\/a>. It will be quiet at this time of year. I know it will be cold but I have a hat, gloves, scarves, boots, a winter coat and there are plenty of coffee shops. The other is a weekend away for my birthday in February. Although I know we are going I don\u2019t know the details\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am thankful: <\/strong>that I have a few days to myself this week. Ben is working some \u2018lates\u2019 Paul is away \u2018till Wednesday. I love a couple of evenings to myself. <\/p>\n<p><strong>I am busy:<\/strong>\u2028 with work. There is so much to do before I leave. And I just don\u2019t feel like it to be honest. I have a few photography memes on the go. I am keeping up with <a href=\"http:\/\/captureyour365.com\/2012\/12\/january-365-photo-challenge-list\/\">Katrina Kennedy<\/a> Captue your 365 but I haven\u2019t decided what I am going to do with them yet! May be a separate place on my blog? I don&#8217;t want to post every day. Flickr? Too many decisions. <\/p>\n<p><strong>A few plans:<\/strong> A birthday dinner out with the girls from work this week. Paul has made the weekend away plans this time I am busy making some plans post retirement date. I want to make some changes on my blog and some blog plans for the rest of the year. House cleaning and re-organising is moving further down the list\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the garden:<\/strong> Wet, wet and more wet. Just the same as November and December except this week the soil and grass are covered in snow as well. Poor Pepsi, she doesn\u2019t like being a dog and having to go out in it!  I have a few beautiful icicles that I check on each day though.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Kitchen:<\/strong>\u2028 I bought a slow cooker so have had a couple of meals from there. A lot of comfort food and, unfortunately, cake! I need cake at the moment&#8230;<br \/>\nThe wonderful smell the casserole I put in the oven when I came in from work is wafting up the stairs. I\u2019ll go and give it a stir. Oh, it\u2019s beef in red wine and I\u2019ll make some dumplings (roof as we still call it from Ben\u2019s childhood) for when he gets in later tonight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/basket-of-snow.1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/basket-of-snow.1.jpg\" alt=\"basket of snow.1\" width=\"500\"class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7809\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/basket-of-snow.1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/basket-of-snow.1-291x300.jpg 291w, https:\/\/miriamrogers.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/basket-of-snow.1-994x1024.jpg 994w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A basket of snow for you!<\/p>\n<p>Hope your week is good.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>21st January 2013 Today my life feels like this: Outside My Window: it is dark, cold and more snow is forecast. 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