the funk made me do it.

Well, it's been a slow blogging week over here. A short week that turned very unexpectedly busy. With a very unexpected (and totally pointless, I might add) four and a half hour trip to the ER on Tuesday. (I am totally fine- remind me to never call the insurance company nurse hotline again!) And now it's Thursday. Normally, I would be jumping for joy at the speedy arrival of the end of the week, but where did all that time go?

I can't even count how many blogs I've read recently whose authors were voicing their collective complaints about the month of February (and that's not including the 207, yes 207, posts in my google reader that are waiting to be read). That's right, bloggers hate February. Well, not all of us, but many of us who live in the northern part of the US (and Canada, I suppose). It's a hard one, this February. The holidays are long over. We're pretty much settled in to this new year and its routines. We're ready for the next big thing. But it's still cold. Winter persists. And we're patiently (or not so patiently) awaiting spring's arrival. And to top it all off, the days are still short and grey enough that it's still pretty hard to take nice photos. Now, I am under no illusions that suddenly on March 1st, spring will appear and stay until summer comes. No no. But there just seems to be more hope in March- there's some spring like weather, even if it continues to be interrupted by the occasional snowstorm. At least all these way below zero degree days will be behind us (fingers crossed).

So here I am. February 21. We're so close (except for that darn leap year thing). I'm proposing to take the last week of February and post everyday next week about something I'm doing to tide me into March (Meg suggested daily chocolate rations, which I think is an excellent idea.). So that's the plan for next week. We'll see if I stick to it. Feel free to join in if you're feeling like you need a little jolt into March (just leave me a comment so I can read yours too). I'll be back tomorrow with a super duper giveaway (and maybe a sappy bloggy post) for my one year blogaversary! Happy Thursday friends, hope your days are filled with as much sun as my lovely plant is getting, but warmer temperatures.

{PS: Sorry for the totally random photos of my plant, but due to the unexpected busy-ness of this week-see above-I've got nothing else right now. Soon. Very soon.}