Absolutely Nothing

Nothing happened today.  Absolutely nothing at all.  

I woke up at 3:30 to answer nature's call, with the full intention of going back to bed and back to sleep.  Somehow, at 3:31 the cat figured out I was up, and was instantly yowling outside my bedroom door.  

I let her in with the admonition that she needed to lay down and be still -- which she did not do.  She roamed all over the bed, walked back and forth across my head a few time, and bit my hands.  Sometime between 4:30 and 5:00, I gave up and got up.  

I fed the cat, made a pot of coffee, then got the fire going.  I was pleasantly surprised to find I still had some live coals from yesterday and was able to start the fire without having to use any of my fire starter things.  I had to use my blow dryer as a bellows, but that's no big deal, and soon I had a cheery fire crackling in the box.  

I'm sure you'll all be pleased to know I did not fill the house with smoke, and that's the most exciting thing that has happened today.  

I sat down with my coffee and listened to a few more of my records.  I read my book a bit.  I finished my classical music course, and my next square on my sampler afghan. 

It's a windmill, and if you look closely, you can see the little building in the center.  It's supposed to have some tulips embroidered along the bottom, but I thought they made the square look untidy, so I left them out.  

Shortly after noon, I got a bit stir crazy and took a walk around the yard.  I sat in my chair a moment and thought briefly about putting a fire into the fire pit, but I didn't really want to fool with one.   It would have been a beautiful day for it, sunny and cold, but no wind.  If the kids had been here, or if I'd had any company at all, I'd have done it, but as it was just me, I came back inside and made myself a patty melt for lunch.  

After that, I just sat and watched Call The Midwife and Heartland on Netflix for the rest of the day.  

And that was how my holiday went.  

How was yours?