Ice ice baby

 Golly, it was so cold this night! In bed I was in need of an extra blanket again, so definitely no fun to have to get out of the house into the dark! Hubby had covered the windshield of my car with foil, which was a blessing, because it had been snowing in the evening, before the stars came out. When I was back home from the drive the rear wiper was still frozen solidly to the glass, even though the rest of the ice had thawed up a bit. In the morning we were down to minus eight, one of the coldest nights in a while. Good that I had thought of the pansies and the bellis in their tiny pots and had brought them in at two in the morning. That´s too much of a cold for them when not properly planted! We are in for another cold night, but from then on it will be spring. At least, they say so. Daughter was stupefied with horror when she saw an overrun cat not far away on the main street, which looked like one of the three guests cats visiting regularly. Since she is back from work she is looking for this cat- no luck until now...
Nothing of importance got done today. Cleaning, of course, cooking (creamy Tuscan chicken), some Lego building- daughter fought her way into the conservatory, husband mine worked hard to close the door, after we had finished. All three of us were extremely tired- daughter, because she was the one who had to work, I, because I had to bring her to the airport and did not fall asleep for a while afterwards (and all that after being up since four in the morning), and hubby, because he is hubby and cannot sleep when I am not at home (which is annoying). Next early shift will be tomorrow morning, and just during lunch my sdaughter told me there were more to come, because she had to switch with a colleague who needed two days off work. Well, I will survive!
For Thursday a friend has invited herself into our house, which means thorough house cleaning tomorrow. It´s about time that I learn to say no to such self-invitations, ignoring my friend´s puppy eyes when she is hell-bent on getting her own way again, no matter what my opinion about the situation- I had suggested to meet next week! On Friday we are at number one, to see grandson number six in reality- until now all we have is photos. At least photos won´t burp and cry! Since it will also be number one´s birthday I will have to get out of the house tomorrow to buy a present. What an undertaking, when I will be severely sleep-deprived! Then there´s the weekend with sister´s visit looming. She was a bit offended when I forgot to tell her that number one was not able to visit us last weekend because of sick Xaver. She would have gladly filled in- that´s exactly why I did not tell her!