snuggling – Sweat & Sparkle

Weekend Therapy

Well, maybe not just yet, but soon! I like this quote because “weekend therapy” sounds just right. Heading home from work on Fridays, I can feel all the tension and stress melting away, all the deadlines and projects and demands on hold until Monday morning, and the next two days belong entirely to us.

It’s going to be a busy weekend, so not a lot of lazing around or idly whiling away the hours, but that’s okay. It’s still time at home, time with my husband. Tomorrow will start with no alarm, just waking up whenever we feel like it, snuggling, planning the day together in each other’s arms. Those are my favorite moments: the quiet, peaceful, tender moments when the whole world becomes just the two of us.

Hot Chocolate Night

We are a few days into a string of below-freezing nights. I’m over it already, but we still have more than a week to go of this arctic fun.

My husband keeps reminding me that I hate summer and being hot. Well, I never said I wanted to swing to the other extreme and live in the North Pole. Whatever happened to nice, cool fall days with a soft breeze, when you might need a sweatshirt and jeans, not a parka and gloves and the temperament of a polar bear?

Last night, my husband built the first fire of the season in our fireplace. We have been in this house nearly a decade, and it is still exciting to me when we have a fire going. I loved snuggling on the couch together, cozy and warm on a cold night, listening to the fire crackling. The best part, though, is after we head to bed together, and the house is dark and quiet, but the fire is still glowing and snapping, peaceful and soothing.

Tonight is going to be even colder than last night. My husband and I already have a date night planned, then coming home to thaw out and relax by the fireplace again. This morning, he said, “We need hot chocolate tonight.” I agreed and said, “With marshmallows!”

If we absolutely must have freezing cold nights, well, I’m grateful for our fireplace, our warm house, hot chocolate in different flavors, and snuggling up with my best friend…oh, and of course, marshmallows!

Winter

Hooky

My husband this morning, as we stubbornly ignored the snooze button for the millionth time and snuggled back up under the covers in the peaceful darkness of our room: “Play hooky with me, and we’ll drive out to another city for lunch together.”

I would have loved to do just that! It was difficult to get out of bed and get the day started. He’s rather a bad influence, isn’t he? That’s okay. It got me thinking about planning a vacation together soon. Very soon.

Hello, Fall!

I adore the fall. Brilliantly colored leaves, cool air, the smell of fireplaces, the crackling of a camp fire (soon), sweaters, snuggling under a blanket in the evening with my husband…I love all of it.

Here in the south, it doesn’t feel a whole lot different than yesterday: warm, muggy, humid. We get the hassle of having to rake leaves but very little of the gorgeous red, yellow, and orange colors. But fall is still my favorite season.

Cooler temperatures are around the corner, which means finally being able to sit on the back deck with a candle lit; eating dinner outside with my husband; lighting a fire in the fireplace and being lulled into peace by the flickering and crackling flames; and finally breaking out my favorite comfortable sweaters and sweatshirts!

I am also looking forward to taking my tablet onto the deck and working out in the great outdoors, with squirrels and rabbits and birds cheering me on…or just wondering what the hell I am doing, making all that racket.

Happy first day of fall!