Snow drift through the sun room window. Glad for the sun. Not so glad for the wind – except to see the fabulous shapes being sculpted. Photo: TLClark.

My beloved suggested I could write about Cabin Fever.  We’ve reached the age where “better safe than sorry” guides decisions.  We’ve both driven enough miles on snow/ice covered interstates or in gusty cold winds to know that snow/ice covered plus gusty cold winds is a recipe for disaster.  So we’ve rescheduled today’s appointments in Iowa City which were the rescheduled appointments from yesterday.

What to do?

Photo:  TLClark.

1. Play games on the computer (seems to have become the default option).
2. Read a book (another common default option).
3. Pull out an old fashioned board game or maybe a deck of cards.
4. Memorize a poem.
5. Work on the puzzle.
6. Do some genealogy sleuthing.
7. Sort those old pictures and get them boxed to mail to someone who will enjoy having them.
8. Play the piano/keyboard.
   

   This puzzle was a challenge the first time around – not sure why we decided to do it again.  Photo:  TLClark.

9. Watch a movie.
10. Bake cookies.
11. Clean the bathrooms.
12. Clean out a drawer or a closet.
13. Write a sympathy note or a thinking of you card – with pen and paper.
14. Be creative in the sewing room.
    

    Clockwise from top right:  a) Hand sew the binding on scrappy strip quilt. b) Free motion quilt the butterfly quilt. c) Add sashing to the finished blocks and join them into a quilt top. d) Start an entirely new project using fabric from the bins in the corner.  Photo:  TLClark.

15. Use the colored pencils to draw something new or color in a coloring book.
16. Sort, discard or keep, categorize eleven years of digital photos.
17. Plan another series of blog posts.
18. Call Mom & Dad or Grandma Mary.
19. Sort through a box full of old church papers; recycle most of it.
20. Work on taxes.
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What would you add to the list?  What would choose first?