{ A warm fire, some beef stew and a super cold day }

That snow we were supposed to have?  Well, this is what we got.  A few patches of white here and there, nothing to write home about.

But the cold?  Goodness, was it cold today.

Early morning, a fire was started and it's been stoked all day long, keeping the house warm.

Jasmine was off work today and Curt has been feeling a bit congested, so we stayed in, locked the doors and kept warm. 

We've always been a family that enjoys going out and having fun, but also love just staying in and doing our own thing.  We are quite happy being homebodies, and some people don't understand that, wonder how we can spend a whole weekend inside, what do we do, don't we get bored?

Honestly?  No we don't, we either do things together like watch movies or play card or board games, or we are also quite content each doing their own thing.  It's quite a freeing feeling when you realize that you are quite alright being on your own.

It's days like these that I rely on my slow cooker to make our dinner, it frees me up to do whatever I wish and still put on the table, a delicious home cooked meal.

Beef stew is one of our favorites, and served with some warm home made bread is even better.

And so that was our Saturday, a quiet, indoor, out of the cold, sit by the fire and enjoy a big bowl of steaming beef stew, kind of day.

I treasure these simple days!