Cozy Week
I love the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day. Years ago, I read an article in Southern Living magazine, about a family that set aside this week just to read, and I have tried to do the same ever since. This year, our weather is even cooperating, and we have had about a month of cool, overcast weather that just calls you to curl up by the space heater with a mug of hot tea, and read to your heart’s content.
Here are my guidelines:
- Don’t go anywhere.
- Don’t cook – just eat up all the leftovers and cookies from holiday get-togethers.
- Have a hot beverage available at all times – except when switching to an alcoholic beverage at night! 🙂
- Chores that “run in the background” are okay – I’m thinking of dishes, laundry, and sheep-herding. But this is not the week to start a major renovation.
Of course, many years in the past when I had kids at home and was teaching, I was lucky to even get a Cozy Day, let alone week, but even that one day was my favorite part of the holidays.
Note from 2018: I was going to fix the font color problems in this post — WordPress said there was a more recent revision, and did I want to restore? I chose yes, and lost more than half the post!! Hopefully I have it saved somewhere else.
Thanks and the very same to you and your family. All the best now and always. Blessings, Mtetar
Beautiful bird photos! Thank you for this post. I’ve been feeling a little guilty for taking a Cozy Week this week; it’s nice to know that others do it, too.
Sometimes the thought of Cozy Week is all that gets me through the holidays! 🙂
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