Yup, winter.

Winter sucks!  These links help:

Cup of Jo shared these ten tips... I'm a particular fan of 'do what you want', like my embarrassing addiction to watching 'One tree hill' on Netflix finally found the validation it needed.

Katie shared this delightful 'spring-y' post that helps me think of the glorious days on their tardy way.

I'm making this Crock Pot curry soon, because winter and because curry.

Exquisite Banana reminds that sanity is found in bundled up winter walks and snow ball fights.

I don't get to complain too much I think, because for one I have less than a month left of winter before we visit South Africa and secondly because it still takes my breath away when I look out my window to see sparkly snow covered everything despite it being -10 C.

why i (still) love winter #20

soup!

soup is awesome like salad, but more comforting. a good salad will give you a high five on hot summers day, a good soup will hug you affectionately from the inside out.

i don't want to brag or anything,

(lies!)

but i make a pretty awesome mexican-ish chicken tortilla (without the tortilla) soup.

it's based mostly on this recipe.

only i make it more awesome by adding just about every vegetable i can find in the house.

granted the sweet potato i once added wasn't as awesome and the lentils didn't do what i wanted them to do. other than that it's pretty great.

the best part is that it's super low in calories and super high in taste. 

try it!

see below, it's very much still winter around and will be for a while, so yay soup!

why i (still) LOVE winter #32

and yes i'm a little sarcastic..

but seeing as those flirty months of spring, not the mention the sexy months of summer are SO far away i need to rather focus my thoughts and wonder to the greatness that still is winter.

a great reason for me to personally "love" winter right now is because here at almost mid week, i'm still suffering from a horrid flu spell.
so miserably stuck on the coach curled up into a little ball of sadness, i at the very least feel no guilt of wasting a perfect day, a gorgeous weekend, no out doors really beckoning me for walks.
So there's that, for the fourth day in a row, i've forgotten what being cold even means...

what else? reasons i need to find you!

as i find them i will share them, they're out there somewhere.

the rest of you down under, continue to enjoy your summer, which according to facebook is turning out to be a nice scorcher. soak it in kids, soak it all in (after you've applied your sunscreen that is).

sun... what's that?