What's Up Wednesday: February 2025

February has been a tough month for me but I'm writing this post while watching my beloved Blue Jays play baseball (Hello Spring Training!!!), and the sun is shining, so I'm hopeful that things might just be looking up.

Answering these questions monthly helps me reflect on the past month and I really appreciate having a record of what we've been up to. The questions come from Shay at Mix and Match Mama and Sheaffer at Sheaffer Told Me Too.

image from here

 

What we're eating this week... February has been all about comfort food. It's been a cold, snowy month so all the warm, hearty food has been on the menu.

We've eaten warm soup and fresh bread, as well as sloppy joes.

Beef & Guinness Stew with mashed potatoes and homemade Hamburger helper have also made appearances.

 

I realize none of this food looks all that appealing in pictures but trust me, it has been warm and yummy!!!

 

What I'm reminiscing about... Now that baseball is back (whooo hoooo!!!), I'm reminiscing about that time we got to watch our beloved Blue Jays play a spring training game in Dunedin, Florida in March 2023. I wish we were going to spring training this year.

 

 

What I'm loving... I was sick last week so I've been loving my homemade Medicine Ball Tea. I make it with a citrus herbal tea, some honey, and some lemonade. I've drank pots of it for the past week and a half or so. And I was especially grateful the day my co-worker bought me a real one from Starbucks :)

What we've been up to... February 2025 will forever be defined in my head as "The Month With All The Snow."

Rachel and I shovelling after the first snow storm of February.

Before the second storm we shovelled the snow from the edge of the yard towards the middle so we had somewhere to put the new snow. The picture on the right is after shovelling after the second snow storm we had.

 

In between shovelling, I've been reading and working on our bird puzzle.

Sam and Rachel have been playing soccer and dancing. Dave and I have been watching them play soccer and dance!

And just when we thought we might be done shovelling for this month, we realized we needed to shovel off our playroom roof. Gah... Did I mention I'm done with shovelling?!?!?!?

 

What I'm dreading... I'm dreading if we're going to get any more snow. I'm more than ready for spring now please!

 

Also, I'm dreading this next stage of parenting... :)

'Nuff said!

What I'm working on... We thought February would be a good time to tackle the back corner of our basement. So Dave emptied everything from there into our main room so we could sort through it and figure out better ways to store things. I will be happy when this project is done but we're not quite there yet...

What I'm excited about... As I mentioned on the blog last week, after a number of months we finally all got some soap again! The past few months have been super busy and trying to get all four of us to Bath & Body Works for more soap has not happened. However, last week we were able to get to the mall with all four of us. So now we're back to four soap options in our bathroom and I'm very excited about it!

Also, when we went to Saskatchewan over Winter Break, our housesitter accidentally dropped our keys between our house and our back step. We don't blame them at all as we have dropped other things down there. However, yesterday, the snow had melted enough that I was able to fish the keys out!!! Whoooo hoooo!!!

What I'm watching/reading... I'm watching baseball again!!! Whoooo hooooo!!! I can't wait until I can watch it live!!!

I'm reading such a random assortment of things right now. I've got a regency romance on the go as well as the latest In Death book, I'm still working on Onyx Storm,  and I have a couple of heavy novels to round things out!

What I'm listening to... At work, earlier this month, the Grade 8s and the Grade 7s switched for the semester and now the Grade 7s are learning to play instruments. They just started on them last week so I'm hearing a lot of beginning clarinet and trumpet! Hahahaha!!!

What I'm wearing... I'm not wearing anything exciting. Right this moment I'm wearing jeans and my green fleecy sweater, socks, and slippers. I can't wait to ditch my socks for the season but it'll probably be another month or two yet...

What I'm doing this weekend... I don't even know what I'm doing this weekend. The only things planned are a soccer game for Sam and dinner out for Dave's mom's birthday. I'll probably spend some more time cleaning in the basement! So exciting...!

What I'm looking forward to next month... I've got a couple of fun flower experiences coming up in March so I'm pretty excited about those! Also, Sam will turn 16 (!!!) at the end of the month so that will be fun :)
 

I feel like we're so close to one of my favourite times of the year -- there's more light, more warmth, and more hope as we head into spring, and I really need all of those, especially this year. February has been a tough month and I'm so glad it's almost over.