This is my second post in ‘Project positive’.  I’m writing this with the rain pouring down outside, it’s pitch black and its barely 6pm and the house is freezing even though the heating has been on for over an hour.

It is really easy to feel down when the nights draw in and it’s cold and dark so I have decided to post a list of reasons to be cheerful and positive in the cold winter months

• Cold days are a perfect excuse for stew and dumplings…and pudding and custard.
• There is nothing better than curling up on the settee, sticking a dvd on and knitting under a blanket for the evening.
• It may be dark but actually, once it gets dark, it’s all ok, it could be 7pm or 1am…always helps to convince me that I can do another hour of work
• Cold and rainy days mean that I don’t feel guilty about neglecting the garden when I went to knit..or sew.
• If the weather is rubbish, there’s no need to feel like you are wasting the day if you spend an extra hour in bed, it’s not like you are rushing out to appreciate the sun
• Cold days mean that we can wear all of the hats and scarves that we seem to have in abundance in this house; I’m not kidding, Lou has 8 hats…does she really need that 9th one I about to start knitting?!

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Good advice and ideas from NicsKnots. Thank you Nic.

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