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Tomorrow is February 1st and I'm more than ready to say goodbye to the month of January. I've already written plenty about the sickness that settled into our home for a solid three weeks. Then we finished the month off with a skiing accident. Last Sunday Eric went skiing with a friend and I received a call telling me he was being taken by ambulance to the ER. He has a broken vertebrae in his back and is still in a lot of pain. We have seen a specialist in Columbus, but there is very little that can be done...just rest and hope for a quick recovery. If he doesn't seem to be healing well, then we will have an MRI done to make sure that we haven't missed another injury. My mom moved in for a few days to help me out last week. Eric has gone back to work, but is unable to do much here at home. He can't lift Cora, can't bend over to tie shoes or change diapers. He can't fill the wood burner with wood or carry the chickens water back down to the coop. My daily routine now includes all the things that have always been part of his daily routine. I'm not a big fan of caring for the chickens on my own, but I'm LOVING taking care of the fire. I can't describe why really, just that it feels great to stoke the fire that heats our entire home and gives my kids a warm bath.

The chaos from last week left this house a complete mess. Today I was determined to get us back in order while Cora was napping. But, this sweet little four year old who completely owns my heart doesn't have school on Mondays. He was able to easily convince me to put my cleaning supplies away and play with him instead. We built with Trio blocks, played three games of Memory, and then decided to make cookies. He looked at me while he was licking dough off the spoon and said, "I'm going to remember this when I'm five. I'm going to remember making cookies with you." Quick tears came then and I thought about what a waste of time it would have been to clean the bathroom.

We seem stuck in the middle of winter now, another bad storm should hit tonight. Although I'm starting to get anxious for spring and warmer weather, tonight I find myself looking forward to a day inside tomorrow with my kids. Hopefully we'll be able to make some more memories we'll all remember when we are older.