It's freezing today. Even with the heating on it still feels so cold

In the early hours of this morning DH and I were woken up by an alarm going off. We were trying to figure out if it was one of our cars and it was a while before we realised it was our house alarm! It also took us a while to realise we were actually in the middle of a power cut, which is what had triggered the alarm. It was only when the landing light switched back on that it dawned on us!
In fairness, we were both still half asleep We never use the house alarm and it took me a while to figure out how to turn it off. Luckily I remembered the code - I just didn't know which buttons to press. By the time I'd worked it out and gone back to bed, DH was fast asleep. He'd be no good at all in an emergency

Despite the cold we have been out in the garden this morning. I lit the chimenea, which gave us a nice bit of heat. I don't know why I haven't thought of using it in the winter before. We only really use it on summer evenings when the temperature starts to drop after a hot day. Obviously the children were kept away from it and were closely supervised, but they loved it being lit. I've told them I'll get them some marshmallows for next week and we'll toast them Luckily we have a good supply of dry wood to keep us going.

After lunch we're having an afternoon crafting session. The youngest will sleep so the older ones can have free access to the scissors, glue etc. I've found all sorts of random bits of craft materials so I'll let them use up as much as they want. Hopefully it'll clear a space in the cupboard

Enjoy the rest of the day and stay warm