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Because my sleep hours are erratic (to say the least)... I was up at 1am when it was really began snowing heavily here (a rare event)... and took a few photos. It's amazing to me how bright it was considering the time of night... but... snow does reflect light... and it was glorious out.

And today... I took this opportunity to make some winter soup. I roasted one small pumpkin, then pureed it with 3 summer squash, 2 zucchini, celery, lots of cooked carrots, some bok choy, some veggie broth, and a few roasted garlic cloves ... put it on simmer for an hour... and topped it with roasted mushrooms and a little Parmesan cheese. YUM.

Hope you all are huddled in ... warm and safe... and enjoying the weekend to come...

*photos by Elaine A. Russell

sleep glorious sleep

--------------------------------------photo by Elaine A. Russell

I guess I've been doing too much lately. One of the good things about having Lupus is that if you are doing too much... your body just quits. No slowing down of the merry go round. We're talking full throttle stop. Sometimes you get whiplash from the neck jerk if ya know what I mean.

Anyway -- today I slept until 3 in the afternoon. Yep. Like 15 hours. Now, to put it in perspective a bit.. there are MANY nights that I can't sleep for crap. And, on the times when I do actually sleep.. I am broken up by nightmares and nightsweats.

So -- I know I woke up a couple of times with stuff... but dang.

I love my bed.