Project Spectrum: Blue

It's Sunday and for that very reason, my mood is in keeping with the February-March Project Spectrum color theme. Blue. I am blue that my weekend is over, yet again.

I can't blame it on partying, mayhem and living the high life. Our weekend was simply eaten up by adding layers of clothing on top of layers of clothing, home projects, lots of television and excessive closet organization.

On Friday, Cynical and I met up for dinner at one of our favorite local restaurants and rented a few movies before I noticed our lips were purple, a sure sign it was too cold to be out and about.

Yesterday I spent the entire day inside, having learned my lesson after attempting to brave the cold the previous night. Every hour on the hour I added a layer of clothing: another pair of socks, an additional fleece shirt. . . This was followed by either Cynical or I saying, "It's cold in here."

In a flurry of home improvement energy, we removed the poorly installed and damaged paneling from our bathroom in preparation for a visit by a remodeling firm later this week. As for the rest of the day, the details would only bore me further to type them: television, knitting of a hat with ear flaps, housework and something that resembled a nap. In between there was some cooking, lots of coffee and some more discussion of exactly how cold it was outside.

Today, however, was much more exciting. Hold onto your seats. There were pancakes and sausage, there were tacos, there was a trip to the Y, a stop at a used bookstore, a visit to the library, the purchase of sheet protectors (which made this obsessive-compulsive very, very happy) and a closet overhaul. Riveted. . . well it's always nonstop mayhem at Chez Ragged, excitement around every corner.

And now we sit, still discussing the cold, watching very bad television, burning CDs and fretting over the week ahead.

I assembled a few "blue books" in honor of Project Spectrum's theme for February and March.