This picture has no relevance, but I thought I would add something to give you something to look at.

So Craig and I are just settling down into the usual January routine. Beans, soup, beans, soup etc.. cheap and less fattening food.

The weather here has been so cold recently, we've burnt a small forest in the wood burner! We're getting a load of logs delivered this afternoon. It's cheaper to buy in bulk. And less hassle. It'll mean that we don't have to make a trip out to the shops to lug back a bag of wood.

I'm sure you'll realise that Craig is the one who does most of the hard work for the fire. Do you remember the Rocky movie when he goes to fight in Russia? He trains in the snow by cutting up logs etc. Well, that's Craig at the moment. In the back garden, in the frost, cutting up logs. Well, sort of! He's not quite doing sit ups from bars in the ceiling. But you get what I mean!

Talking of the cold weather, Snoop got caught out short last night. The bristles on the cat flap somehow managed to freeze a bit and meant that he couldn't push it open. The first we realised was when we heard a knocking at the patio door. We looked down and there he was knocking on the window (probably the frozen paws assisted in making a more definitive knock!). He's a genius that cat though, I tell you!

So, I'm off work today. It's usually university day, but the uni doesn't go back til next week. So we've been granted the day at home to write our essays. So I guess I better get back to doing mine.

I can't wait til Tenerife. How many weeks to go?!