WHEW! We made it through February!

Yes, February is the longest short month of the year. Even with a few warm days there toward the end, it sort of felt like a long, cold march over the mountains. But, CHIN UP! It's now March!

Greg has spent all weekend fixing things around here that have all of a sudden gone nuts! Thursday when I was getting ready for work, I kept hearing this dripping in the bedroom. I finally found the drip, and it was coming from the window dripping down from the ceiling above where the wind blows water up under the capper on the top of the roof. The wind has taken a few more shingles up there this winter. We are hoping for the wind to be kind to us until we can get that fixed. Greg REALLY doesn't care for repair work up there. If you've been to our house, you know that the back is 3 stories on the edge of a hill. It is a great view from the deck. It looks like Mount Everest from the top of the roof over the master bedroom.

Anyway, yesterday when I went to open the garage to run some errands, the cable on the garage door opener broke. Greg spent most of the afternoon repairing that so I could get my car out tomorrow morning. Then we were cleaning up from supper, and the garbage disposal backed up in the sink. We are almost afraid to turn anything else on for fear it will break. Maybe things come in three's. Do you think?

The bright spot is that I found a really quick, tasty recipe for Applesauce Barbecued Chicken in my Taste of Home Simple and Delicious magazine for March/April. I made it for supper last night, and I promised Emily I would send it to her. So here it is in a post for the rest of you as well:

Applesauce Barbecue Chicken
Prep/Total Time: 20 min.

4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves (6 oz. each)
1/2 tsp pepper
1 Tbsp. olive oil
2/3 cup chunky applesauce
2/3 cup spice barbecue sauce
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 tsp. chili powder

Sprinkle chicken with pepper. In a large skillet, brown chicken in oil on both sides. In a small bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; pour over chicken. Cover and cook 7-10 minutes longer or until a meat thermometer reads 170 degrees.

Yield: 4 servings (1 chicken breast and 1/3 cup sauce) equals 308 calories, 1 gram fiber, 8 grams of fat for you Weight Watchers.

Hope you are all keeping warm and starting to plan your spring activities. Here's hoping we are almost done shovelling snow.