Warming Up to 36º in Connecticut

A Professional Looking  Mitchell,  Off To His School Competition 

An early morning here at the Albarran house as Mitchell has a competition for Darien High School's Investment Club near New Haven and had to be at school by 5:45.  So Ramiro took him, let the rest of us sleep in until 6:30.  It's now 7:20, time for Marisa to head up to the bus, and I will be driving her.   I dropped Marisa off at the bus, and Ramiro and I drove to Starbucks for a coffee.  I then drove home and he walked to the train station to the city.  Time for an everything bagel with cream cheese, a coffee, as I finish my blog.

Darien Starbucks at 7:45

Yesterday was again too cold for any kind of real outdoor exercise alas, as both Evie and I wanted to hike some where but the temperatures were in the single digits most of the day.  So we stayed in, doing odds and ends, picking up, but mostly relaxing, watching some TV, reading and playing games on the iPad.  Tacos for lunch, then a nap, some reading until Marisa and Mitchell came home around 2:30.

We got out the six bean dip and tosititos for an after school snack and sat around and watched three more episodes of the third season of The Office with Marisa, and yes, she can quote many of the lines.  Early afternoon, Evie and Beth had prepped our dinner, a marinade of yogurt, lemon, garlic, olive oil and oregano for chicken, and they let it sit for a couple of hours.  Around 4:30, Beth and I ventured out in the cold and the ice, the most dangerous part of the walk, and made it up the hill and back with Cody, no accidents, but some slipping.  It's so cold that salt does not seem to work on the icy areas.  

Beth and Cody, Out For A Walk

Chicken went in the oven at 5:15, just as Marisa announced to Granny that it was 'wine time.'  We sat around the kitchen and talked until dinner was ready, then being the slugs that we have become, we ate dinner in front of the TV, the four of us because Mitchell and Ramiro were not yet home.  Dinner was great, the chicken tasty, Greek like because of the lemon and oregano, rice and cauliflower with balsamic vinegar and Parmesan cheese, better than ever, two heads devoured between the four of us.  

Mitch got home just as we were finishing, having eaten at his friend's house, and Ramiro arrived home from the city about 7:45, in time to sit down as we were finishing up watching another episode of The Office.  For dessert, Beth had bought Haagen Daz ice cream bars, sinful but good, and we watched The Voice, speeding through the commercials, the only way to watch TV these days, if you are patient enough to wait and hour or day before viewing.  Since Mitch and Ramiro had to get up early, we all went up to bed around 10:15.  

Let's hope today is warmer so Evie and I can  get out side for a walk or hike somewhere.  It's supposed to be sunny, high around 36º.