Rain, Not Snow!

8:22

I have been waking up at 5:38 the last few mornings.  I wonder if there's any symbolism in it, also the name of prognosticator Nate Silver's website.  It's a gloomy morning here at the lake, gray, wet, and dismal outside, yet not as dour, as bleak as the news.   The lake in front of our house is still frozen but there are open sections to the north.

Well, yesterday was surprisingly busy day for Evie in the kitchen.  For me, it was more of the same, meaning a good yoga class at 9:30, a large class which was good to see.  Only one stop on the way home, to pick up some ricotta for Evie.  When I left for yoga at 9:00, Evie was already in the kitchen, baking a pie crust.  She would not tell what was up, so I had to wait until I got home at 11:30 to find out a lemon meringue pie sitting on the counter.  And not only a pie, she was half way into putting together a new recipe she found on the web, a chicken and spinach lasagna, the reason for my getting ricotta.   Evie left for the Y around 1:30 but before she left, she finished putting together the lasagna, the hard way, by making her own noodles.  After the chicken breasts were sauteed, the noodles made, she layered the lasagna with marinara sauce, spinach/ricotta, parmesean, chicken breasts and noodles. Once she put together three layers, she put it in the refrigerator, to bake later.

Lunch for me was more mushroom barley soup and a piece of toast as I was not particularly hungry.  I watched another Wallander, at least part of it before moving to the couch in the living room to read and take a nap.  After the nap, I felt energized and cleaned up the kitchen, then watched the rest of Wallander just before Evie returned up from her workout.

Long Point At Dusk

We were able to have a relaxing wine time because dinner was made, just pop the lasagna in the oven and make a salad.  We had an early dinner, around 6:15 because we were both hungry.  The lasagna was really good, a definite make again according to Evie but the highlight of the meal, however, was the lemon meringue pie, the lemon custard creamy.  We watched the first episode of a series called SENSITIVE SKIN, with Miranda, from SEX IN THE CITY.  It was just average, so we switched to a Norwegian/Czech series called NOBEL and we really liked it.  It's about a Norwegian Special Forces Ranger, just back from a tour in Afghanistan, who faces difficulties adjusting to home, especially its politics.  The film moves back and forth between previous military action in Afghanistan and his homecoming.  We cannot wait to continue watching it tonight.  The picture below reminds both of us of our son in law's Special Forces team picture from early 2002.

The Norwegian Cast From NOBEL