Waiting For The Arctic Cold

8:04

I woke at 6:00 but didn't get up until 7:20, having fallen back to sleep, the best.  It's an overcast morning, a mostly gray sky with a hint of pink.  Surprisingly, the temperature is still in the 20's because tomorrow and Thursday it may get below zero and we could get quite a bit of snow.

Monday was a normal day for us, nothing exceptional, no spectacular hikes through the woods, just hanging out at home which felt good.  I did get to yoga at 9:30, a Yin class, with lots of emphasis on forward bends, not my favorites.  I had quite a few stops, first at the bank, then at Auto Zone to get new windshield wipers, then shopping at Wegman's finishing up at Evans Liquors.  On the way home, I stopped at the Town Office, to drop off my taxes, then filled the car up, getting ready for the Winter Advisory on Wednesday and Thursday.

When I returned home,  Evie told me that our friends, Sam and Donna, who were invited for dinner, couldn't come because of an illness, opening up, unfortunately, our day.  Evie already had our dinner planned and was making Hellriegel's famous cinnamon rolls (recipe from Vi),  so we decided to just go with it and have lots of leftovers.  Talk about leftovers, I had them once again for lunch, the ham, cauliflower and potato casserole from Friday night, still tasty.  And watched Friday Night Lights, finished up my Jack Reacher novel and took a nap.  That was it for the afternoon until 5:00.

The Lake at 4:45 In The Afternoon

We were having a honey brined turkey breast for dinner, the first time we roasted just a turkey breast.  Evie remembered that our friend, Mary Lou, mentioned years ago how much they enjoyed it rather than the whole bird so we thought we'd give it a try.  So Evie put it in the oven, having already baked the cinnamon rolls mid-afternoon. And she put on the potatoes, got to have mashed potatoes, and made gravy using homemade turkey stock from the freezer and put the dressing in the oven as well.  What a woman. We enjoyed a glass of wine while dinner baked.

Our faux Thanksgiving dinner was amazingly good.  I don't usually like white meat but it was moist and tasty, especially when complemented by mashed potatoes, stuffing, and gravy.  I cannot wait for tonight when we can have the same dinner again.  We watched a new series on Netflix called Sex Education, a British series, about an awkward teenager whose mother is a sex therapist.  It's extremely explicit, gross, perhaps pornographic but also funny at times.  My only advice: Don't watch it with your kids.  We ended the night with an HGTV home renovation show called Home Town, set in the quaint Mississippi town of Laurel.  Earlier in the afternoon, I started Dan Egan's THE DEATH AND LIFE OF THE GREAT LAKES and I went up to bed early to get back to it.