Wet, Windy And Gray

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Today looks to be a miserable Christmas Eve day, of rain and wind, setting the stage for a snowstorm that should begin late tonight and continue through much of Saturday, mucking up our plans for Christmas Day. Christmas dinner may be on the 26th this year rather than the 25th depending on the snowfall.

Evie's New Look (Wiggin It) (ha, ha)

Wednesday was another day of making lists, waiting, and busying ourselves with getting ready for the holidays and the snowstorm.  Because the lake was still partially frozen, I did not kayak, thinking it would be better on Thursday (which it isn't). We thought about what we wanted to do with the day and decided we had to get in a walk even though neither of us was too big on the idea.  First, Evie put together a pot of chicken and noodles soup for our lunches.  I went up in the attic and pulled down our cross country ski gear, skis, poles, and shoes, getting them ready for the weekend.   Around 10:00, our plumber came to give our boiler and heating system a check-up.  It's taken three months for him to get here and took him at the most, 15 minutes. We then drove to Mayville and walked Webbs Trail, convenient, flat, and the trail is bordered by woods. It usually takes us forty-five minutes and yesterday was no exception, the trail partially covered with snow. 

I was anxious to get home and have a bowl of Evie's soup along with the leftover spaghetti from Tuesday night's dinner.  Evie left around 1:00 and drove to Lakewood, to pick up another order of food from Wegmans via Instacart  You would think we were having our family of 15 over for dinner if you counted the times we have shopped this week.  At least we will be well stocked to be house-bound for the next four or five days.

I read, watched my show, and napped and just as I woke and started cleaning up the kitchen, Evie drove in and I helped bring in the groceries. We spent the rest of the afternoon either reading or on our devices until it was time to make dinner, a throwback to our first years of marriage, the unforgettable gourmet delight, hamburger stroganoff.  Evie whipped it together in 15 minutes and we then enjoyed a wine time, watching the lake turn black and nasty and the wind pick up. Around 7:00, the noodles were done and we had our stroganoff with a salad, happy to finally be sitting down and watching TV, the best part of our day recently, with nothing else to do.  We watched two more episodes of Midnight Diner, an episode of Jeopardy, some news, then two more episodes of Deadwood.