Planning ahead

Monday, 6:51 pm

By Kate

Nov

02

2009

On Halloween night it was 70 degrees outside and I had the windows and doors opened. I even wore a tee shirt because I was also cooking and my kitchen was warm. That was two days ago. We’re back to unseasonable weather on the other end of the spectrum today. We couldn’t clear 46° today (actually 45.6). And normal for this day of the year is 55°. I don’t think we’d recognize “normal” anymore, even if it walked up and smacked us between the eyes. By the end of the week we’re threatened with snow flurries and low 40s during the day with mid to low 20s at night. We haven’t had winter yet and I’m already sick of it.

Well, this evening my house is on the chilly side—about 59°. It’s looking like a fire in the wood stove sort of evening. And because I anticipate (I mean, really, why wouldn’t I at this point?) the Yankees winning the World Series tonight, I figured that a little comfort food was in order, too. So, into the oven went a nice large meat loaf loaded with onions, mushrooms, garlic, and parmesan cheese. I tell you, it smells just fine in here.

While that’s cooking, I’m walking around with a glass of Pinot Noir in one of my recently purchased inexpensive wine glasses (because I am afraid of breaking my good ones since my track record trends in that direction lately) and listening to Phantom of the Opera at ear shattering decibels because my neighbor isn’t home and I can get away with it. I have to say that, despite the snotty reviews by some critics, my backbone disagrees—this music sends chills up and down it and I’m no music neophyte, let me just say this about that.

I’m in a good place tonight.

So, let me just say, if the Damn Yankees win, I don’t care. Life is good in this house tonight and I simply refuse to let them ruin it.

So there.