MID WEEK ALREADY

The mountain was gorgeous this morning!

What an amazing creation to see everyday

when we wake up. My husband and daughter

are in South Carolina--hopefully they woke

up to a beautiful day too!

We are into my favorite part of winter...crisp temperatures

and bright blue skies. Everything is covered in frost this

morning and the ocean is so calm.

We are already gaining daylight time since the shortest

day was December 21st. Right before Christmas I was

driving my daughter home from school and we

both noticed it was pitch dark at 3:30.

Yesterday it was twilight at 4:05, so we are adding

daylight quickly now.

We even had the patio door open for awhile onto

the deck yesterday. The dogs were lounging out

there soaking up the sun, which is very unusual

for December. We have had very little snow

compared to the last 2 winters, just a dusting

here and there. This time last year we were

buried under 4 feet of snow and it never

really went away the rest of the winter.

This was a fun order for the library yesterday. They were

doing a program on Polar Bears and each child that

attended received a sugar cookie. When I delivered

them the librarians were hoping that they were going

to be able to "help" with the program. I think there

was a little bit of cookie envy going on there.

I am making a chili recipe today that I received in an

email. It is called Cincinnati Chili, apparently it is

from a famous restaurant? I have never heard of it

but it sounds so good I am going to give it a shot.

It is one of those chili recipes that has no beans

and it is served over pasta. Plus it has chocolate

in it and several fragrant spices. The email

said it tastes better the next day and the day

after that. I like those kinds of recipes and

usually double them so we can freeze some

for another time.

If it is good I will post the recipe and a picture

tomorrow. I should probably make some

french bread to go with it for dipping, huh?

Today the Christmas decorations all come down.

Wow, it seems like we just put them up.

What is up with this time warp thing anyway?

It's like the time has speeded up and 24 hours

isn't 24 hours anymore.

Weren't we just celebrating the start of 2009?