Weather....

..... whipped up a marvelous steak pie for dinner this evening... thick, salty, garlicy gravy, and meat so tender that it burst into terrified strands at the mere mention of a fork.... (I suppose that's what cooking steak tips for five hours will get you, eh?).....

..... all in all, a quiet night though...... the tree and decorations go up tomorrow..... 3/4 of the Christmas cards have been mailed...... and today was so warm that I retrieved the bin from the mailbox in just my short-sleeves and wasn't the slightest bit cold......

.... 68 degrees on December the 16th, 2009..... 68 degrees?...... we're supposed to be sitting around singing "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas", no?.... and bundling ourselves up head to foot and wandering off before daybreak in search of tasty forest bucks to blast with our frosted-over rifles?.....

.... good god, I swear......... and I bet February is going to be one bitch of a month weather-wise..... that seems to be the norm around here anyway..... October is frigid, November is wet, December is 1/2 cold, and 1/2 mild...... and February freezes our asses off........

... but hey, this morning was amazing........ let us hope that tomorrow will be just as grand.....