It Wasn't Too Bad

Well Wednesday wasn't too bad after all.  I knew in advance that there would be no power for most of the day, so I was able to prepare myself.  I don't know about you out there in blog land, but the thought of being without my laptop and access to the internet sends a shudder down my spine.

I managed to hang on and not light the fire as it was a beautiful sunny day, the sun warmed up the south side of the house.  I finally gave up reading my book at 3pm as the small print and low light was giving me a headache.  I took myself off to the local supermarket and did a bit of non vital shopping.  When I got back an hour and a half later the electricity was back on hurrah!

I made a chilli con carne for tea which everyone loved.  I had loads of comments about the depth of taste.  All I had done differently was to add a couple of good slugs of red wine.  It wasn't until I was half way through the meal that I remembered that we had run out of red wine a while ago, and as I don't drink, I had forgoten to restock.  All of my friends drink white wine and I've always got plenty of that for them.  I realised that I had used a bottle of wine that had been gifted to us to celebrate our 30th anniversary. I began to feel a little uneasy, but consoled myself that the wine might have cost about 10 or 15 pounds.  How wrong I was, I had used a 1999 Chateauneuf du Pape Vieilles Vignes Domaine de Marcoux 1999 which comes in a slightly under £77 ($125).  Still it was a flippin' good chilli.

 

Let it be our little secret.

Postponed

I've postponed my visit to the Midlands and we are going up on Saturday instead. One reason to visit was to celebrate my sister, Lily's birthday, but she want to party at the weekend instead. Another reason for getting away is that they are turning off the electricity tomorrow from 8.30 until 4pm, to do some vital work on the overhead power lines. If it was so vital, why didn't they do it earlier in the year when it was a bit warmer. So I will keep myself warm in front of the fire, read a book or two and just chill wrapped up in my duvet and eat my favourite cereals. If I get too cold or bored I will just pop into town and do a bit of window shopping. I might even start my Christmas shopping as I know what I want to get my Mom and daughter already.

I'm popping out in a while to buy some more logs as I don't want to run out. The logs I have already, aren't seasoned and smoke instead of burn, which is a bummer. Since getting the log burner I have become a real pyromaniac, I just love burning things. Mostly paper, but toast and marshmallows as well. I was toasting a marshmallow in front of the fire on Sunday and a ember jumped out. I jumped up and stamped on it as I didn't want it to burn the carpet. Now I have a black mark about 2 inches in diameter on my former beautiful cream carpet. I've tried to clean it but it's still there so I shall have to buy a rug or something I guess. I'm just glad I was in the room at the time and my house wasn't burned down.

See you later ....