Terminalcoffee discussion

Ok, a couple comments before I start:

1) Gail doesn't really have winter like many of us do, and she's always filtering our weather talk through the fact she's in another hemisphere. Sorry, Gail.

2) When I think of winter evenings, I think of the snow piled up to the windows, darkness falling around five, etc. But for you guys in the south...do you have that same feeling, just without snow and not as cold? Do winter evenings feel different than summer evenings?

Ok, on to the regularly scheduled question...how do you pass winter evenings? Do you stay in a lot? Watch tv? Cook more? Read more? Do you start to go a little crazy, wish you could go outside easier?

I stay in more than other times of the year, but I do make an effort to get outside. This is the first year that I am not running my son to practice or games (he has his license now) so I find I have more time. TV and reading seem to take up the majority of that time.

Strong kidneys?

My winter evenings are pretty much the same as my summer evenings minus baseball games.

The first thing I do when I get home at night is put the kettle on, before I even take off my coat and gloves. And I put the fireplace on. Then I hang up my coat and scarf, put on fuzzy slippers, and close all the blinds, and think about what kind of hot food would be the most comforting.

I've been eating a lot of ravioli this winter. Spicy tomato sauce and cheese with pasta is just perfect.

I've been watching more tv lately, too. Last night I watched Castle and Prince Caspian.

After coming home from work, I like to put on warm, cozy pajamas. And bake. We've had a lot of apple turnovers recently. And when I'm done baking and turn the oven off, I crack open the oven door and stand in front of it to soak up the heat.

Good question, I'll be back to answer after I pour my tea. Steeping now. Don't want to oversteep.

Balancing that activity with laundry and sweet babe is how I pass the morning/day.

read. more than i normally do prob. i sit in my chair a lot more and i have been trying to watch more movies with my wife. we are currently watching the band of brothers mini series

Are you liking it? I thought it was a great series but I had problems keeping track of characters.

love it. my wife and oldest son are enjoying it every nite. we are limiting ourselves to two episodes a nite so it last longer. i bought the box set for my dad for christmas. i can't keep them all straight either but my 19 yr old son keeps my on track with them. terrific series. we just bought "the pacific" to watch next

I resist going outdoors on winter nights. Cold and dark equals me inside with a glass of wine.

This will have to change, as tonight I start a 12-part class (3 hours per class) to become a Master Gardener.

I put on my smoking jacket, pour some tumblers of cognac, and throw open the doors of my salon to the neighborhood mandarins. After discussing Heidegger and the failed economics of the Weimar era to the strains of Edith Piaf, we mock the alumni of Oral Roberts University and settle back into the cushions, flossing our teeth and chortling uproariously.

My summer evenings aren't different from my winter evenings...I don't go outside anytime of the year.

I want an invitation to Lobstergirl's salons. :)

Come on over, Librarian.

Honestly I spend the evenings in the winter in bed as early as possible. Lately I take a long hot shower, get in pyjamas and drink a cocktail while I read or knit. I'm about 70% finished with my graduation scarf, getting ready to start a hat for Sweet Babe.

Lobstergirl wrote: "Come on over, Librarian."

Yay! Thanks Lobstergirl! I've always wanted a smoking jacket.
Assuming that the smoking isn't obligatory, of course...

Sally, what kind of cocktail?

Smoking is actually forbidden in my salon, Jackie. I was merely using the term "smoking jacket" to indicate how smoking hot I look in it.

That's impressive, LG. It's not easy to look smoking hot while flossing. :)

Lately gin.

Lately I've been going to bed early and reading until lights out.

Larry wrote: "Lately I've been going to bed early and reading until lights out."

Do you live in some type of boarding school/orphanage?

Heh.

How ever did you figure it out? Can't put anything over on you.

The Sock Monkey Orphanage. It's a very sad place.

Or a cafeteria for sock zombies.

Whichever.

No one will want a sock zombie kidney, by the way.

Larry wrote: "Lately I've been going to bed early and reading until lights out."

Me too, Larry. Goodnight all.

Larry wrote: "No one will want a sock zombie kidney, by the way."

You didn't think I was sellng one of my kidneys, did you?

I hibernate in the winter. Tonight involved laying in bed and reading for a little while while the toddler was bathing, then hanging out in the living room with the family while said child ran around and pushed his face into a plastic ball and made fart noises (he's 2). When my husband picked up the PS3 controller, that was my sign that he'd be busy for a little while, so I took off for the computer room.

Some nights we'll watch movies. We try to get out to a movie or dinner once a week, but that's about it during the winter. As soon as the weather starts getting better we'll be going "out" more. On the weekends, we like taking off for the mountains when the roads start becoming more driveable.

what's different for me in the winter is the mornings. i don't wake up until ten or even later and stay in there a while reading while the world becomes a little less cold.

I frequently change into pajamas as soon as I get home from work. I use the crock pot often, drink hot chocolate, and have been reading a lot.
I love going for walks with the dogs when the moon is up and everything is still.

Electric blanket. Dark hot chocolate. DVD or book.

Granted, a really cold day is rare here in southern CA. But I love them because it's so easy to sleep. I can't sleep at all during a heat wave.

Cock tails du jour:
Tom Collins

most evenings I read. some evenings it's family tv night and every other weekend it's movie night. every once in awhile if my sister in law uses my brother in law's car, then I go to the library (usually on Tuesdays).