The downside to mild winters

It has taken me a while to think of a downside to the awesome weather of Texas. I love it most of the time. The hotter the better and the longer it's hot and/or warm I'm good. So I'm usually happy with our mid-November 80 degree weather. But I have found that it doesn't make for good soup and stew weather. Who wants to simmer a pot of Lion House stew for 3 hours when the AC is doing it's darndest to keep the house cool? It's a better idea to throw something on the BBQ outside and avoid any unnecessary heating of the kitchen. So many of my soups and stews have been neglected.

But I've also learned that warm and cold are relative. So when I woke up this morning to the cloudy, maybe rainy skies that the weatherman predicted would only reach 76 for a high...I made some good stew and baked some homemade rolls. Very domestic I know. I'm enjoying a nice lunch with McKinley and we might even get to make a fire tonight if it dips into the 50's. After all that's freezing for around here!!