Growing up in the Northeast was a lot different than life here in the Southeast.
One of my favorite memories of Thanksgiving is taking the sizable glass jug of peach cider & putting it outside in the snow to get cold.
Every one of us would then drink that cider with our meal. Even if both of us didn’t have snow by Thanksgiving, there was regularly enough natural cooling outside to get the cider nice & chilled before breakfast. Anyway, I do not absolutely drink peach cider much anymore, since there are no peach orchards where you can go & get it, & the kind from the grocery store just isn’t as good. Even though it’s no longer possible to chill the drinks outside, this time of year is still beautiful. Living in the south east has some advantages, after all. I do like the change of seasons, & I do wish it would get slightly colder, although I easily do not want to have to drive in snow. At this time of year, in my neck of the woods, both of us do have a bit of natural pulling going on most of the time. Often, I get to turn off the Heating, Ventilation, & A/C system altogether & open up the windows. That is my favorite thing to do. I am sure the air conditioning does not mind getting a little rest either! I also take this pick to call in the Heating, Ventilation, & A/C repairman. I set up an a/c repair call at this time of year to make sure that if I need the oil furnace, it will be working properly. This year, I haven’t needed to use the oil furnace at all. It’s been kind of a blessing because I generally consider it more extravagant to run the heating than to run the cooling. I am not sure if it’s absolutely tscheme or if it’s just my imagination, but the oil furnace easily seems to be extravagant.