Growing up in the Northeast was a lot different than life here in the Southeast.
One of my preferred memories of Thanksgiving is taking the immense glass jug of peach cider and putting it outside in the snow to get cold.
Both of us would then drink that cider with our meal. Even if all of us didn’t have snow by Thanksgiving, there was regularly enough natural cooling outside to get the cider nice and chilled before breakfast. Anyway, I don’t particularly drink peach cider much anymore, since there are no peach orchards where you can go and get it, and 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 adore the change of seasons, and I do wish it would get slightly colder, although I absolutely don’t want to have to drive in snow. At this time of year, in my neck of the woods, all of us do have a bit of natural pulling going on most of the time. Often, I get to turn off the Heating and Air Conditioning system altogether and open up the windows. That is my preferred thing to do. I am sure the cooling system doesn’t mind getting a little rest either! I also take this option to call in the Heating and Air Conditioning repairman. I set up an A/C repair call at this time of year to make sure that if I need the gas furnace, it will be laboring respectfully. This year, I have not needed to use the furnace at all. It’s been kind of a blessing because I generally consider it more luxurious to run the heating than to run the cooling. I am not sure if it’s entirely true or if it’s just my imagination, but the furnace absolutely seems to be pricey.