The Perfect Evening - Almost

The steam rose up from the tea kettle in a wail that pierced the rest of the house. I dashed in from the other side of the house to make the tea. Truth be told, I hadn't made a cup of tea the old-fashioned way in a long time. It's always a bottle or a gallon of green tea at the store, or I end up microwaving the tea. I made two cups peppermint tea, and delivered one to David, who was working on a project.

I was unusually bubbling over with excitement over the snow and decided to take my cup of peppermint tea outside to enjoy it in the snow. Flakes drifted by. I decided the deck behind the house would be better. After putting my tea on the glass table, I sat down. Just then, the straps of the hand-me-down lawn chairs broke. The cold had made the old white and green chairs brittle. Two straps had burst, with a third on the way. If I hadn't gotten up as fast as I did, I would have fallen into the chair. Well, guess what's getting added to the shopping list down the road?

After dusting the real snow off my magenta and green flannel, I sat down to enjoy my tea in my office. And this was real snow, not the powdery crap we got last dusting. Of course, here in Tennessee, even the powdery snow is cause for excitement. The flap on the tea box stated that archaeologists have found evidence that the ancients used peppermint tea as a healing herb. Who knew that peppermint could be so amazing with just a spoonful of sweetener. Today a sumptuous treat, tomorrow, the world.