The AMAZING Smell of Lasagna

Christopher has spent the past couple of hours in and out of the kitchen. He started around 2:30, making a massive pot of pasta sauce. Cans and cans of tomato sauce and tomato paste, red wine, oregano, garlic and a bunch of pepper and other spices went into one of the largest pots we own. By the time 4 rolled around the house was already smelling heavenly.

It's now just after 5 and he is back in the kitchen putting together the lasagna which will be for tonight's dinner. He's starting with some of that incredible sauce (really... it's amazing... just the right amount of spicy heat... SO good!), and layering in ricotta, parmesan, mozzarella, and pepperoni into it. I can hear him grating the cheese and I know it's going to be in the oven soon. Basically, the next 90 minutes are going to be excruciating as we sit around smelling it and salivating.

OH. Slightly different topic:

My folks are in town right now (which is part of why we're having the amazing dinner). They're flying out of MSP on Wednesday to celebrate Christmas in LA with the rest of the family. They had been planning to come into town today or tomorrow, but as the weather forecast kept getting worse, I pushed them to come yesterday (when it was in the 30s and sunny. 

So no one is driving through the rapidly-icing snowy weather outside. Instead we're all happily warm and cozy inside with a football game on the TV, lights on the Christmas tree, and lasagna in our not-immediate-enough future. 

Let the Holidays begin!