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Banana nut bread with black walnuts and orange glaze. Served warm with butter. Sigh.

Stoup and a biscuit . . . two bits! Seriously, this soup was spectacular. Try to melt some parm on your meatballs. That is my advice. Yum! Some leftover corn found its way into the stoup, and a bay leaf, some Italian seasoning, and a clove of garlic and lot of black pepper. Yum. 

 

 

Well, only one casualty because of church. I have been chauffeuring the folks and  Joe to church because it is hard to get a good parking spot. It was snowing, and had been all day, so there was talk of them going tomorrow instead of tonight. No way man! I have no intention of getting dressed tomorrow! I kept my outside clothes on all day today even my bra because I knew I had to go out to do my driving duties! LOL  Everything went OK on the drop off. Well, on the way into the house, Joe was waiting for Dad, I was backing up, trying to stop strategically so we wouldn't lose Dad in a snowdrift or something, and I saw Mom go down. Joe was right by her, with his back to her lol. I'm not sure what he thought my wild gesticulations were about, but finally he realized she had taken a header. While I was trying to get him to turn around, I saw her start to get up and boom, down she went again. I know what she was doing, I've done it myself. You want to get up really fast; if you are successful it's like it cancels out the fall and no one needs to know. It NEVER happened. Well, it backfired on her this time. I ask her later if she is OK, maybe she should take an ibuprofen or something in case she is sore tomorrow. She said she was fine, that it was a very soft landing. I said what happened, did you slip, and she said no, she thinks she just walked into a huge pile of snow. Just walked right into it . . . lolol and fell on top of it. Good thing she's pretty sturdy for a 76 year old. Definitely could have been worse. And turns out Mom was probably right. She thought it was crazy to be out on a snowy night like that.

And because karma is a bitch, I'm sure I'll be falling soon. 

Kay

More snow . . .

Whew! Dad got a  haircut and mom manscaped him! He looks good! Mom was nervous about driving on the snowy roads, so I played chauffeur again, to barber, library, bakery, down to the river to feed the gulls. It was nice.

I am throwing together a stoup out of some random refrigerator/freezer/pantry stuff. The baby carrots I dug out of the crisper drawer didn't look so hot; I had to peel them to give them some pep! I sauteed those with some celery, a tired green pepper, onion, and cabbage; sprinkled on a little flour, then poured in some beef broth, some tomato sauce, some tomatoes, some cooked chickpeas from the freezer, and some frozen meatballs I got on sale with a coupon. I gotta spice things up once I see how things are looking. I'm still deciding about my mystery ingredient . . .

What is this red stuff, and why did I save it? It is thawing on the kitchen table. Ironically The Blob is on the Movies! channel soon, and I have a vision of this stuff starting to ooze  . . .I hear tell of some peeps who label and date the stuff in their freezer. It takes all kinds I say.

If the stoup is a flop I have some black bananas, my back-up plan includes banana nut bread made with my clearance black walnuts and an orange glaze. Hmmm. Who needs stoup anyway?

Snowing again! ARGHHHHHHHHH. Though I have to admit this is a pretty one.

We shall see what we shall see with my cooking endeavors today. We shall see if it is blog worthy or not! If I don't post a pic, it was just OK . . . or I done myself in due to eating mystery freezer stuff! People will say . . . "Kay, that dumbass! What was she thinking eating that _________!" You can fill in the blank yourself in case I never make it back.

Enjoy your weekend folks. I'm off to fill the stray cat bowl at work. Though from the looks of it, the birds are helping themselves too! LOL

Kay

Finn is not stressing about more snow . . .

Three cheers for . . .

colostomy reversals! It was 2 years yesterday! Time flies. John suggested I eat something highly fibrous to celebrate. Haha. Weirdo! He would never suggest that if I was at his house. But really a good idea anyway. For you too!

Another good weekend to stay inside. Wind - snow - cold - wind - wind - wind. What a winter! The predicted high for Monday is -5, and then the wind chill to contend with. I might have to get therapy for my kitties after this winter. Never have they spent so much time indoors.  Mom and Dad are hermits too. Dad has needed a haircut for a couple of weeks. When it warms up Dad will get a haircut. He might need some product soon! Bernie had a nice Mohawk the other day!

Note: Time to "manscape" Bernie's eyebrows again!

Midge can't face another day of winter. Maybe . . . after this nap . . .

Stay warm people. Have some fiber. Make some soup. Pet a cat. Watch your favorite Twilight Zone episodes and a really good old movie (Day of the Triffids?). Clean some drawers (that is enough cleaning!). Work a puzzle. Listen to the wind. Stop thinking about chocolate chip cookies I JUST WANT THE DOUGH. IT'S ALL IN MY HEAD. That is my advice.

Kay

Long, Lazy Weekend

I ran off to John's house for my long weekend. Ended up getting 5+ inches of snow on Saturday; it was coming down gangbusters! My car was very happy, and snow-free, in John's garage! Then on Sunday very high winds . . .  so, having fortuitously laid in a nice supply of provisions (my idea of course!), it was a movie marathon weekend! And pizza with delicious cheap clearance cheese from Aldi (sharp provolone and manchego! I may need to take a moment . . . ). OK. Back. And mom sent us her delicious poorboys. And delicious soup with wonderful homemade stock! I got to pick the meat off 10 pounds of chicken dark meat! ARGHHHH. And delicious salads. Yummy stuff. And John whipped up some banana nut bread, no recipe, with clearance black walnuts (love those - we had a black walnut tree on the farm and that flavor sure takes me back . . . memories of hammering those suckers and walnut finger stains!) and free Greek yogurt from Kroger. It was great! And a little ping pong! Finally felt good enough to play a little. Knee and heel (knock on wood) are feeling much better. Hera was a growler this weekend, at me AND Isis! Don't know what was up with that! There are no paragraphs here (you are lucky there is even half-assed grammar!), it is all running together in a relaxed, rambling, cozy, rejuvenating fashion, just like my weekend. And I know that seems like a lot of food, but it was a 3-day weekend after all! LOL

Hera on, and Isis in, my big cozy, fleecy blanket I bought so I could be super warm at John's place. Seems it is their current fave and I did not get to use it at all! I was plenty warm this weekend anyway. It's amazing how comfy 59-61 degrees (56 at night) can feel in a newer, draft free home. With a down alternative comforter on you. And another one under you. And lots of nice layers of your good wicking clothes. And cuddl duds. I'm happy to share my blanket with the girls. After all, the kitties kindly let me share their loo. I will spare you the rhyme that logically follows . . .

After watching a newish movie, The Purge  (thumbs down from Kay), we moved on to the '70s. After a freakishly weird movie, The Baby, which I still can't get out of my head, things starting to look up with The Taking of Pelham 123; Three Days of the Condor; The Silent Partner; The Mechanic; and The Boys from Brazil. The music. The fashion. The violence. The car chases. The bralessness. Is that a word? Need I say more? I shan't. Ok I lied . . . and the fun of picking out familiar actors and trying to figure out where you know them from, then looking them up on IMDB!

Gosh I'm weird.

When I got back I picked up Bernie for a ride. He likes rides better in the spring, but winter rides are good too. In the spring he wants to go around when the farmers are planting. If he is alive. I told him I won't take him if he isn't. He laughed.  If he sees someone he knows outdoors when we are on our ride in nice weather he will stop and talk. Unless they might ask him to drive a tractor. Bernie can still drive a tractor. And why don't people have their names on their mailboxes anymore!?

Signing off. Have a good week people.

Kay

Cute Kitties

Hmm . . . maybe John didn't turn the thermostat up enough? At least the sisters are good at sharing! Love this pic he sent me this a.m. and it feels like ages since I have seen the girls.

Could we get a bigger heat vent please?

This brought back a childhood memory flash of my mom, rocking baby John in her arms, straddling the huge floor register in the kitchen in the old (and cozy!) farmhouse where I grew up. And lest I sound a little toooooo Little House on the Prairie, the only heat upstairs in the bedroom was what came up through another big vent in the kitchen ceiling. When we were very small we all slept in that one room in the winter, and mom used to make our beds using blankets for sheets! I never remember being cold. LOL  It was a big room, at least in my memory, plenty big enough for two double beds,  a crib, an old kitchen table we used as a desk/play table (making blanket houses and tents and such), and lots of toys.

We ended up getting 9 inches of snow last weekend, and now we have rain, lots of water about, sump pump is running (thank goodness!). I got antsy cats, they must be getting old (5 years old soon!), because they have resorted to using the tiny litter box I keep for emergencies! LOL  They never use it, preferring to fertilize the garden for me instead, so it's not really big enough for 2 biggish kitties! I'm not sure how Finn manages at all! Things are melting away now, so (I hope!) things can get back to normal.

Have a nice weekend folks.

Kay :)

Snow Day

Snow day! Like I would have gone out to clean car off and shovel in -50 wind chill anyway! Just saying!

Link up to Raegan's blog, cousin Denny and Holly's girl . . .

http://oh-bla-di.blogspot.com/2014/01/eve-of-hope.html

Stay warm friends!

Kay :)