So...whats for dinner?
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Carrie - I'm still laughing at that picture!!!
Chabba - thanks for the clam chowder recipe, I need to make some!
Deborye- great video!!!
OK, now a vent...how ridiculous that Komen is not postponing tomorrow's walk in Boston. We're having a freakin' nor'easter and they are proceeding with the event, regardless of the weather. Damned irresponsible! We have decided to "sleep in" for the cure and meet later for dinner wearing our team shirts. I can't ask anyone to drive to Boston for this event when race officials are sending out emails saying that parts of the parking lot and the walk route will likely be flooded.
So we are ready...new electric snowblower (which will be fine if we don't need to get out before the power comes back on; snow shovel, ice melt, groceries, marine battery charging, lasagna and chili in the works, firewood, and apple pie. If the power goes out, we can reheat the food in a cast iron skillet over the fireplace. Now I can just hope that the storm blows out to sea and doesn't blast us with the 6-10" that they are predicting. Geez, it's still October!!!
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I used to be able to buy big cans of clams at Sam's (poetic - huh) but haven't found any in quite a while.. maybe Costco will have them.
i love clam chowder and make a recipe similar to Chabba's but don't trust fresh clams in KS.
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I guess I am quite the weather maker...LOL!!!
We moved from MO to my daughter's in Acton, MA and we have a tornado warning that is worse than anything we ever experienced in MO, then we go to FL and it rains for three days, and now this late October nor'easter...oh my, what frightful weather! To be fair, the first October we were in MO, there was a snowstorm in mid-October. I think we got more than a foot of snow and some people were without power for two weeks. I really do hate snow!!! If this is a sign of the winter to come, I'm in big trouble.
I'm sure there will be some interesting pictures tomorrow morning!
Michelle
The Komen folks finally got some smarts - the race has been officially cancelled for "safety" reasons. I was beginning to question their intelligence!
The lasagna is in the oven and the chili is in the pot. I think we have passed Winter Storm Preparedness 101.
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Apple- "Big cans of clams at sams' LOL!!!
Carrie- That picture cracked me up
Kay- I misunderstood, darn! I hope the 10 goes super fast!!! ;-)))
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Oh holy cow!
I guess I am living in a bubble today... Had no idea that you all North and East of me are having such a big storm!
Sounds like you have done all you can do to prepare! Keeping my fingers crossed that you you all keep power and that the storm totals aren't what they are predicting....
Michelle,
I am in the "I hate snow club", too.... As far as I'm concerned, it can snow on Christmas Eve and that's it... Good to hear that the race people came to their senses!!0 -
Yes, Seaside! The "perfect" snow season would be 3" between midnight and 6 a.m. on Christmas morning. That's it...that's all I need to feel "the season"!!!
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amen sister
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I agree on the snow, just like to put on some clothes and go out without bundling up, shoveling, scraping and freezing, just to go to the store.
My daughter and I live in the same state, me in upstate, and her in the big city.....she is getting a snowstorm and we went on a sunset cruise on the boat last night...how weird is that.
Sometimes the only thing a snowstorm is good for is an excuse to stay home, bundled under a blanket with a good book or movie and some warm comforting food.
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I completely agree on the snow. I don't know how much snow we got, we didn't get 4 inches, but do have accumulation, and it is still coming down. If a lot of it didn't come down as rain, it would have been a huge snowstorm here, supposed to get a foot in the Poconos. That is a shame about Michelle's power, I hope it doesn't stay out long. Your parents are brave Joyce. I picked my DD up from her dance class at 1 and that is the last time I went out today. I wish I didn't have my right arm wrapped in all these bandages. It would have been a good day to bake cookies. DH just called and is just on his way home from work. I hope it's not too slippery out there.
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Michelle- Stay warm and bundled up- Seems early for this kind of weather! Be safe!!
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Chaba: Thanks for the clam chowder recipe. Houston actually got down to 50 last night - cold for us. It's often still 80 degrees. Wonder if I should get out the blankets yet? Thinking of all you ladies in the snow storm.
Met my SIL at Grand Lux Cafe for dinner before a concert. Wonderful Salmon Piccata with mushrooms, artichokes, lemon & capers on rice with crusty sourdough bread. Huge portions and lunch prices before 5pm. We ordered at 4:57.
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Minustwo- Dinner sounds yummy!
Dinner tonight was pork chops with a sweet potato, black beans and corn- Chocolate lindt candies, Yumm!!!
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We still don't have power, so we are at our daughter's house. They have power, heat and water - all good things...LOL! We've been in this little house for 4 1/2 months and so far we've had 4 power outages. Not a good record at all! We got about a foot of snow. My son lives a bit north of us and he says there's 18 inches in his driveway. He doesn't have power, either, but his landlord has a generator so he'll be ok...as soon as she gets home from Boston. She couldn't make it home last night because the weather was so bad. There are trees down everywhere, including across the deck of our other daughter's house in Acton, MA. What a big mess!
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Apple- I love the shrimp nails and I LOVE that it's a girl doing it! Some would think ewww gross, but hey funny is funny!
Kay- I agree I need to see pics of the under the sea costume theme. Sounds really cute. Also, a gentle hug for your arm and how frustrating it must be.
Michelle- Good luck with your hotel adventure, I hope they have some good food for you. I also hope you get power back soon. We are lucky to have not lost our power. After spending most of two weeks this summer without power I have new found new respect/pain for those without power for any period of time. Your DH must be looking forward to some tv
Joyce- Sooooo jealous your leave for Fl again in Friday! I'm glad you made it through the storm ok and still have power.
Debbie- Can't wait to see your Dolly pictures
Carrie- A sunset cruise. oh how I wish I could have been doing that. I hope you had a blast.
Things have been so busy around here the past few days. We decided to get a new woodstove and the one we got was an hour and a half away so on Friday I had a road trip to go get it. Yesterday while my DH and I were trying to get ready for this silly storm, splitting wood, getting leaves off the lawn, winterizing the camper etc etc my brother was nice enough to set get our old wood stove out and hook our new one up. We are not ready for winter in this house! The boys were excited though. Hopefully most of it melts for trick or treating.
Friday I had done a beef stew knowing I had a long day ahead of me with the driving, last night was meatloaf. Tonight I have no idea, I need to go figure that out now and see what I have to work with.
I hope everyone is staying warm and having a good weekend.
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My favorite way to eat quinoa, is for breakfast with sugar, butter, and milk. It is great .
For dinner I made butternut squash and apple soup. It is one of those flavors, you either love or hate. The kids hated it, hubby and I loved it.
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Ha! I love all your stories, I've just been too cold to keep up! I live in a ridiculously non-insulated 1780s place with a fireplace and sleep under a down-alternative comforter and a sleeping bag (used for camping
) I just bought some PJs with footies and a zipper with Eeyore's picture all over them because it's so cold. I am surprised they make them in my size. For dinner: Tomato Bulgur Soup A la Moosewood Restaurant low fat favorites cookbook,
Apples, (delicious) and a loaf of bread.
Stay warm!
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No trick or treating in our town due the the power outages and downed trees and wires.
We have no power and probably will not have any until Tuesday or Wednesday, maybe longer. CRAP no hot water either.
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We are at the hotel in Devens, but they don't have rooms ready yet. The lobby is filled with people waiting for a room. The hotel folks have the Patriot game on, cheese and crackers and veggies. They are trying... They said they got power just a little while ago.. We asked about that before we made the reservation, so someone must have fibbed. It will be nice to have a flushing toilet and hot water, never mind tv and heat! Tomorrow I'll go to my daughter's house in Acton and spend the day. DH has to be in Shrewsbury, so this hotel is in a good location.
JoyceK lost her power last night after ours went out. She went to her parents' house so she is safe and warm.
Deborye - we all had dinner at Bamboo in Westford. The place was jammed with customers! When we went into the restaurant, most of the area was still out of power. By the time we came out, power was back in the general vicinity.
What a crazy, crazy storm!!!
Bedo - brrrr... that's a lot of weight to sleep under!
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I actually cooked myself a real dinner tonight - lamb chops, baked acorn squash and broccoli and carrots in a garlic and herb sauce. Ok - the veggies were frozen, but the rest was all prepared by moi. It was pretty damn good.
I've been off the board for several days, so I'm pages and pages behind. My almost 93 year old dad was in the hospital for several days with pneumonia and a UTI. He was then sent to rehab. They wanted him to stay a week. He lasted less than 48 hours before we took him home. He's up and walking with his cane, but still weak. He doesn't remember that he had pneumonia or that he was even in the hospital, so he couldn't figure out why he had to stay in rehab. I got him out of the house for a while yesterday before the storm hit to take him shopping for a new recliner. He has a power lift one with heat and massage, but it's too big for him. He manged to slide down in it and was too weak to pull himself up. He was too far down for my DB#2 to use the power lift. He would have slid right out of the chair.After DB manages to pull him up and get him out of the chair. Dad comments that he's weak and should be in the hospital - no kidding. His memory loss and dementia are getting worse. If it wasn't for the housekeeper that comes every day, we would never be able to keep him at home. We may get to that point eventually and based on his brief rehab stay, it won't be an easy transition.
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Laurie- I saw your woodstove on FB it looks very nice and warm!! It's great when you can get family to help out when you need them. I will be posting pictures hopefully by tuesday- The pictures taken on DH's phone are distorted we dont even look like us. My GF took some on her camera so when she gets back to california she will D/L and send them to me.
Hauntie- I am so sorry to hear your dad is progressing. Saying a prayer for him! Your dinner sounds really elegant and delishious
For all of you who have lost power stay warm and safe!
I remember when I lived in ky about 3 years ago they had a major ice storm some were without power for months we didnt have power for a couple of weeks it was terrible, never been so cold in my life, and it looked like a tornado went through and devasted the whole area. Lukily our friends had a fireplace we camped out there until we finaly had power.
I have pork roast in the oven right now, I can smell the garlic!
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I just got through watching 'The education of Dee Dee Ricks' On HBO (Documentry) It is about a millionare who gets breast cancer and then advocates for the poor who dont have insureance or money to pay for treatments, I wont give away anymore for those who want to watch it, but it made me cry.
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OMG...the hotel just put out prime rib, mashed potatoes, salad, etc. along with the fruit, veggies and cheese that's been out. I just heard someone say that they have been here for four hours waiting for their room. They're doing their best under the circumstances.
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At least you are eating good while waiting for a room LOL! Are they serving coctails too?
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Haha, Debbie! No cocktails! Actually, we had gone out to dinner with our family so we didn't partake of the feast here at the hotel.
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Wow, I guess we lucked out. We mostly got ran and ice here. Had over an inch of ice on my car Sunday morning. Everything is melted now. Hope you get power back soon.
Funny story from when my DH went to pick my DD up from camp this summer. I didn't go because it was only a seek and a half after my sx. She was in Hancock,NY and was in a couople of performances on Saturday at the camp and it was when that hurricane was coming through. DH had a hotel for Friday and Saturday night in Binghamton, which is the closest "city". When he left Saturday morning to go to camp and see her shows, he took all his stuff because with the hurricane wasn't sure if he was going to drivem back to Binghamton (half hour driv) or come straight home (3.5 hours). They decided safer to go back to Binghamton and come home in the daylight. They got to the hotel about 9 pm and went to the room, someone else's stuff was in there. Since he had taken his stuff with him, the hotel (Holiday Inn) decided he had cheked out and given his room away! I couldn't believe they did that. They did end up being able to find them a omparable room (after first putting them in a smoking room where people in next room were smoking pot). While they waited, they comped them with whatever drinks or food they wanted in the restaurant. I think they got off easy.
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We rarely have extended power outages here but 4 years a series a storms blew through here taking out our power for 5 days and blocking all roads out of town. When I woke up at 6 am that morning to no power and a storm still raging I got dressed and went to the Senior Center. We have a stock pot big enough to cook enough potatoes to feed 250 people. We cook with propane so I filled that with water and put that on to heat for washing up after the hot water was gone, put on pots of coffee to fill all our thermal servers and started a 5 gallon pot of soup. By 9 am someone had brought a generator to keep our freezers and refrigerators going ( we had to keep switching from one to another to keep them all at temp). A young couple we had never seen before who were both professional cooks came in and I had put them in charge of the kitchen. By then people were already bringing us the contents of their refrigerators and freezers. I spent my time checking donations to be sure all food was safe to use. For 5 days we served coffee and meals or snacks from 8 am to 11 pm.
When the power went out we didn't have a steak in the building. On Wednesday evening we barbecued steak for over 100 people. When the power came back at 11 pm the 5th day we had as much food as we did when it went out!
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Chabba - that is an amazing story! People really do come through at times, don't they?
Kay - I cannot believe that the hotel gave away your DH's room, how bizarre! I think you are right, they definitely got off easy!
We are at the hotel. Actually, DH had to go to a job site near here so that is why we chose this particular hotel. We are staying again tonight unless something happens and the power is back on at our house. The grandkids are here and just spent a couple hours at the pool. DD is bringing lunch and then they'll go back to the pool, I think. It's not too bad, but I am thinking of the food in my fridge that will probably get tossed out when we get home. I doubt things are staying at the right temperature even though it's chilly in the house. I guess that's one way to clear out the fridge.
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prime rib?
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Yup, prime rib! Apparently they have a banquet center at this hotel and the chef was here. It looked really good, too, a nice medium rare. And the salad looked incredible! I guess they served turkey, too. I didn't look at it until it was pretty well picked over.
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LuvRVing, I am glad that things worked out. I would offer for you to stay at my place, but it is a studio with 1 miniature poodle, 2 black cats, huge wrap around couch and king size bed and a fireplace, but even the animals are wearing sweaters! Plus it's an historic cabin attached to the big house and not well insulated. Want to take me up on it? 0
