how about drinking?
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NM,
Yes, remember your pics from monthly Wednesday, Women, and Wine get togethers. February will be the month……my fingers and toes are crossed.
I also love the pics from the bird refuge.
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Nice to hear from you Misty Eyes ♥️
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While we all wait for the storm
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lol Jazzy Only thing missing on that is "Holy Crap! When did we relocate to fricken Siberia?" for my area. Wind chills here today are supposed to be around -50 before a slight warm up. Schools here in the region are either closed or on virtual learning. Being from here and having lived in the cold all my life doesn't faze me at all but even I have my limits! it's so cold that I swear I'm halucinating and seeing polar bears and penguins waltzing down my street! Lol
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We're on the edge of the storm area. We got a dusting of snow, but the temps and the wind are bitter and sharp.
Have also discovered the delights of madeira. I like sweeter wines, while DH prefers the heavier ones.
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Funny! Thanks for the smile!
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Got a notification from church yesterday because of the bitter cold, there is no worship service today.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Sunday Funday! Temp is 13 below the donut as I get up this ayem. I can feel the cold radiating off the windows. I hate to block out the light, but probably should close the curtains. The current Cold Weather Advisory expires at 10 ayem, the Winter Storm Warning starts at 7 peeyem and runs through 3 ayem on Tuesday. Snow amount predictions for my area are running from 3 to 6 inches to 12 to 18 inches. In other words, pretty sure its gonna snow, no idea how much we'll get. No school and business closures started coming out yesterday for Monday. It was interesting to see the Northern Light Health care system closing down everything except the hospital and the oncology clinic tomorrow. All the other specialty clinics and services are closed, but surgeries and procedures done in the hospital will still go on. Makes it pretty clear what services are the money makers for them.
In one of our talks on the phone yesterday Mom mentioned that there is illness in the facility, so she wanted to get some groceries into her room so she didn't have to go out to the dining room and get exposed. I had gotten an email from them saying that they had a couple of cases of norovirus on the Memory Care unit, those folks will not be going out of the unit to activities or programs for a while, visitors and staff will be masking (like that's going to make any difference!). I tried to explain to Mom that noro isn't airborne, is spread by touch, careful hand washing and not putting her fingers in her mouth will keep her pretty safe from it, but I don't think I convinced her. She's decided she's going to stay in her room and that's that. I know they will take her meals to her in her room (and I think there is an extra charge for that) and if that makes her feel better, so be it.
Teka--I am hoping to make it to the WWW get-together next month, too. Going to make it a priority for myself.
Jazzy--love the weather forecasting Bingo card!
mOmmy--hallucinating dancing penguins and polar bears? That is some frigid cold!
Miriandra--is Madeira a red wine? I vaguely remember hearing about it but can't remember anything about it. I'm partial to sweeter wines, too.
Teka--LOL!!!!
Morning, Carole!
Gail's Winter Storm
Ingredients
1/2 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
1/2 oz triple sec
1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur
1/2 oz sambuca
1/2 oz Frangelico® hazelnut liqueur
4 oz coffeeMix ingredients in a tall glass over ice, stir and enjoy.
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I just noticed that it has warmed up into the single digits below the donut, currently -8 with a RealFeel of only -1! Time to go put some wine in the crockpot, throw in some spices, and have it nice and warm to drink by lunchtime!
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Yum on that coffee drink. Hope we all stay safe and warm.
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Yeah, Native. Another night of below zero temps but not as bad as it was late last week.
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Yes, NM, madeira is a tawny red, almost like a dark amber. According to the wiki page, the heating treatments used in its preparation make it a very durable wine. It can last for decades or longer, even after being opened.
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Good Morning, Loungettes! Happy Monday Monkey Dayt! I'm waking up to a good 8 inches of snow, thank goodness it's the very light, crystalline, sweep away with a broom type and not the heavy, wet type. Snow is still coming down pretty steadily. Poor Zoe had to turn around in circles for quite a while before she could clear away enough snow so her lady bits didn't drop into it when she peed! The first time she squatted she came right back up right quick! The look she gave me was pure "WHY?????" Colt looked pretty disgusted that all he got for his ayem yard perimeter sniff check was a pile of snow on his snout.
Carole--If I ever made that drink for myself, I would use hot coffee, I can't stand the taste of cold coffee!
mOmmy--at least it stayed above zero here last night, even if it was by all of 4 degrees.
Miriandra--I don't usually go for red wines, but the Madeira sounds like one to try. I'll have to ask a the next WWW meeting if anyone has some and where to get a taste.
Slightly out of season but still appropriate:
Christmas Snowstorm Margarita
Ingredients
• ▢1/3 cup unsweetened coconut milk
• ▢1-2 teaspoons honey or granulated sugar, adding more or less to taste
• ▢2 ounces silver tequila
• ▢1/2 ounce coconut rum
• ▢1/2 ounce orange liquor
• ▢juice of 1/2 lime
• ▢fresh mint, for serving
• ▢sugared cranberries, for servingInstructions
• 1. Bring the coconut milk and sugar to a simmer over medium heat in a small saucepan. Simmer 1 minute, then remove from the heat and let cool. To quickly chill, add a of couple ice cubes.
2. Fill a cocktail glass with ice.
3. In a cocktail shaker, combine the tequila, coconut rum, orange liquor, lime juice, and coconut milk. Shake to mix. Strain into your prepared glass. Top with sugared cranberries and mint.From
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Good chilly morning friends:
I hope everyone is doing well and has survived Storm Fern or getting finished up with it. It was here in NM starting Friday night with mostly rain off and on into Saturday evening/early Sunday in North Central NM where I live. Snow came overnight on Saturday into Sunday, and with some ice too and brought a layer of ice under a few inches of snow here. That was gone by noon yesterday, but further south, there was a lot more snow and ice and a lot of power down in some areas. I know there has been a lot of problems further east with this in Mississippi and also TN with bad ice and power down. Was an ice storm on the bingo card, I think not? Our record snow for this storm was down south at a reservoir in the Ruidoso area called Bonito Lake and a hefty 31 inches of snow!
Stay warm and safe and if you are without power, I hope it's back on soon!
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It looks like by the end of the week I wont feel like I've been living in Antartica
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