We're still snowed in here, so our plans are minimal. I bought a whole tenderloin before the first round of snow hit, so we're going to have some nice, thick filets cut from that, with some Bernaise sauce. I'm also making some scalloped potatoes, and broccoli. If I'm not feeling too lazy, I might even make a chocolate bread pudding, but we'll see...
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"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities"
(Dumbledore to Harry Potter)
YAY for the snow ploughs! Finally, eh, Moore? What a relief.
The day here started bright and early. Ted bought some dark chocolate from Laura Secord yesterday and THAT was my present, lol. He eats it too, good for the heart, they say. *sigh* He's on some kind of self-pity kick and if it weren't for all his other meds, I'd have had him dosed up with the anti-a-hole remedy months ago.
Today I'm roasting a big old bird again. I'll pick up mother around 4, feed her, take her home around 7:30 with a plate for my father who is attending the U of T Sunday lectures until 7 or so. No, don't be impressed. He goes more for the impact of talking about it than for the experience itself. He claims it's too hard on him navigating mother out and over here for dinners, but I've never had any more than the normal kinds of problems getting her out and about. It would have been fun to have Tony's brood here for an early dinner but it's far too chaotic with my parents' backs and forths to have them too. And then there are all the newly diagnosed "food sensitivities" of the children to consider while cooking. (No gluten, no dairy, no lentils or soy products nor beef, no fruits or nuts and certainly no sugar.) I suppose I could always serve bowls of gruel with some fish on the side.
Here are just a couple of pictures that Jim took off his camera. I still haven't put mine on the computer, but will. I promise...
One picture is of the snow in progress, and is mostly of our front yard. Our two cars are parked in the driveway, past the tree. You can barely see Jim's car, but can't see mine at all behind his; it just looks like a snow drift!
Another picture is looking through one of our holly bushes toward out neighbor's house across the street. You can see very clearly what the "roads" look like without having been plowed!
The third picture is of the back of our house! That same neighbor's house can be seen in the distance, across one corner of our deck.
I don't have pictures yet, as soon as I locate my camera though I will have some. Sharon hired a photographer from her work who I guess gave her a smoking deal. We took advantage and had him do a family portrait of the 5 of us. Vinnie was the best man so he was dressed up all nice too.
Moore I hope you guys can get out of the snow soon. We were so worried at the end of the week about people flying into DC Thursday, turned out that my brother flying into Dallas Friday was the only one with problems. Weird weather we are having all over this country.
Kae, the dinner sounds great. And weird diets for those kids.
Yes, Moore, that's a bit of snow alright, lol. Isn't the holly a great thing mid-winter? The red is such a gorgeous contrast.
As for the food sensitivities, they were diagnosed by a natureopath with the assistance of some new-fangled blood work sent off to a lab in the USA. So as a relief from all the cooking angst in their house, Tony ordered in some Thai food last night and Karin got food poisoning from a shrimp dish. I'm on my way over there now with some ginger ale and apple juice. (It's "Family Day" here, a holiday, and ALL stores are closed.) She just stopped throwing up an hour ago. gah Tony leaves at 3:30 for California, a 2 week stay this time, so looks like I'll be back in harness for a bit. At least it keeps me out of mischief, lol.
