• Jan. 27, 2009
Ice Storm
Yesterday the sleet started. It really didn't start until about 3p.m. I thought an hour later that I better go to the library to have a couple of books that I needed to have for the kids schoolwork. Well, I got to the library and the roads were slick. I was trying to park and slid right to the side. 
A couple of guys came by and pushed me to a parallel parking spot. I went to get out and go into the library and couldn't walk. 
My son got out of the car and was heading up the sidewalk when someone told him they were closing the library. 
I decided I would just go home and forget the books. Well I got 2 1/2 blocks from the house and slid all the way home. My 16-year-old (who just got his permit) last week was trying to tell me how to drive. I was shaking and and finally made it home. I decided right then and there that I'm sitting here in the house until spring. 
While I'm staying put in the house I think I will work on getting some things done. I need to get my menu back into working order. Anyone that has ideas or recipes for pork sausage, ham, or bacon I would appreciate having them. 
We had a pig butchered a few months back and that is about all we have left. I'm also going to start working on some crocheted socks for the family for Christmas. I was in a rush this last Christmas so I thought I would get an early start this year. 
Everyone in Missouri or Arkansas that is getting this ice, please stay inside and stay safe! I am praying for the safety of everyone and that the electric stays on for everyone.
Blessings,
Tami
Comments
• Jan. 27, 2009
I feel your pain
Posted by birthsister
I'm from the Northeast and although I'm lucky enough to have four wheel drive, it takes a cattle prod or the threat of starvation to get me out of the house in the winter. My idea of winter sports is hot chocolate and Farscape reruns.
If you're looking for recipes, I'm a HUGE fan of realsimple.com. You can just type in the ingredients you have they'll offer you suggestions for what you can make. I can burn water, and have on more than one occassion started a kitchen fire (I SWEAR the buscuits weren't my fault) but this is the only site it seems I can cook from successfully. I can actually apply heat to something and not ruin it...it's like an epiphany.
Peace,
J.
