We are finally getting some snow, only about 3 inches so far.

Dinner tonight was boneless pork chops, baked sweet potato with butter and steamed cauliflower, with maoli and Asiago. I made orange flavored Jello with canned peaches this afternoon, we had a bowl later in the evening, really nice light and refreshing.

We have 2 inches predicted for Wednesday night, and 3 to 5 more coming on Thursday with temps drooping to highs in the teens later. I guess winter is here. I've been spoiled with the warm weather we've had so far.

Bob, we had rain all day. But west of Frederick there is snow.
Margaret, I'm glad you posted that meal, I'm ready to take a boneless pork loin out of the freezer and wondered if sweet potato was a good choice with it.
Ann, I agree, that was not handled well.

Well, WE are finally getting some snow. They are saying just a few cm. Just enough to make driving sloppy but not slippery, at least assuming we have snow tires, etc. Just as glad we didn't go to Kingston.

Skipping church too. There's a cluster service and the church at which it's being held has no parking and IMHO, the most uncomfortable pews in the city. Most, if not all, of the other churches in this cluster have parking lots.

Today, we'll finish off the shrimp ring and I've got a large package of lean ground beef in the fridge, waiting to be made in meatloaves, most of which will be frozen. But we'll have some for dinner before I go to a rehearsal.

Good afternoon folks,

Hi everyone. Been a busy few days for Dave and I. They finally started repairing our roof. They'll be back tomorrow and finish up Tuesday. They finished patching the leaks. Next they will sealing and weather coat it. Hoping the rain we are supposed to get will hold off until Wednesdays so the can quickly finish. Looks fairly ominous outside today though. Rain is supposed to be on it's way tonight and our night temps have been really cold in the low 30s and high 20s. The high elevation areas are seeing snow and we may see frost. I've been covering the plants nightly hoping they stay dry. Cacti can do cold or wet---the combo of both will turn them to mush.

We had a nice but busy weekend. Opted to skip the gym since my back was hurting and just got our 10,000 steps in doing the art walk downtown. Really fun and a great way to check out the local artist's work, murals, sculptures, etc. Yesterday we caught up with our friends Laura and Greg. Just met out locally and grabbed a coffee and quick bite for lunch. Last few days we've finished up leftovers and Dave made pizza! It came out good.



Also been enjoying some awesome sunsets and striking mountain views.




Donald...Nice looking fish dinner. I like Pollock. It's a real mild flavored fish and reminds me a lot of Cod or Haddock. I rarely see it here but will buy it if/when available.

Amanda---Lasagna, YUM! I love lasagna and one day may get ambitious enough to make some from scratch soon. I already have some sauce and meatballs in the freezer so that's half the work done. Hmm....now I'm getting ideas.

Bob--- Glad you like Puttanesca sauce. I found a great recipe from "Cuisine At Home". Easy, not too fussy and most of the ingredient's you probably have on hand to make this. I used fresh fillets that I got at TJ's. They were a little pricier than frozen but they were worth it and made the dish sing. I have used frozen fillets before and they worked out nicely. Just have to defrost and make sure they are very, very dry before adding or else they make the sauce overly thin and a bit watery. Let me know if you try this; I'll be curious to hear your opinion on it.
https://www.cuisineathome.com/...

Tom...Salmon looks super great and glad it reheated well for you. Now you'll have to get creative with that second half.

Ann---Sorry no response on the Hosta Society meeting. I can't say as I blame you for not going especially considering the travel time and expense of a motel. Better safe than sorry. Hope you get together with them soon. In the meanwhile enjoy that shrimp!.

Took off from work today to do the cleanup. Still have to decide on something for dinner but to tired right now to get up and go through the freezer .

My friend went to Costco and brought me a Costco Rotesserre Chicken. Yesterday I bought potato salad at the deli of the Supermarket. I am set for easy dinner.

This was yesterday's meal. I finished off the green beans!! Yay! No waste. I tried a stir fry with some onion and fresh mushrooms. They aren't burnt. The soy sauce turned everything dark and the camera enhanced the dark color so they just look burnt. Fairly spicy meal. I'd stopped and picked some lemon and Tartar sauce, so had another round of pollock, but I used some of the ground up hot pepper I made, so both the fish and the stir fry has a bit of zing to it. The pollock was still really mild, so the little bit of heat helped it (IMO). Air fried the potato crowns beside the pollock, but removed the pollock a bit earlier. Worked out to be a good meal.


Turned out to be a nice day, so I've been fiddling around in the yard. Thawed some drumsticks to bake if I get around to it tonight. May end up just snacking.

I've got 8 small meatloaves, each large enough for us for 1 meal. One is dinner tonight with some veggies and the rest are in the outdoor freezer. At least I hope it's a freezer. If not, they'll at least get good and cold in the porch before I put them into the freezer.

Cameras sure can play some games with us Donald, but your dinner looks good.

I made some Lemon, Garlic, Rosemary chicken thighs and had it with a baked sweet potato and the leftover peas from yesterday. Tasted good, loved the lemony sauce from the pan. I shared the sweet potato with Poppy. She sure does love them. Too hungry for pictures tonight.

Lasagna-Stouffers.

Chili tonight. Now that's homemade.

Rain to start tomorrow then turning over to snow tomorrow evening. Tue the wind will be pretty bad so chances are I will be calling in since I live in the hills and it's all hills and curves until I reach the major highway to work. Then it's idiots no matter the time of day in that weather. Hearing 4-6 inches here and possible power outages due to heavy snow combined with strong winds (45mph wind gusts).

So chili will be good today and leftovers good tomorrow. Allows us to have something easy on Tue if needed.

I'm glad you can stay home, Amanda.

It's the DO's birthday. Four for dinner as T&A joined us. It was Long Island roasted duckling, with pomegranate and orange sauce. (As it happens, they gave us the duck for Christmas...with a plan for dinner this day! ) Mashed potatoes and asparagus pan-roasted in a bit of duck fat, on the side. It all came out very well and met with rave reviews. Andy's doing the dishes as the rest of us sip and smoke.

Happy Birthday , and looks like you made him a great dinner to celebrate.
Tonight was a piece of steak that was tasty but a bit too much fat for my liking , had with asparagus in a garlic butter sauce.
Amanda sounds like you have the same kind of ride I do. Real bad if you get stuck since it is 7 miles of watershed land with no houses and almost no cell service. Hope you do not lose power and kind of surprised we did not last night as you could hear branches breaking under the weight of the snow.

Sean, Happy Birthday to Miguel, sounds/looks like you cooked him a delicious dinner.

Miguel had a very nice birthday dinner. Hope he had a great day!

Great birthday dinner for Miguel, I'm sure he enjoyed it.

I'm getting ready for the first big winter storm of the season. Looks like January is going to be like most of them are. At least I'm not in the mountains or big hills. The land is very flat where I live. That makes for a lot of wind and drifting. Guess I better go buy some milk and bread.

I hope your storm gives you the snow you need but doesn't cause many problems. We had a "storm" yesterday. LOTS of hype, and very little snow. Our gardens sorely need the insulation a good layer of snow gives them.

Good Morning all,

Weather here has been super cold. A lot of the higher elevations are seeing snow. We didn't get any but it sure was super cold. As predicted we got rain yesterday. Started about 2 and ended around 4ish. After that just stayed cold and damp. Today is even colder as high temp will be 47 and tonight 26! Brrrrrr! We should be between 55-63 this time of year normally. At least we are dry and the sun is shining so that helps. About two more days of this cold snap and then we should be back to our average temps.

Dinner today will be beef tips and mushroom gravy over egg noodles. Made it yesterday in the slow cooker. Came out very nice and with great flavor. All I have to do today is thicken the gravy and warm the beef tips up while the egg noodles cook. Some steamed broccoli will make a nice side. Pics to come.
Lunch will just be some tomato soup. In the mood for something warm. No idea what to make tomorrow but as always---I'll figure it out.

Amanda...Glad you are able to stay home and be safe. Sounds like a pretty treacherous drive when the weather is bad.

Sean...Happy birthday to Miguel and wishing him many more. So glad you made a nice dinner for him and friends were there to help celebrate.

Tom...Steak and asparagus sounds quite tasty. Bummer about the steak being a bit fatty. What cut of steak was it? Also drive safely.

All............Getting ready to deal with the roofers. They'll be here in a bit to finish up repairs and start the weatherproof coating. Also have another repair person coming to look at the inside and give quote for drywall repair. So I'll be busy. Will catch up with all later.
Happy Day,
AG

Tom, what's the status on your eternally PG mare? Did she reabsorb the fetus? Do you think she passed it and you didn't find it? Are you going to try again, or is she going to get sold?