Taste Like Ice Chicken Wednesday 12/16

We have snow flurries this morning and slick roads. There are already accidents on the roads. We are expecting only 1-2” of accumulating snow in our area between now and tomorrow morning. 

Linda,congrats on the gate. How are the sinuses this morning? I feel you on cable phone. That is why we only have mobile phones. I have also had the feeling of impending doom recently. Remember my GF’s breathing problems? Turned out to be anxiety. She is taking an anti-depressant now. It has been quite the year between the pandemic, politics and regular life problems.

Karen,PF does not seem to be improving. The last time it was this bad it took over a year to feel better. The sinuses are dripping back and front. Oh, well. Shopping is done. I only shop for Iggy and 2 GFs and that is done. The nieces and nephews get cash. In their eyes, nothing says Christmas like cash, cash, cash. 😆 I hope the tiredness is gone. I guess the frito pie did not cause acid reflux. Yay! Sounds like MG is going well. Still expecting just rain?

Liz, it is cold even for me. 12-18”. Yikes! I am glad you can work from home. That’s a shame your dentist will not be around for the adjustments which I hope are minimal. I sure hope you get the vaccine promptly. It made me mad that the WH was going to get the vaccine first, since they have done nothing but then I thought about the staff and Secret Service who have had to be there for all the super spreaders. They need it. Be careful out there.

Becky, I had only 2 cats and there was no herding. 4 miles is a lot. I hope the ITB has calmed down. Glad the arm is better. 

Kathy, I had a coworker who always muttered something about herding cats when things were not going well with the movement of freight from warehouse to ship. I hope you have an outdoor get together with DM and DS. I had a good idea but no one wants to do it with me. Each family makes one dish to share and we exchange dishes (leave on porch), so we are eating same meal separately and we don’t have to cook a whole meal. I thought it was genius. No one agreed (as usual). They’d rather have a super spreader event.

Denise, when do get the vaccine? I hope it is soon.

I made pizza yesterday. I had made the dough from the King Arthur recipe on line and froze the uncooked dough. I defrosted it overnight and took it out of the fridge to rise in the morning. That worked well. I made the usual spinach and feta, my favorite, and did a ham and green olive for Iggy, his favorite. Cold pizza for breakfast, anyone? It’s the best pizza dough recipe I have tried. King Arthur pizza crust I was going to drop off some mail and pick up a prescription at the CVS drive through but I may wait. It is pretty icy out.

Well, I’d better post before I lose it. Stay healthy.

Thanks for the start, Chele. Hope you don't have any reason to go out on the highway today. How much snow do you have so far? We're still just expecting rain, but it will be (and is) a cold rain. Early tomorrow morning we may get a little snow, but it should stay above freezing (but just barely). PF can be extremely stubborn. How often do you ice it? I just send everyone gift cards in lieu of cash. Right size, right color. Since DM passed away, I just shop for Dale. One of his presents is on back order but it's trail running shoes that he won't need this exact moment, so if they get here late, it's not a huge deal. No reflux from the Frito Pie, but I've been using bitters before I eat it and I ran out yesterday. So we'll see how things go today.

Liz, I hope you get out really early today. I'm relieved to hear you will be working from home tomorrow. If you get 18" and the city gets a foot, will you be able to extend to working from home Friday as well? I saw in the NYT that the city hasn't seen this much snow since 2016. Prayers that you keep your power at home. So thankful for our generator when that kind of thing happens. It has paid for itself many times over the years.

I, too, can relate on the internet issues, Linda. Our wi-fi has been so up and down since late October (more down than up) and the only thing that has gotten us through, especially with Dale working from home, has been the ability to use our cell phones as hotspots. We got consistent service back last Friday and it has remained. Hopefully they have gotten their issues fixed. Router would be the place to start. We reboot ours at least a couple of times a day. Take advantage of every good day you can get. I hope you're having another good day today. Was your Italian from the usual place? That always sounds so good. I plugged the Frito Pie recipe into My Fitness Pal and it says 381 calories. But that's with my homemade beans. And Boca is less calories and fat than ground beef. You could knock it down a bit more by using reduced fat cheese. And, the servings are HUGE so you probably wouldn't eat more than about 2/3 of one.

Becky, how are you feeling today? It's actually good to have a couple of different routes of the same mileage so you don't get bored doing the same walk every time. I was surprised the massage guns were that expensive. It would have to feel really good to pay that much, unless one of us had something major to use it on. Not surprised about the arthritis and the cold. I hope your arm continues to feel better. Speaking of cold, my former boss from ACC and I have stayed in touch over the years. She is 83 and has been living by herself in north Austin since her DH died a few years ago. She is now, at least temporarily, living with one of her daughters in Minnesota. Can you imagine going from a Texas winter to a Minnesota winter? No thanks!

I'll have to check BBCA for A Discovery of Witches, Kathy. AMC was a dead end if I didn't want to pay for the premium channel.  Speaking of BBCA, have you heard anything about a new Doctor Who series or a Christmas or New Year special? I hope next week will be conducive to an outdoor gathering at DS's. Good modification suggestions on the Frito Pie.

Denise, be careful going to work tonight if the roads are slick from the snow. How much snow are you expecting? Hopefully there will only be mild side effects from the vaccine, but I understand your desire to wait. It may be a while before we get enough vaccine here for me to get it and I figure that will give a large pool of people to get potential side effects before I have to make a decision.

We had the turkey parade come by this morning. 20 of them came through the woods and across the driveway to the woods on the other side of our property. Then Dale had a 6 point buck walk right past his office window. The joys of living in the wild....I'm still a little tired so I am taking it a bit easy. I have vacuumed and did a load of laundry, plus cleaning the suet block holder so I can get some suet blocks tomorrow. The woodpeckers expecially love them. I also have the dog food container we used to use cleaned up and ready to use tomorrow when I buy the dry food. I repurposed it for garden stuff so I'm taking it back to its original use. That may be it for the day.

Heard from Liz about an hour ago that she is on her way home. Good news!