Tuesday, November 23, 2010

No School AGAIN!

So our half day of school tomorrow is canceled, meaning I didn't have to work one day this week. Woohoo! I love having so much time off! Though I am worried that we're going to be using our quota of snow days early this year and will have to make it up later. :S I'm also hoping that everything will be just dandy next week, because now I have less time to prepare my chilluns' for the end of quarter grades. :S The last two days were meant for them to catch up/turn in work/etc.

It snowed several inches last night, so the hubby and I did not venture outside at all. I've heard though that drives of a few minutes are taking hours because of the snow/ice. It's been several degrees below freezing allll day long and I'm sure that school is closed tomorrow more because of the black ice than anything else.

I need to venture out tomorrow sometime though and get grocs. I'm making a mincemeat pie for Thanksgiving and mashed potatoes. I'm really hoping it's not too icy by then . . . I once really busted up the tire/axle of my previous car because of snow/ice, and I can't afford a repeat.

I can't wait till Thanksgiving! I'm going over early Thurs. afternoon to help mom with everything. We always do Thanksgiving piecemeal at our house. Everyone contributes something to the meal which makes it a lot easier for everyone to do the fun things at Thanksgiving without having to spend the whole day cooking.

I seemed to have lost my mincemeat pie recipe, so I'm going on a limb and just going from what I remember. But, I've always thought pies were just so simple to invent. As long as you remember that you need lemon, spice, fruit, and something for thickening, then you're good to go. I haven't used exact measurements for pie filling in a couple of years now. That's partially why I like making pie so much. It's quick and easy and no one believes I just sort of made it up.

Here's a few pics of the snowfall:






I forgot to take a picture this morning, but see all the ground in this pic? Yeah, all covered in almost 3 inches of snow. The rooftops are still almost 5 inches thick. The parking lot still looks rather icy. :S

It's supposed to warm up Thanksgiving Day and even rain, so I'm sure it will all be gone by this weekend.

And, mom sent me another sweet pic of me and Libby, so that's what we'll end with:


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