Sad Day

It was snowing yesterday and I was supposed to go to the dentist later in the afternoon. Midmorning the snow was coming down pretty hard and had been all morning. A coworker came from working at one of the schools with the news that Larry's daughter had been killed on the divide in a car accident. I don't know the daughter, but I have worked with Larry for many years now. I had seen his daughter perform her Jingle Dress dance many times; she was a good dancer. Part of the dance is that the drummers will change the beat without warning and the dancer has to respond in midbeat to keep dancing. The drummers will end the song without warning and the dancer has to stop dancing with the last beat. She did. It takes nerves of steel, legs like pistons, and feet that can flirt with the beat. She had them all, and a father who never took his eyes off her when she danced.

After I heard the news, I cancelled my appointment. Hannah and 3 other young people in our community died on the roads yesterday. It was a sad day.

Sunday Roast

Part I
1. Sometime in the morning, put your family sized roast in a slow cooker.
2. Douse with Wostershire sauce.
3. Cook slowly for several hours.
4. Douse with favorite steak sauce.
5. Slow cook until you are hungry or it's dinner time.
6. Pour out the yummy juices from cooking, save for gravy.
7. Fix whatever else, smashed potatoes, veggies, etc.
8. Make yummy gravy.
9. Eat dinner

Part II
Throw all the leftovers into a caserole dish, add more gravy from a jar if necessary. Cover with biscuit topping and bake until all bubbly.

Part III
If there's any leftover caserole, take it to work for lunch.

Part IV
You may not get to part iv if you have a big family and a small roast. But if you have any left, you can slap it on a couple slices of bread and add favorite condiments.

Winter Blues(Blahs)

It has been snowing fitfully all week, like a baby who is crying for no good reason except that she's a baby and it's her right to cry. It's been snowing because it's winter and it's suppose to snow, but winter's heart just isn't in it this year. It is easily distracted by the sun and wind it's just muddy and cold. Maybe spring will take it more seriously.

As you can probably guess, not much is going on around here, not when all I can think of to write about is the weather. I did finish the taxes yesterday, got a good start on a new course catalog at work and almost finished my Lego Batman game, a game which I may never finish as only the tricksy things are left. Our elementary school was canceled for the week as they cleaned up after a fire in one of the rooms. No one was hurt and only one room was damaged in the fire, but the smoke was toxic and needed to be cleared out before kids returned. They should be able to come back tomorrow.

It has been a rather meloncholy week as I remembered my brother, Jimmy and found out that my dad had to make a very hard choice regarding "quality of life" choice that must have been very hard to make, and he had to make it alone.

Maybe there will be something "noteworthy" happening this week. I do have a dentist appointment on Friday. (yawn)

February 10

Guess who's older.