oh ho, do not go!

 If you go out and about today in Central New York State, beware....it's cold, and it's slippery. It's snowing like crazy, and the wind is blowing that snow, creating whiteouts.  I had to drive to the small city this fine morning to drop off my car, you know the one, it needs a thousand dollars in repairs.  (off topic, but they've already called and found a cracked rear rotor, so add another $300 on to that bill...).  

The drive was an adventure.  My car is all-wheel drive, and felt like it was fish-tailing all over.  By the time I arrived, my hands were shaking.  I had an apology to deliver, as there was a mix up when I called there this morning to confirm the parts arrived...see, my name was "Evelyn" on their report, because Evelyn brings her car to a different Mavis location...so when I called and identified myself as Della, it threw them off.  I talked to a different guy than the other day, and he was pretty sure they couldn't get to me today.  I think I got little testy, as I explained how I was in there the other day....anyway, things got straightened around, and I told the guy I was sorry I was so short on the phone...he said it didn't even register, it was fine...okay.

Anyway.  The car is getting fixed, and I'm dreading picking it up.  It's white-out snowing, and like one degree, with whipping wind.  I'm thinking to pick it up tomorrow morning...

There is chili on the menu for dinner, and cornbread.  I am making a batch of cookies, because it's a SNOW DAY, YAY!  Sonja doesn't have class, and schools canceled for Miss Char.  They're all on the couch doing schoolwork right now...it's mighty pleasant in here.

Last night's dinner was yummy, not healthy, but mmmm.   I had an almost five pound package of chicken breast tenders, I cut them up a bit more, marinated in salt, pepper, lime juice. Batter of 1 cup corn starch, 1 cup flour, and a bit of baking powder...., salt and pepper, then 1 1/2 cups cold water whisked in.  Dump all the chicken in, then fry it up in a two frying pans with olive and canola oil.  

I served with a stir fry of long green beans, red/yellow/green peppers, and onions.  There was white rice, and for me, cauliflower rice. We have different sauces, I had a sugar-free teryaki that was pretty good.

There's a lot leftover, I'm sure these three will be stampeding into the kitchen before long for lunch to finish it.

Out the kitchen window...it's like fog, the snow blowing....

Well, I survived another drive into the city to pick up the car...over two thousand dollars later, my car is all good to go...the guy who fixed Paul's truck had it finished up this afternoon, so we drove down to get that, less than $300, seemed like a bargain.  

Home....ah, home.  There's a pot of chili on the stove, and corn bread in the oven.  Cookies are done, here's the stupid thing I did:  One pan wasn't quite done, still soft and jiggly on top, so I turned off the oven, and left them in there, of COURSE I'll remember them!  well.  ahem.  I happily made the cornbread, turned the oven on to preheat, then opened it to put that cornbread in, and oops.  Those poor cookies!  

I somehow don't eat the cookies I bake anymore, I WANT to, but I don't...but I broke off a burnt piece, and it was actually really good!   I could just eat them all, so they wouldn't go to waste, but if I were to consume that many cookies, I'd rather eat fresh ones, so goodbye cookies.

Before the chips go income sprinkle cookies for Camille:)

I ran out of semi-sweet chocolate chips, so used a mixture of peanut butter chips and milk chocolate chips.  The house smells like a bakery!

This is what it looks like out there on the roads...not for the faint-hearted....when the white-outs occur, you cannot see anything at all!  I stole this from Sam, and this from Evelyn:

One 73 cent box of Jiffy corn bread mix, one egg, one third cup milk, and voila.  

Keep warm everyone, and drive safely....