Thursday, February 4, 2010

Friday Night:  Snow. The snow could be heavy at times. Widespread blowing snow after 1am. Low around 25.(-3 C) Blustery, with a east wind 6 to 9 mph increasing to between 19 and 22 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 5 to 9 inches possible.
Saturday: Snow and widespread blowing snow. High near 28. Windy, with a north wind between 21 and 26 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%.
Saturday Night: A chance of snow showers, mainly before 1am. Partly cloudy, with a low around 16. North wind between 7 and 17 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%



So, here we go again.  Pk and I have work tomorrow and will have time to go to the gym and maybe even out to the diner for dinner before the snow really starts.  And then the fun starts.......

We had no plans for the weekend and it's not a grocery shopping weekend so we're ready.  We have plenty of milk, eggs and bread (required when snow is in the forecast) and can hole up in the house for the day.  I'll make a pot of soup and maybe some bread for dinner.    I can work on my swatch for the Evenstar kal and Pk has three discs from Netflix to watch so we should be able to keep ourselves busy.

We've been watching the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (BBC version) and enjoying it quite a bit.  Cheesy special effects and bad dialogue, what's not to love?

Tonight we had a dish we made up after having something similar in a Moroccan restaurant.  I put some olive oil, lemon peel and garlic in the stick blender bowl and chopped it all together.  I put that on some chicken and added some assorted olives.  I baked it all for about an hour.  Then I made some bulgur wheat with tomatoes.  It's tasty and fairly low in fat.  While we're not dieting per se, we are trying to eat healthier.  It won't do us much good to go to the gym if we're eating lots and lots of fats.  Unfortunately, it's the fats that taste so good.

We bought some snow melt on the way home.  One bag for us and one for Kate.  Their apartment complex doesn't seem to pay a lot of attention to their front steps.  I guess we're as ready as we can be.

I'll be really disappointed if it's all hype........:

11 comments:

Jeanne said...

Your dinner sounds very good!

Enjoy the snowy weekend...

Galad said...

You sound well prepared for a cozy weekend. Keep warm!

Rose Red said...

So, looks like snow this weekend huh?!!

Big pot of soup and homemade bread sounds fabulous!

Louiz said...

Hitchhikers is great, isn't it? Check out the original radio series if you can get it, it's actually a whole load better (if you can't find it anywhere let me know and I'll lend you mine if you want)

Sounds like you've got everything you need for a snowbound weekend:)

Bezzie said...

I think you'll get it. Northern NJ though probably won't. I'd gladly trade you!

Saren Johnson said...

Dinner sounds wonderful. Good luck with the snow, I woke up to rain this morning.

roxie said...

When we have bad weather coming, we stock up on gas for the electric generator, or kerosene for the lanterns, or candles. Don't you ever lose power?

Hoping you get through this one safe and warm.

DPUTiger said...

It started snowing here (Pittsburgh) around noon and started sticking within an hour. Now the flakes just keep getting bigger and bigger. once I pick up the Hubster, I'm in for the night!

Anonymous said...

that chicken sounds astoundingly good. I love Moroccan food so much!

I long for a snow day. Yours sounds like it will be snuggly and warm and comforting.

Elizabeth Lafferty said...

If you like Hitchhiker, have you tried Red Dwarf?

Amy Lane said...

The chicken recipe sounds really good-- and I guess you can see that it's not all hype!!!

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