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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Our usual Sunday

Good morning.
As per my usual Sunday morning ritual, I've just returned from cleaning the Salon.
Our temps are to be near normal for the next week, which means daily highs above freezing. :-)
Saturday was booked solid, and I did the house call afterwards.
I also managed to finish the next puzzle, and I think I'll do one more. There's still a lot of snow on the ground, so I won't be working in the yard for a while yet.

And for dinner, Craig made home made nachos. They are sooo good!
He uses light tortilla chips, extra lean ground beef, and 2% Mexican shredded cheese. So they're not nearly as bad as in a restaurant and still very tasty!
We finished the evening watching the first 4 episodes of season 2 of Hot in Cleveland.
Today, Craig cooks our last turkey and we'll do our usual Sunday routine. Coffee and the paper, Craig will get the turkey in, do laundry and bookwork and I'm gonna try and get enough motivation and do some major cleaning. We'll see. :-)

Friday, February 25, 2011

almost the weekend

Good morning.
Fortunately, we only got a dusting of snow last night. So I'll leave the driveway as is. :-)
I also made it through yesterday's 12 hours, although I went to bed at 10pm and didn't get up until 6am. 8 hours is quite a bit of sleep for me. And fortunately, the day wasn't jam packed. Just nice and steady with no issues. :-)
Today and tomorrow look to be a normal 8-3 type of day. Although tomorrow after work, I'm making a house call on the way home. That customer of mine who broke her hip a while back is being released from rehab and wants me to come over and give her a haircut.
And it looks to be flurries off and on over the weekend. But I'm definitely noticing longer days, so that helps with the mood a lot.
And after work today, I'll do our weekend shopping. Tonight it's Boca Burgers with breaded, oven fried, zucchini sticks. Tomorrow, home made nachos. and Sunday, Craig's cooking our last turkey.
So have a great weekend!

Thursday, February 24, 2011

snow, snow, go away

Good morning.
I've just returned from clearing the driveway.....again. We got about 2-3 inches during the night which was a surprise since none was forecast. :-(
I've got a l-o-n-g day at work today. I'm going in an hour early to get in a customer I had to cancel last week due to illness, and now with the snow, I'll need to go in even earlier to clear the walks. So that will mean a 12+ work day. Hope my energy holds up. :-)
And they're calling for more snow tonight and tomorrow. whoopee.....
And as I'm sure most of you have noticed, the gas prices are going up and up. If they keep going that way, we may have to curtail a few of our trips. Right now, they're still all on. We've banked a nice little gas fund during the winter, and we've got some time before our first few trips to see where the the gas prices will be. Unless the gas prices hit the $4-$5 range, I think we'll be okay. :-l
So, time for my shower and on with the day.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

comfort food

Good morning.
My late posting is due to me having to clean the driveway and salon sidewalk again. :-\
I'm sooo over this crap! I'm glad it's almost March! :-)
So yesterday, I did get the cleaning bug and did quite a bit of dusting and vacuuming.
I also played a new game called Settlers. So far it's holding my interest. :-)
We also started our last puzzle. I don't do puzzles after March starts because we should start getting some breaks in the weather where I can start early spring clean-up in the yard.
We also booked another camping weekend. That makes 9 so far, with the 10th and 11th decided, but to early to book.
And as promised, pics of Craig's newest, very tasty, new dish.
Ravioli Lasagna.....

Or the half that's left anyway. :-)
And an unusual pic of a smiling Craig!

And the dishes left for me.
But that's okay. It's well worth the clean-up for good food! And there's nothing better in the cold winter than comfort food!

Monday, February 21, 2011

winter's back

Good morning.
Well, yesterday morning started out looking a bit like spring, but then this came...

And by this morning, it looked like this....
Yes, it was still dark out at 6am when I went out to clear the driveway. Looked like about 6-8 inches fell. It was over a foot thick at the end of the driveway where the plows had gone by.
Once I got that done, I went in to the salon to see what was needed there. The main roads are pretty good, but all the side roads are a mess. It appeared the sidewalks at the salon had been cleaned sometime during the night, and had about 2 inches back on them, so I got that cleared off and threw some salt on it.
Here's the drive and the car cleared of snow.Yesterday, with the most energy I've had in a week, I got in a cleaning mood and did quite a bit. I still had plenty of time to play on the puter, place a supply order for the Salon, and book another RV weekend. We've got 8 booked as of right now. Out of the weekends left, I still want to go to the Elkhart, Indiana area. I'd like to take a tour of the Newmar factory in nearby Nappanee. I think it would be neat to see where our mo-ho was born. :-)
And dinner was simple to, ham steaks with mashed potatoes and gravy and steamed cauliflower. Today Craig wants to try a new dish, Ravioli Lasagna. If it turns out, pics and the recipe tomorrow. :-)
ps......
I didn't notice until just now, that I missed my blog's anniversary, which was back on January 24th. Must mean I've been doing it so long, I don't even think about it anymore. This is the start of year 6 with blogger! 1030 posts!