March snowstorm

We thought spring was here - well - this morning we received several inches of this stuff. It is heavy wet, wet snow. Schools are closed. For a time we could not see our neighbors farm. We had nearly lost all of our snow here. Last year we were dealing with temps in the 60's and 70's and NO SNOW the entire month. It's nice to be home - going nowhere. So, a pot of chili - made from a Hungry Girl(Hungry-Girl.com) recipe - sits on the stove and Lynn made some bread. Yum!!! 

Friday musing!!

Good morning to all. It is starting out to be a lovely day - not too warm yet, but at least the snow is melting. It finally feels like spring. Birds are returning from their winter homes. I awoke to hear about the earthquake in Japan and Tsunami warnings out for Hawaii, California and Alaska.


 I am home today, but I do hope to check out the newly remodeled Food Mill. They have been closed for about two months. I have really missed having a local store open. The Food Mill is a Quick mart sort of store - with gas and basic groceries, but they also bag bulk foods for several other stores along with theirs. They have flours, seasonings, flavorings, pastas, teas, honey and jelly/jam - much of that locally produced. They also carry nuts, chocolate chips and the like, gluten free products, and locally raised meats.It's good to have them open once again. The store is now twice as large as they started out. 


 I am also reading a couple of new books. I'm reading one which tells the story of the Secret Service and their protection of John F. Kennedy at the time of his assassination. I am also reading Late for Tea at the Deer Palace - by Tamara Chalabi. Her family lived in Iraq.I am also reading or planning to read a series by Bonnie Leon - she writes about Alaska in many of her books. Touching the Clouds is about a young female pilot who moves to Alaska in the early days of plane service in Alaska. Now there are planes flying in and out all day long in nearly every village in the state, but then it was still a small industry.If you watch the show Flying Wild in Alaska - on Discovery Channel, you will learn about ERA - they are the largest private plane service to about 2/3 of western Alaska. They are based out of Unalakleet, although they have planes and pilots in every hub. In a town of 700 which Unalakleet has, they have an airport at least the size of Eau Claire - 60,000 or even larger. Planes of all sizes come and go all day long. Bethel, which has a pop. of about 6,000, has a very large airport - a hub for all of western Alaska. We love that show and it's just fascinating!!!!


 I will likely keep the Earthquake news on all day while trying to get some cleaning done. I made pancakes for breakfast - something I rarely do. It is rare for both Lynn and I to be home in the morning. I made  Maple Syrup Sour Cream pancakes using Bisquick - the low fat version. I also cooked up Turkey Bacon.  


God bless and have a wonderful day!!

A snowy March day!

Good morning. Once again it has been a few weeks since I last wrote. We are again getting snow - although not much this time. It's 32 degrees at 9 am. Yesterday was a lovely day - sunny and snow was slowly melting. We still have as much as 4 inches on the level ground. The piles will take longer to melt.  We are ready for spring to arrive! Last year we had absolutely no snow in the month of March or April, so we are having a harder time dealing with snow now.  Lynn arrived back home after nearly two weeks in Boston, on Saturday evening. He and Greg worked very hard each of those days trying to get the remodeling of the upstairs done. It has been a two year project. The rest they will get a contractor to finish. They did get all the trim and doors stained and varnished. It will be nice to see the finished project - I have not seen it since Oct of 2009 so alot has changed. Tonight is Impact at church, so I have our lesson to complete, plus cleaning and laundry to work on. Katie and Jason recently celebrated  10 years of marriage. What a blessing! Cole has just started to make noises with his mouth - fun to watch. He is 6 months old now. I was able to spend two days with the family while Lynn was gone.