Cold Wednesday

Well, the dusting of snow turned out to be just that. But we are back in the deep freeze for the next several days. Our high today was forecasted to be just 15 degrees F. (-9 degrees C.) with a wind... Saturday is the next day forecasted to be above freezing, BTW.

However, I am not complaining, as I saw on the News this morning that Port Huron got, like, 12 inches of lake-effect snow (my daughter Melissa's favorite phrase). They said that all the outlying area schools were closed, but not in Port Huron, proper. So, I guess poor Joe and Riese still had to go to school today.

Before I left for work, I treated the downstairs and upstairs bathroom sink drains with some Roebic bacterial drain and trap cleaner. Now, I used to use, like, Draino on them every six months but my friend B___ recommended this as being more environmentally sound. It's supposed to eat the crud out of the traps and eliminate slow drains. We'll see... As Kermit the Frog often says, "It's not easy being green!"

Back home after work, I treated the cats and then headed out to refill the bird feeder (burrrr!) Back inside, I ran hot water down both treated sinks. Tonight, before going to bed, I will treat the kitchen sink and the bathtub and shower drains (this stuff needs eight hours to work its magic, you see).

I changed clothes and started the Wednesday night wash. Then I posted a recollection from back in the day. I checked the clock to see what I could still get done tonight and found it was already 7:30 PM, so I gave it up.

Onto dinner...

Ham, again, lol. This time I took the insides of the redskin potatoes (from Saturday's burned potato skins) and warmed them up in the microwave. I had already peeled and sliced some parsnips, BTW and they were cooking on the stove. Then I warmed up some milk and butter and mashed the potatoes. I warmed up some jar gravy, too and plated the cold ham, drizzled with some gravy, the mashed potatoes also with gravy and the parsnips, topped with butter and salt.

Not much in the way of real cooking, but not bad. I watched TV for an hour or so and then went to bed.