A Repeat of Wednesday's Weather

I woke up after 7:00 AM on Thursday. I checked the weather and was shocked. The high today was 26 degrees F. and that was at midnight. It's been falling ever since. So, at 8:00 PM it was 18 degrees here in Redford, still with that damn high wind (WNW at 21 miles per hour sustained). The only good news is that it was sunny for a change.

But, I am really glad I don't have to go anywhere today!

I posted the Blog entry, made my morning ablutions and ate my daily pills. Then I made a pot of coffee and watched the Today show. I had to laugh at the President's State of the Union outtakes (I deliberately didn't watch it last night as I knew it would just piss me off). Basically what I thought: More promises, especially to the middle class, but nothing accomplished yet. Blah, blah, blah...

I'm sure there were some people who took heart at his speech but, after all these years of political rhetoric, I know bullshit when I hear it...

I watched "Holmes on Homes" on HGTV, which is a show I really like. First off, he reminds me of a guy I used to work construction with, back in the day. And, second, I like how he seems honestly pissed at the shoddy work done by the previous contractor.

At noon, I decided to get going on tonight's dinner. Now, I know (and you know) I still have pot roast and veggies left and there's that whole broccoli, cheese and ham casserole left. But, I just had the roast beef yesterday (twice) and, I am hating on that casserole! So, I want to make my version of Luanne's rice dish.

So, I dug out my Dutch oven (the heavy bottom makes it perfect for browning meat) added two tablespoons (or there about, I eyeball this shit these days) of canola oil. And, when the oil started to smoke, I added a pound of hamburger. I turned it down to medium heat then and browned the hamburger.

I medium-diced two yellow onions, minced two cloves of garlic and medium diced a bunch of celery. When the hamburger was browned, I pulled it off with a slotted spoon and added a tablespoon of butter to the grease.

To that, I added the onions. When they were translucent, I added the garlic and eight ounces of sliced button mushrooms. Here's a tip, when you can smell the garlic, it's ready.

So, I added the hamburger back in, the celery, six cups of water and the whole box of instant brown rice. When it got back to a boil, I slapped the lid on it and set the timer for 12 minutes.

When the timer went off, I opened the lid, fluffed it up and filled a bowl for my lunch. I topped it with some soy sauce and it was delicious!

I celebrated the afternoon by finally watching the DaVinci Code (I've had that unopened movie for at least a couple of years now). Hmmm... really made me think...

I warmed up a bigger bowl of the rice mixture for dinner.

I watched one taped TV show and then a new episode of Sherlock Holmes show on PBS. I went to bed at 11:00 PM.