Monday, and Moving Along

They plowed the road again sometime Sunday night. So, when I left for work, I bottomed out on the resultant snow bank. I pulled ahead and tried it again with a little more gas. I finally made it up and out.

I spent my lunch hour grocery shopping at Meijer’s. With the temperature hovering just around freezing, I suppose I could have left everything in the car. But I was this far already so I went home and unloaded the trunk. I left the canned goods, paper products, cleaning supplies (these made up the bulk of the bill) on the table. I put the perishables in the fridge or freezer and went back to work. I bottomed out again on the snow bank. Grrr...

On the way home I stopped and filled my gas tank. Now, I still have about a half tank of gas. But, we are supposed to get frigid temps (highs only in the teens and lows in the single digits) for the next several days and I don’t want any problems (I got enough problems) with frozen gas lines.

Pulling in the driveway, I bottomed out again (no big surprise). One of the cats had barfed on the bedspread, so it went into the wash. I put away the rest of the groceries.

I got dressed in my cold weather gear. I went out with the transfer shovel and dug out every where I could tell I had gotten hung up on. Right now, it’s just annoying snow, but tomorrow morning it will be frozen solid. I also dug out the mailbox.

Back inside, I rested for a while (warming up), and then began watching the evening news. At 7:00 PM, I started dinner.

First I medium-diced half a yellow onion and sauteed it in olive oil and butter. Then I added a can of roast beef hash. I’m a little tired of fried chicken. I let that fry until it had a bit of a crust on it. I seasoned the hash with salt and pepper and plated it.

While the hash was getting it's crust, I made a small salad. i used Romaine lettuce, a green onion, two radishes I sliced thin and some of my homemade croutons. I dressed it with bottled Ranch dressing.

I ate the salad and about half of the hash watching TV. The salad was good, but I must admit I liked the sourdough croutons better than the rye bread ones. I put the other half of the hash in the fridge and put myself to bed just after 11:00 PM.