Tuesday

Tuesday morning, they kept saying on the weather that is was going to get above freezing with lighter winds than yesterday (we had sustained winds of 20 MPH with gusts up to 49 MPH all through the day and most of the night). But, it sure didn’t feel like it!

I did take both my morning and afternoon walks outside, but I had to remind myself over and over not to hunch up against the cold wind.

I had to go to CVS at lunchtime, so (you guessed it) I got some chicken fried rice, too.

In the afternoon, Vicky asked me if I wanted to try some of her mother Evy’s spaghetti. Well, I had an apple for a snack, but spaghetti sounded better. So, I warmed it up in the microwave. I was admittedly surprised that it tasted a LOT like my own mother’s spaghetti, back in the day!

When I got home, I retrieved the garbage can and then went inside. I treated the cats, changed clothes and then started prepping for tomorrow night’s dinner. Yes, I said tomorrow night. I made a box of Uncle Ben’s wild rice, but substituted chicken stock for the normal water. Then I cleaned and sliced two boxes of crimini mushrooms.

When the rice was ready, I took it off the burner to cool. Then I sautéed the mushrooms in the 12-inch skillet with 1/4 cup of butter. When they were ready, I let them cool a bit. Then I took about a 1/4 cup of them and chopped them up. I added them to the rice mixture and folded them in.

I heated up the rest of the chicken fried rice for my dinner (as well as sneaking some of the mushrooms, lol). Then I put my prepped food into containers and into the fridge.

Instead of watching the State of the Union Address (unpatriotic I suppose, but I never watch them. I listen to the recap on the news the morning after), I watched the first Lethal Weapon and then went to bed at 10:30 PM.