a little warmer?

it said 36 this morning, but with a windchill of 31....that's warmer than 19 anyway....but the cold must be getting into my back, because walking didn't loosen it up like it usually does.....still feels like a kink or a knot in the spot that bothers me....by Sunday more "Arctic air" is predicted, this time with a 50% chance of rain or snow.....if the front gets here at night, it might be snow.....some clouds today, broken sunshine....when I was out walking near the mill, this girl in a little old Toyota or something didn't even stop at the stop sign at Academy and Sloan, and crashed into this guy's Dodge pickup.....she stopped for a minute and he wrote down her plate number, but she never got out of her car to show insurance or anything, she just drove away.....the guy speculated that she was drunk, and maybe didn't have insurance, since she didn't wait for the police.....last night I had sausage cooked with sauerkraut, and mashed potatoes.....today will be leftovers.....ribs, rice-and-gravy, and the last of that can of kernel corn.....watched old spy movies until bedtime, there seems to be an endless supply of them on this one channel.....

19 degrees (again)

Cold snap continues, without much relief on the horizon.....we're running 15-20 degrees below average for this particular time of year....so it's hard to get up the gumption to go outside for a walk around the park.....maybe later in the day it will warm up a bit.....rib report: I hadn't done ribs with just a rub in a long time....I used a McCormick Mesquite Seasoning that was marked down to $1.29....about half of the little shaker bottle on 2.5 lbs. of baby back ribs.....that went into the iron skillet with the iron lid from my camping dutch oven which fits perfectly and I did the 3 hours at three-hundred.....fall-off-the-bones tender, fat all cooked out of 'em, flavorful from the rub.....enough of them left for two or three more meals....oh, I used oregano on the bottom of the slabs, rub on top....Celtics were playing Denver last night, and beat them....Celtics are on again tonight vs. the 76ers.....you see lots of Celtics on the East Coast I guess.....I can hear a train going by....I think it's about time for the coal train.....

3 hrs. at 300 degrees

that's how I'll do the baby-back ribs in the oven, with a mesquite rub.....on these freezing days, may as well run the oven....baked potato with that, and corn I guess....crock-pot beef sausage and sauerkraut will be another supper option this week, and I have leftover ham, and rice-and-gravy....enough stuff for a week anyway.....19F this morning.....put some Heet in the Jeep, and filled the tank on the way back from the grocery store, to prevent freezing gas lines .....slept well last night, with the bedroom heater on low.....the forced air heat kicks on some in the night, and the ducts in the crawl space seem to give off enough warmth to keep the pipes from freezing, at least so far...knock on wood.....

factoring in the wind-chill

it was still well below freezing when I did the mill park walk around noon.....I had a load of stuff in the dryer, I did get something useful done today.....the grocery store ad says they will have Ocean Spray Cranberry Cocktails two for one, so I'll get a couple of bottles of that tomorrow .....and I'll get gas on the way back, it's getting low.....and we'll see what there is for dinners that catches the eye....no more chicken this time, maybe I can find a good deal on ribs, or one of those pork-butt roasts....Boston butt, they call 'em.....

19F, sunny

it might get all the way up to 38F today.....got up to 39 yesterday.....I got a 1 lb. DAK canned ham at Wal*Mart, and I have a potato I need to do something with, so supper will probably be pan-fried ham and sliced potato.....with either green beans or corn.....when I ordered the electric heat stove, it was $99 delivered.....but over black cyber weekend they had it at $89, so I asked them if they would give me 10 bucks back.....and danged if a $10 credit didn't show up in my account today....cool.....there was an American Pickers episode last night where they were in South Carolina, but it didn't say exactly where, that I saw anyway.....Pickers and Pawn Stars is about the bottom of the barrel for me evening TV wise.....something until an 8 o'clock movie comes on, or until I just plain turn it off and read a book until I get sleepy enough to go on to bed....I think tonight, Tuesday, there should be a game on NBA TV.....

they didn't have

what I was looking for at Wal*Mart.....a 20x20 filter for the forced air heating....I went over there because they usually have the best selection and prices, but they had shrunk the filter section or something.....they did have a good price on orange juice, so I got some since I was almost out of that.....as I was leaving Clinton, I had to stop for a coal train....there was snow on top of the coal....I guess those trains come from Kentucky, where it was snowing last night....I came the back way home, and deer were crossing the road out in the stretch through the woods.....I didn't hit any...

23F, clear

so the dawn walk was pretty chilly.....now I'm going to go over to Wal*Mart and look for a couple of things.....the Jeep has a good heater....if the Jeep starts in this cold...I think it will.....it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow......