a choice to make

I have enough hamburger and leftover sides to do that fake steak thing again for supper today, or I could use the last of the enchilada and frijoles with a fried egg on top like I saw online.....the hamburger steak was pretty good really.....and Wednesday is shopping.....the grocery store ad already came in the mail, with one page featuring "the 12 roasts of Christmas".....cheapest thing there was the Boston Butt, of course.....so maybe crock pot pork shoulder with veggies leading up to Xmas.....one recipe I looked at had  applesauce in it.....that sounds good....with potato wedges.....can I find pearl onions?  The sun is out today, after a bit of rain around 6:30 am.....pink and grey clouds on the newspaper walk, 52F then....never did get a second walk done Monday, with the rain coming and going.....but I can go walk now looks like.....

hamburger steak

that's what I'll make....I can use the ground beef I stuck in the freezer last week, when I used the rest in the enchilada pie.....I've done this before, it's like meatloaf done in a frying pan....I have the sweet onion, and can kick it up a notch with cilantro.....the rice and green beans can be the sides, same as with the rib-eye Sunday night.....I watched a lot of NFL yesterday, as it rained a lot outside....the vacant lot next door is mud, with a big puddle in the middle.....100% chance of more rain today, says one source.....the light bulb in the kitchen burned out, so I stole the one off the back porch....couldn't find any spares around.....so when I go over to the library right now I'll go next door to Fred's and get some curly bulbs.....this weather is coming from the South, so it's not really very cold this morning....mid-50s, should get into the 60s later.....the central heat hasn't kicked on in a couple days, but I have used the space heaters in the living room and bedroom to take the chill off some.....I made three taquitos with cheese and beans for Sunday lunch, today back to the chili dog and Fritos.....

storm front to the West

but the way it's moving on the radar I don't know if it will get here or not.....maybe part of it in the afternoon will.....so far just another overcast morning, in the 50s.....gloomy enough to have the lights on where I'm sitting.....should be some football on to watch....the newspaper characterized the Panthers-Chargers at 4:00 as an exercise in mediocrity......pretty cold comment, maybe true.....
     I was gone there for a few minutes, Dan called me on FaceTime from the Farmer Boy where he was eating breakfast....it was raining in S.B.   ......but I guess nothing much more to say anyway.....looks like I could run the vacuum some....already took the trash to the curb, when I emptied the kitchen and bathroom trash....I do that when I remember it or I'll forget it.....

Life's little problems

And small pleasures......I usually buy my kitchen calendar at CVS, but this morning the guy there said they didn't have any this year.....the Valantine stuff had shipped to him already, and calendars would have come before that if they we're going to come at all....and all of the vitamins were two for one, except multiple vitamins, which is what I'm gettin low on.....but I did get two cans of dark chocolate coated cashews for half price....seven dollars for two.....so that trip wasn't a total lose.....I found a calendar with "Beautiful Bouquets" at the dollar store for one dollar....but I didn't have any coin in my pocket so I had to give two ones to pay a dollar seven cents.....and I got some ruby port while I was over in that direction, so a small pleasure can be four or five chocolate cashews and a glass of port for dessert.....decadent, but actually antioxidant and healthful also....and now just after the Saturday noon siren, the sun has come out pretty good and it's in the mid 50s.....might get up to 60 later.....anyway, that was my Saturday morning pretty much...

one sunny day

and that was yesterday, looks like.....today back to cloudy plus cold....60-70% chance of showers or thunderstorms Sunday and Monday....then mostly cloudy going towards Christmas.....the City will not pick up trash Monday Christmas Eve....so that makes Wednesday my trash day that week.....the Clinton online thing helpfully tells you this stuff.....I still haven't gone anywhere after dark to see the decorations lit up on the streets.....don't think I saw them last year either....don't drive at night, generally speaking.....I might drive over to the CVS drugstore this morning....was 35 windchill at sunrise when I went for the newspaper.....I took a little piece of rib-eye and pounded it with sea salt and chopped cilantro and did it in olive oil in the iron skillet.....delicious.....also had rice, and "Kentucky broad green beans" sauteed with sweet onion as sides.....there will be another platter like that for Sunday, and today can be a return to enchilada.....stayed up late and slept through 'til 6 am pretty well....the town looks deserted so far today, hardly any traffic in evidence.....

frosty

clear, bright, cold at dawn.....couple degrees below freezing....but the clouds are gone....high today should be in the 50s.....I forgot that the rice takes a half hour to cook, so I just went ahead and had leftover enchilada and frijoles for supper yesterday....today I will try to be more organized at meal time, remember to put the rice on the stove.....I have cheese and bean tostadas as a lunch option too I guess, if I get tired of chili dogs.....I'll try to remember too to look for a 2013 calendar for the kitchen wall some time soon.....they usually have those at the drug store.....it was pretty cold on my walk by the park Thursday, and I guess it will be today again.....sunny, but not warm right now.....probably get below freezing Saturday morning early.....I wonder when the schools get out for Christmas, maybe the break starts the 17th, Monday?

ain't no sunshine

they claim that it's sunny today.....but I just can't see it.....overcast and low 40s, wind.....maybe it will clear off later.....was raining as I fell asleep again last night.....the enchilada pie, or New Mexico enchilada, came out just right....tasty stuff....one New Mexico enchilada recipe online is three or four tortillas layered up with chili sauce and cheese (meat optional) and topped with a fried egg and maybe some avocado in there somewhere....have to try that sometime, like a Sunday breakfast for supper thing....a variation of huevos rancheros.....today I will fix rib-eye in the evening.....chili-cheese dog lunch....these boots are made for walking.....when you have bad feet it's important to have good boots....I'm going to go walk some even though it's still cold out, 'cause I don't think it's going to get much warmer later anyway.....the natural gas bill came yesterday, reflecting the colder weather in dollars and cents.....not too bad though.....did I mention that my Medicare card came the other day?  Effective 04-01-2013.....that's a sure sign of old age.....