windchill 38F

that'll wake you up when you go walking after breakfast.....might get down to freezing tonight.....hopefully after trick or treat is over.....got to remember to get the candy this morning at the grocery store....might get a chicken to roast too, haven't done that in a while....St. Louis ribs were in the ad yesterday.....I've got cornbread stuffing to eat up, that goes with about anything.....need olive oil this week, and a dozen eggs....out of Fritos too.....the central heat is running, guess the" heating season" is here right on time......my neighbor from around the corner came over yesterday and picked up a bag of pecans from out back, there are way too many for me to do anything with.....and I don't bend over very well to pick things up any how.....so, off to the market.....

From outer space

You can see the Frankenstorm images show the edge of the system extending over the Upstate again....this time coming in the back door over the mountains....where it is blowing snow probably....here it is 42 windchill and dark with clouds....I don't feel like getting out and going for a walk right now....maybe it will be a little warmer by the afternoon....I did meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and squash all in the iron skillet yesterday, instead of heating it up in the microwave....makes for a better presentation.....today I will sauté sweet onion and bell pepper in olive oil and then add a box of cornbread stuffing. ....that will be the "starch" side with more squash as the veg and a brat as the meat....I've got the electric fire on in the living room, and lamps on to make it less gloomy.....the forced air heat kicked on during the night....it is a lot quieter with the replacement fan motor than it was in previous years.....you have to concentrate on the sounds to tell if it's even on, whereas it used to be that the floor vents would whistle sort of.....I should go out and cut off whatever it is that is rubbing against the wall outside the bedroom in the wind, pestering me at night....must be the wisteria...that's all we've been getting from the storm, lots of wind....

43 at sunrise

my weather page showed the same reading for Escondido.....predicting 37 for Monday night-Tuesday morning......calling for wet heavy snow and high winds in the mountains, but dry and chilly down 'round here getting into Halloween night.....glad I don't live in New York or anywhere near it.....so it's crisp walking weather this morning.....the World Series is over so I can get to bed earlier tonight than I have been.....can have meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and yellow squash for supper.....then do something with bratwurst Tuesday and go shopping Wednesday.....I think there might be a box of cornbread stuffing still in the kitchen cupboard, 'cause they were buy one get one free.....a potential side with the brat?  we'll make something work....that's another day anyway.....

more Giants

so I stayed up late again watching the baseball.....maybe SF will win the Series tonight in a sweep?  watched the Dawgs bite the Gators.....don't know if I'll bother watching those lousy Panthers or not.....sometime in the wee small hours I woke up briefly thinking I'd felt a slight earthquake.....but the only earthquake news online this morning is a 7.7 off Vancouver Island.....don't think I felt that....it said there was a tsunami warning for Oregon....I wonder if the warning siren went off where Caroline lives.....the wave ended up being four inches tall I think it said.....hurricane Sandy has gone North, the Carolina coast got some rain but no real bad winds or damage.....there's a big black bank of cloud visible to the West, must be that cold front moving this way.....52 for the Sunday sunrise, with lows in the 30s predicted for tonight....I had a sausage patty with my french toast this morning, rather than the usual two sausage links.....got a half pound of bulk country sausage to use up somehow, maybe in chili later this week.....it looks like it's going to be dang cold Halloween night.....I haven't bought any candy yet....can do that during my regular Wednesday shopping....

hurricane weather?

clouds and wind from Sandy reaching into the Upstate area.....and the cold front slowly slipping south and east to get here Sunday sometime.....but they say the worst of it will be in the North-East where the Frankenstorm hits.....60s this morning, persistent winds, clouded over.....Laurens and Clinton both won their football games, and Laurens plays unbeaten Greenwood next week in their Region showdown.....Georgia and Florida will be on this afternoon.....and tonight will be game 3 of the Series.....I'm going to ride over to Laurens and Walmart, come home the back way.....mainly just for the drive, get out of the house.....plenty of leftovers for suppers and sandwiches this weekend.....ads in the paper for holiday dinners.....frozen turkeys on sale, etc.....pages of pictures of pies, cakes, and candy....ack, the holidaze....bah humbug.....

the best meatloaf I ever made

maybe I say that every time I make meatloaf.....it was good anyway, and plenty left over.....instead of walking right now I'll go out and run the mower for perhaps the last time until Spring.....the grass has already stopped growing pretty much, but a quick pass over it all will blow away or grind into mulch a lot of the stuff falling off the trees.....need to blow the acorns off the sidewalk too.....55 outside, should be comfortable enough.....late night again watching that baseball game.....a pitcher's duel I guess you could say.....and the Giants had lots of lucky breaks again.....so I can have a cold meatloaf sandwich for lunch....pickles, mustard, mayo....on rye.....this week seemed to go by fast....if we can live through the election and the Holidays we will be in 2013 before we know it.....

81 yesterday

today should be much the same....50 at sunrise again this morning....but after this weekend they are saying the highs will be down in the 60s or 50s even.....hurricane Sandy may or may not send clouds this way before or at Halloween......watched the Giants again....another good game, so another night of not getting to bed until almost 12.....but then I sleep through pretty well until 6:30 when I get going out of force of habit anyway.....I checked online for the time and temp for the oatmeal meatloaf.....and it's 3/4 cup of oats for 1.5 lbs. meat.....I use 1 pound of ground round and a half pound of country sausage.....diced onion, diced bell pepper, diced garlic, cream of mushroom soup for the liquid....one egg.....spices may very by whim......bake a potato with that, serve with peas.....I have peppered gravy already made from yesterday's banger and mash.....another baseball game this evening at 8.....I'm half-way through Horse Shoe Robinson.....the action takes place in this neck of the woods towards the end of the Revolution.....Musgrove Mill and all that.....the story is mostly true, but the writing is 19th century florid romantic in style.....oh, time and temp are one hour at 350.....