the squall line went through here

around nine something last night.....rain and lots of wind in a short time, but I haven't seen any reports of damage in this county from the event.....they showed that tornado in GA on the evening news.....this morning it was 29 windchill with 13 mph W wind....clear and bright out.....it's about the same right now, so it would feel like freezing if I went out walking again.....I'll look at the conditions later .....cut my second walk short yesterday 'cause the wind was trying to blow me off my feet....the tuna-and-noodles came out pretty much as I remember them, got leftovers out of that in the fridge.....today I might do steak and artichoke.....the checker yesterday asked me if that was an artichoke, she wasn't quite sure what it was....I forget to get more oatmeal....I have enough for another breakfast, and I do have grits in the cupboard....so I can eat grits, or make an extra trip for oatmeal if I want....I'll have a chili dog for lunch.....I have a nice Napa Valley Merlot this week.....I have a couple more Ian McEwan novels from the library, since I thought Atonement was a good one.....watched In the Loop the other night, funny movie.....in the British sort of way.....the publican in Bally K died that night too.....

damp streets and sidewalks

I think it rained some before I woke up.....64F, strong wind, blowing clouds on the early walk....got up to 71 yesterday.....will be warm again today with thunderstorms and maybe tornados in the afternoon.....and then a cold front comes after this warm front and it's back to Winter freeze by the weekend.....don't know if I want to go out walking again or not in this wind and possible rain.....got the fixings for tuna-and-noodles.....whole wheat noodles, solid white albacore, tender peas....already had cream of mushroom soup and bread crumbs in the cupboard....and parmesan cheese....also got an artichoke and a small piece of steak, cut up whole baked chicken from the deli section, chili dog material for lunches.....etc....I can finish off the meatloaf before I start on the hot dogs I guess.....I'll make the tuna noodles tonight, should be leftovers from that for another day.....got another loaf of pumpernickel.....

shift in the winds

should be much warmer today as a high moves in, winds from SW.....68 today instead of 48?  But then Wednesday 100% chance of rain.....and a cold front on the horizon.....misty this morning, but much brighter than yesterday morning....lunch Monday was grilled cheddar on dark rye with a sausage patty included.....supper was ribs, Tuesday supper can be the other stuffed pepper.....I need to think of cheap meals for another week....maybe I'll make a rice or noodle casserole of some sort for several suppers.....haven't made tuna-and-noodles in a long time, that's good....with peas in it?  or the peas on the side.....whatever, I'll think of something......

library opens at 9

so I'll go over there pretty soon.....not as cold this morning, above freezing anyway.....37 maybe.....I had a french bread pizza supper, and popcorn later watching some of the Pro Bowl....but not much of it....turned it off and read until around 10:30 and then went on to bed.....watched some of Torrey Pines, just for the scenery.....with the sound off and the stereo playing.....saw that Tiger is ahead though.....it comes back on this afternoon it says in the paper, to finish up......this evening I can have the rib platter, with baked potato and succotash.....cloudy and dim out right now still....hopefully there will be some sunshine sometime today....

frost and fog

seems odd to have frost and fog at the same time.....a weather guy the other day did mention freezing fog in the forecast, maybe that's what's going on.....windchill of 23 at sunrise, wind NE 5 mph.....high today of 47 predicted.....maybe I can finish the one library book I'm sort of bogged down in today, for the library trip Monday.....one stuffed pepper and some cheese toast was enough for Saturday supper, so there's one pepper left for another day.....finished up the curried chicken salad in a sandwich for yesterday's lunch, so today I might fry meatloaf for the sandwich.....done that before, it's good....it still looks not so nice outside at 9:30.....32F with the fog coming and going with the breeze....at around 4:30 this morning I went for a glass of water in the kitchen, and the room was pretty brightly lit by the full moon shining through the bare pecan trees....fog hadn't come up yet I guess....

icicles

and the sound of ice cracking off the eaves.....unusual around here, but in evidence this morning.....official word on the news last night from safety officials was stay home and off the roads until Saturday noon if you could, please.....they had about half an hour of showing icy highways and car wreaks, people off the road and in ditches, etc....here in Clinton there wasn't any snow, just freezing wet.....high of 30 yesterday.....I cooked iron skillet ribs and potato in the oven for supper, half of that left for another night.....I have curried chicken salad and also meatloaf for lunch sandwich choices....clouded over and 32 outside.....don't know about taking a walk right now, maybe things will look better in the afternoon.....

driving in freezing rain

the windshield was sort of glazed over until the defroster got it warm enough for the wipers to work right.....I went over to Walmart to get a blind for the laundry porch like the one I'd put in the bathroom window a while back.....they are only 4 bucks, and it looks better from the street with something in those windows that are in view now with the house gone next door.....on the radar it looks like it's snowing some one county over in Spartanburg.....here it's just been a mix of rain and ice pellets.....it still might get a dusting of snow here as the day goes by.....nasty out though with the cold damp.....did get the walk for the paper done, but I don't think I'm going out again soon.....more meatloaf platter last night, with succotash instead of black beans this time.....this afternoon I can heat up the house some when I do some country ribs in the oven....lunch can be cold meatloaf with cheddar cheese and mayo on pumpernickel.....so I'm going to go put up that blind in the porch window.....28F, high of 35 called for today.....