Snow Days and Winter Games

There are, or were supposed to have been, 20 school days in February (including 3 that haven't happened yet).

In the first 5 days, two were cancelled and one was a 2 hour delay.

In the second 5, all five were cancelled.

In the third, three were cancelled, two were delayed 2 hours.

This week is the fourth 5 days, and so far we've had both days!

Karis had her first day today - working as an aide at Shepherdstown Elementary for the First Grade - and I subbed today and already have a job for tomorrow, things finally seem to be getting back to normal.

The snow has given us a lot of time to watch the Olympics, though, and I've found curling to be surprisingly interesting. I also watched my second hockey game (go Team USA). And I've been making sure to follow speed-skating, long and short tracks.

Karis prefers figure skating... she even practiced her twists and turns when we went ice skating on Valentine's Day.

Anyway, back to curling.

Keepin' busy

Thanks to the record-breaking snowfall this week, Joshua and I have been enjoying an unplanned stay-cation. So, needless to say, with all the free time, I've tried something new. Surprise! Today it was Langues de Chat that I experimented with. Overall, I am pleased with the results, although I would make them a bit thinner next time.

Tomorrow I will be making Egyptian Lentil Soup - recipe courtesy of Moosewood. Just for me though - Joshua's not a big lentil guy. We'll see how it goes.

Good Eats

School is out today (snow day), so I figured I'd catch you up on what's going on down here (in Shepherdstown), and since Karis has been posting a lot about food I'd thought I'd join her.

For Karis and I, Alton Brown is our food hero and many of our recipes are either taken from him, or inspired by him - and we love to watch him on FoodNetwork (for the record, Mark Bittman is another favorite and Karis likes Back to the Cutting Board).

(we have this picture hanging above our bed)

Anyway, we recently just made Alton Brown's Peanut Butter Fudge and it was/is amazing, I never knew fudge was so easy to make.

Tonight we'll be trying his Molasses Coffee Marinated Pork Chops, so hopefully it's not too snowy outside tonight!