We had snow here in the Star City, about 16 inches. I am now a "stay at home-r", so I don't have to worry about getting shoveled out to get to work. I am working on my laptop, so I cannot post any pictures here, but if you click on this, you can see the pictures of my deck that I posted on my other blog.
My hubby and I tend to hunker down and stay in when the weather is bad. We enjoy each others company, but have plenty of room here in the house to do our own thing, in the event that we do start getting on each others nerves. One of the things I love to do is cook, and I keep my storm pantry stocked year round with comfort food, as well as staples.
We almost got stuck in the beginning of the storm, another 10 minutes and we would not have gotten home. Since then we have eaten:
cinnamon buns with icing
Canned Beef Stew
homemade vegetable soup
brown sugar oatmeal
turkey sausage, eggs, homefries and toast with warm homemade strawberry compote
Fritos, chips, popcorn, pretzels
raisin bagels with buttery spread
coffee and/or tea with condensed sweetened canned milk or with just milk and sugar
oranges, apples
crackers and cheese
angle hair pasta with butter and Parmesan cheese and broccoli and cauliflower
(and this is just what I can remember right now)
We're talking 48 hours here, folks. I am just using the snow as an excuse to eat. It's not that I don't have anything else to do. I'm an artist and have an entire basement full of things to do. We have power and cable and there is really no real reason to be stuffing myself (and my hubby) as if we were going to need extra calories.
All this is just to say, that I'm aware of how I sabotage myself when it comes to being healthy. I think it's human nature to eat more during the holidays and especially during a storm. I am so grateful that we didn't get stuck on interstate. Some folks got stuck for over 24 hours in our area. Some in our area have been without power for several days. I know how blessed I am and I feel myself becoming stronger, I'm going to get back on track.
I made my way to the storage area today and found our shovel. Tomorrow we will dig out, (taking it easy, of course) because we are both over 50 and while I don't like to admit it, age does complicate things like lifting huge shovelfuls of snow.
So tomorrow is a new day. I will get some exercise tomorrow. I will be more conscious of what I eat tomorrow.
That's it for today. Hope you are all staying healthy and happy. Hang in there, friends...we're going to make it though this.
2 comments:
Thanks for stopping by to answer my questions. You're the best.
We missed our snow storm here while we were outta town, and I told hubby "Wow, I'm glad we missed this" He said, "ya, it would have been terrible to be snowed in together eating muchies and cuddling for 2 days" He has a point.
Merry Christmas
T
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