Ever since Christmas, we've pretty much been snowed in.
We lost power for 15 hours, but my Dad has this awesome generator, so even though we didn't have a working phone, and we had to keep the electronic usage to a minimum to preserve energy, we were never without heat. Our poor neighbors! I think most of them went to stay with friends last night to keep warm!We even had trouble driving because the roads in our area weren't plowed until after the storm. However... we have THIS. :)
So we were okay.
Even though we've been snowed in and plans to shop, ice skate, see a play, and visit friends have been sidelined (plus I managed to sprain my back! ouch!!) we're still having a good time. Our Christmas dinner is the perfect example. My sister played with this silly spoon...
...and my Dad grabbed my Mom's food with his special silly fork. Hahaha.
The dinner my family made was yummy!
Mom made a huge prime rib roast (free-range and hormone-free), and we had an assortment of veggies for Dad: okra in tomatoes, turnips, sweet potatoes, and the best thing ever! Crescent Rolls!
Pretty Christmas Dining Room!
After a day of heavy eating (prime rib and strata in the same day!), all I wanted the day after Christmas during the blizzard was a big pot of oatmeal. Luckily, my Mom had this in the pantry: Steel Cut Oats!
With a fork and some elbow grease, I turned one of these...
into this for the best sweetener ever.
Added some walnuts from the Christmas nut bowl, plus some raisins, and we all chowed down watching Ocean's Twelve on tv.
Later on, Dad and I headed over to the stables to feed "The Boys"; our horses 'Kota, Nietzsche, and Dante. They are so pretty! They were glad to have visitors and they watched Dad plow the driveway out.
Hay is so delicious!!
Tomorrow I'm probably heading back to Mangetout for lunch with my girlfriend from high school. She recently moved back home from Paris, yay! I had a fabulous lunch here last summer, remember? Anyhow, afterwards, we might hit up our fancy schmancy local mall. They have really amazing stores, like Claire's and Hot Topic. Oh my... why am I such a snob?? :)
I didn't know you have horses?! They're so pretty! Do you horseback ride?
ReplyDeleteWHAT? Really?? Yeah, my Dad's a total cowboy. I *used* to ride a little.. but Zeus, our gentle horse, died a couple years ago and I only rode him. 'Kota only lets my Dad ride him... all of these horses are pretty naughty, actually!
ReplyDeleteHey Tess! You must really look at my snow pictures on my facebookprofile too! We didn't loose power or anything but here also a lot of snow problems... . Cute horsies! I didn't knew your dad had those.
ReplyDeleteThe dinner table looks very very pretty and cosy. I'm sure you all had a wonderfull christmas. Hugs!