{"id":3101,"date":"2009-01-29T09:02:52","date_gmt":"2009-01-29T13:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=3101"},"modified":"2009-01-29T09:02:52","modified_gmt":"2009-01-29T13:02:52","slug":"january-28th-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/01\/january-28th-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"January 28th, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday my alarm went off at 6am and I took a quick look outside to see what kind of damage we sustained.\u00a0 It had been freezing rain all night.\u00a0 When I looked, everything was covered in ice and all shiney.\u00a0 Well hell, I’m going back to bed.\u00a0 I can’t run until it gets much warmer outside so I might as well get some extra sleep.<\/p>\n

I got up around 7:30.\u00a0 As I was feeding Rocky, the lights flickered and then went out.\u00a0 Piss.\u00a0 I got Rocky taken care of then I came back inside and woke Scott up.\u00a0 He needs his two cups of coffee or else he gets a very serious headache.\u00a0 I figured he should get up and have coffee while it was still hot.\u00a0 After I got him up and coffeed, I set to work packing coolers.\u00a0 I packed them with things I for sure didn’t want to spoil in the fridges.\u00a0 Mostly the soymilks, yogurts, and creamers.\u00a0 One cooler had unopened things and the other cooler had already open containers.\u00a0 Then I plopped those babies outside to stay cold.<\/p>\n

\"chill

chill out<\/p><\/div>\n

After that I finally had my coffee and some breakfast.<\/p>\n

\"granola

granola mess <\/p><\/div>\n

Yogurt + granola + 1 crumbled Quaker True Delights Raspberry Chocolate bar, so I could finish up a tub of fage.\u00a0 As I was eating breakfast, the snow came.\u00a0 Hard and fast, visibility was reduced to almost nothing.\u00a0 It was like a blizzard of sorts.\u00a0 We breifly discussed shoveling but both of us are of the mind set to shovel when it’s all said and done instead of going out multiple times.\u00a0 So we watched the snow for a bit.\u00a0 Then the power came back.\u00a0 Then it was off again.\u00a0 By this time I needed a small snack so I had an orange.<\/p>\n

\"hooray

hooray fruit <\/p><\/div>\n

Then the power came back.\u00a0 And then it was gone.\u00a0 Pretty much the rest of the day consisted of the power coming on for about 1\/2 an hour and then going out again for however long.\u00a0 Can’t really get much work done when that happens.\u00a0 And it’s not so good for the computers to go though that kind of power surging.\u00a0 Instead we started putting away Christmas decorations and I become sad.<\/p>\n

I love having them out.\u00a0 The house feels so much more cozy and warm when the decorations are out.\u00a0 Plus I love all the lights and when the house is lit up with them. :cheerful:\u00a0 I purposfully leave them up long after Christmas just for that reason!<\/p>\n

\"veggie

veggie lunch <\/p><\/div>\n

We took a break for lunch.\u00a0 Morningstar Chic patty on a sandwich thin with romaine, colby jack, and a small amount of olive oil mayo.\u00a0 With some carrots, cucumber, and leftover asparagus. Scott had some baked BBQ chips on the side and I may or may not have had a few.<\/p>\n

After lunch it was more cleanup around the house.\u00a0 Finally around 3ish, the snow stopped.\u00a0 We gave it another half hour to see if it truly had stopped, and it did.\u00a0 So we headed out for some shoveling.<\/p>\n

It was so warm outside I had to take my jacket off! :o\u00a0 It had to have been in the 30s which seems like crazy warm compared to what we’ve been having.\u00a0 Shoveling was not fun.\u00a0 We had about a foot of snow on top of 1\/2 inch of ice.\u00a0 The snow was wet and heavy and combined with the ice made for a frustrating shovel experience.\u00a0 It went much quicker though because our neighbor has a snow blower and he came over and helped us out.\u00a0 Then I headed out back to shovel the deck.\u00a0 When it was all said it done, it took us about 2 hours or so to finish the work.\u00a0 Scott working more than I because I got cold.\u00a0 I shoveled the deck but he scraped off all the ice and then went out in the yard and dug some pathways for Rocky.<\/p>\n

By the time he came back in I was hungry and he was munchy.<\/p>\n

\"more

more veggie and fruit<\/p><\/div>\n

I made us some small salads:<\/p>\n

    \n
  • Spinach<\/li>\n
  • Romaine<\/li>\n
  • Cranberries<\/li>\n
  • Pecans and walnuts<\/li>\n
  • Sunflower and pumpkin seeds<\/li>\n
  • Chopped red delicious<\/li>\n
  • Sprinkle of blueberry bear naked<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    All topped with some maple balsamic dressing that I made.\u00a0 We figured the power was back for good and turned the computers back on.\u00a0 Checked mail quick and other things to get semi caught up for the day.\u00a0 Then Scott headed up to shower and I started on dinner.\u00a0 I actually was fine but I knew Scott needed more than that small salad for dinner.\u00a0 I already put some pork chops in a brine earlier in the day, so I pulled those out.<\/p>\n

    \"dinnah\"

    dinnah<\/p><\/div>\n

    We had porkchops and pierogies with some sauerkraut.\u00a0 I only had 1\/4 of my chop and one pierogie with kraut.\u00a0 I didn’t even eat all that either.<\/p>\n

    \"honey

    honey porter <\/p><\/div>\n

    After dinner and cleanup it was time to hit the couch for some much needed rest.\u00a0 We watched TV for the rest of the night.\u00a0 We split a fireside nut brown while watching CSI.\u00a0 And then we split a honey porter with some chocolate chips while watching 24 (I actually had a few sips of each, Scott was enjoying the beer more ;) ).\u00a0 Admittedly 24 is the only show holding my interest right now.\u00a0 Everything else bores me and I may just give them the axe. I would rather watch documentaries and shows on Discovery.\u00a0 Does that make me stogy and old?\u00a0 I don’t know.<\/p>\n

    After that I went to bed because I was tired and my back was a wee bit sore.\u00a0 What a day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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