Now I understand what that means, and we were only cooped up inside for six hours or so on Saturday. What a nasty day! I did, however, manage to get outside and take some pictures of all the ice. Leah likes this one
and this one:
One thing the bad weather was good for was messing around in the kitchen. I’d roasted a couple chickens on Friday evening, and after deboning them Saturday morning, I threw the bones ‘n stuff into a pot with some herbs and spices and made some stock for soup, which we had for dinner (along with some homemade croutons).
Ava created a whole pile of new watercolor pictures, including one that features a set of rambling deer tracks all along the edge of the page. I’ll get those scanned and online this evening. Thank God for crafts on rainy, gray days.
Yesterday was nice, but friggin’ cold. I suppose we may as well get used to it. I took advantage of the inside time again to caramelize some onions and make pizzas for dinner. I had my food processor out and ready to go to knead the dough, but at the last minute, I just threw the dough on the counter top and kneaded it by hand. Man, that’s a satisfying feeling. I think I’m going to knead by hand from now on, or at least until I’m crippled with arthritis.
Ironically, I wasn’t super pleased with how the pizzas turned out, but I was probably being overly critical. Ava ate two or three pieces of the one I made for her, which is a pretty good seal of approval. It had black olives, ham, and fresh mozzarella. The one I made for Leah had olive oil, salt, caramelized onion, diced tomato, and fresh mozzarella. I think it was the prettier of the two:
As I typed this, the friendly mail room guy dropped off the replacement PSU for my Infrant. Add that to my list of things to do this evening.