A Recipe for Baneful Bitchiness...

What I hope to see in the morning!

I told Charlie yesterday that if I have a little oversight then all his cleaning will stay clean. I told this to my father as well last night.  Well, Charlie stopped by tonight to check my bathroom and kitchen which he worked so hard to clean after my feeble efforts were met with a milquetoast and blase reception.

"Looking good!" he told me looking in both rooms.

He peered into the fridge as well.

"Your lemon meringue pie looks delicious," he said.

Then Charlie told me he was in a terrible mood and so was Horsefly who was currently at the bowling alley. Thankfully, I am sensitive about such matters and he didn't direct any bitchiness towards me.

"The weather is just deplorable and Horsefly didn't want to eat his supper. I sat in the drive-thru line at KFC for 30 minutes to get his chicken strips," Charlie furthered.

Papa's just left as well. He just missed Charlie by 15 minutes. He was bringing me my diet Cokes and my cigarettes. The Cokes were just ice cold from sitting in his car all day which added a nice perk to the evening. It's cold here!

"Now, you try to conserve those cigarettes," he told me. "They are godawful expensive."

Dad pays for all my cigarettes. He says disability money shouldn't be spent on addictions and he is right. I agree.

"Let me look at your bathroom," he said, "Looking good and let's keep it this way."

There is Also a Recipe For Snow...

The ultra-conservative National Weather Service is saying we might just get an inch, but The Weather Channel says no. Right now the temperature is 39° degrees which doesn't look so promising. The Weather Service said we should change over to snow about 4 am in the morning and snow all day tomorrow.

Winter Weather? In the South?

Needless to say, this excites the dickens out of me. Maybe we will get some snow. Who knows? It is not often we even get the chance for snow.

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 AM TO 6 PM CST
FRIDAY...

* WHAT...Snow expected. Total accumulations of a quarter to a half
  inch are expected, primarily on grassy and elevated surfaces,
  with locally higher accumulations up to 1 inch possible in the
  higher elevations of East Alabama.

* WHERE...Portions of central, east central and west central
  Alabama.

* WHEN...From 3 AM to 6 PM CST Friday.

Once in a Blue Moon...

On Christmas Eve 2015, we had our first (that I know of) Christmas snow in my lifetime. Maggie and I were so elated. The odds were astronomical and stacked against us, but it happened. There was snow covering the ground on Christmas day and you know it had to be magical for all the kids in the South and Alabama specifically. Maggie couldn't quite figure out what this what stuff was. I would've made a snow angel,  but it would have messed up my hair.

No snow here this Christmas, but the pervading cold is creeping in from the great northern and frozen wastelands (Canada). It is supposed to get down to 24° degrees tonight. It is already uncomfortably cold outside. I am fixing to drive down to for a few 79 cent drinks, get on the internet while I drink them, and then soon I will be headed for bed.

Settle Down Now! Settle Down!

It is getting close to my bedtime and everything seems frenetic and full of energy this evening. Charlie bought by some Christmas tree preserver to pour in the Christmas tree's water bowl to make it last longer. He also brought a Mickey D's Big Mac combo meal.

"Your father was complaining about your Christmas tree being a fire hazard and drying out before Christmas so this could help," Charlie told me after a man hug.

My father was hot on the heels of Charlie. Dad brought me some more leftovers to eat tomorrow. We also took my crazy meds or behavioural modification medicines as I like to call them.

Snow Showers!

I just called my father at the pharmacy.

"Have y'all seen any snow down there?" I excitedly asked him.

It was amazing he answered his cellphone at work. Something he normally does not do. I was just going to leave him a voicemail.

"We've had a few snow showers, but it is not sticking," he replied with a warm and welcoming tone to the sound of his voice.

My father sounded like he was in a very good mood today. I will see him around 9 pm tonight for the medication ritual and Maggie's ritual.

The temperature has hovered around 38°F all day. We were both excited about the interesting and different weather, though. It was snowing pretty heavily as I drove home from the Piggly Wiggly. It was a light and fluffy snow blown around by the brisk winds, unlike the wet and heavy stuff we usually get here that turns to a slushy mess.

Before that, I was on a mission to get today's sodas and was soon standing inside the Piggly Wiggly on a father sanctioned visit to get ground chuck and a few gallons of milk. I also picked up a big can of Poss' Brunswick stew and a jar of Penrose pickled sausages -- some things you can't find or buy at Kroger. It didn't take me long and I was happily nestled back in my nice and very warm home -- glad to be out of this cold snap we are having.

Experimental Cauldrons of Spaghetti Sauce...

I am trying to find a spaghetti sauce recipe that is both easily made and tastes delicious.  I just fixed me a bowl of sauce cooking on the stove and let it cool before the taste testing.  I think this is going to be the recipe I like the best.  All I did was just to add a large jar of Prego traditional pasta sauce to my already established recipe. It added that extra sweetness that I was looking for.

Move Like Lightning Charging Through An Angry Sky...

A dusting of snow we got a few years ago.

Major winter storm forecast for Eastern U.S.

A potentially crippling winter storm is anticipated for portions of the mid-Atlantic Friday into early Saturday. Snowfall may approach two feet for some locations, including the Baltimore and Washington, DC, metro areas. Farther north, there is uncertainty in snowfall for the New York City-to-Boston corridor. Farther south, significant icing is likely for portions of Kentucky and North Carolina.

It is supposed to get very stormy here at the end of our week.  We have a 100 chance of rain today with very gusty winds.  Tomorrow, we have a 50% chance of snow showers.  Did I say snow? Why, yes, I did. It takes a very special set of weather conditions for us to get snow.  The stars and planets have to be aligned just right.  They are saying only a half inch to an inch, but that will shut down this small Southern town like a major disaster. We don't have snow plows and salt trucks here. They, the city, will just put sand out on the bridges.  I have to remind my father that three of our five cars have all-wheel-drive. That old joke about people rushing the grocery stores for milk and bread is pretty much true. I, for one, welcome our new snow bearing overlords.

Our magical Christmas Snow from a few years ago.