Winter Wonderland

We woke up this morning to 5″ of snow. Yes, it was predicted, but who believes the predictions of the weather person? Also, it happened one day shy of the 29th anniversary of the blizzard of 1993 which left 21″ of snow after a night of almost hurricane storm-like conditions with lightening, thunder and high winds. So even if it is predicted we don’t really believe it until we see it. Another reason for our skepticism was yesterday’s high was 63° – so, snow? And tonight’s temps will be 16°. Crazy!

If you have snow on the ground and a 5 yr old grandson you have sledding and snowball fights. LT (Little Timer), his parents and Da (as he calls his papa) got out in the blustery cold, wind blowing the powdery snow like crazy, and THEY PLAYED. LT’s cheeks were blood red when he finally came inside having played himself out.

Nana stayed inside baking a cream cheese pound cake (our fav!), my famous chili, and corn bread. You HAVE to have chili on such a cold day, and you HAVE to make corn bread when you make chili. These are just the laws of cooking. What’s the law of pound cake – oh come on… “let them eat cake.” It’s a mandate.