Sunday Dinner, January 31, 2010 & Snow!!!

As I mentioned at the end of my last post, the weather geeks were forecasting snow and ice for us on Thursday night through Saturday morning, and this time they nailed it, folks. We did indeed get ice and snow, and lots of it, so our church is canceled for Sunday, along with most other churches and events in our area, but more on that in a bit.

Since the roads are so bad none of my sisters and other family will be here for Sunday Dinner this week, but since Jessica lives just across the road now, she and Emmy will be here for Sunday Dinner, along with Jessica's friend David.

David has a 4 wheel drive pickup and has been taking Jessica to work and picking her up while the roads are so treacherous, bless his heart, so he's had very little trouble driving on the ice and snow.

I'd already taken a 3 lb. beef roast from the freezer to thaw when I got the news that church was canceled, so it's cooking in the oven right now. After it gets done a little later on I'll let it cool and refrigerate it overnight, then put it back in the oven about 11 am Sunday morning to reheat.

I'll peel and quarter some potatoes and add them to the roast pan before I put it in the oven. When the potatoes are done and the roast is hot, I'll take them out of the roast pan and make gravy with the pan juices.

I may cook a vegetable to go with the rest, maybe some corn on the cob, or I may just leave it at beef roast, potatoes and gravy.

What's for Sunday Dinner at your place this week? Share your plans/menu in the comments if you'd like to participate this week.As I said earlier, we did indeed get ice and snow from Thursday night into Saturday morning. It started with a half inch of freezing rain, and then changed over to sleet. We ended up with an inch of sleet on that half inch of ice, then the snow started, and I do mean it snowed!

It didn't fool around when it finally started snowing. Most of the snow fell throughout the day on Friday. As you can see from the picture, we had 9 inches of snow when I snapped that at about 4 pm.

There was a lull for a few hours with little or no snow, then it started snowing again after dark and we got another 2 or 3 inches before it finally quit snowing sometime after midnight. Lamar had been out walking and had gone to the mailbox before dark, and his foot prints were completely filled in, so I'm sure at least another 2-3 inches fell, for a grand total of 11-12 inches of snow, which is a record setting one day snow total for us.

The sun came out and it melted a bit today, but just enough to make the sidewalks, parking lots and roads even more treacherous and icy when it refroze tonight. Now we have freezing fog to add to all the mess, making me very happy that I can stay home in my warm apartment and not have to worry about driving in this icy mess.

I'm also very happy and thankful that even though we got some ice and our electricity flickered several times, we never lost power. I was so worried we'd end up sitting in the dark with the kerosene lamps lit and 3 layers of clothes on, eating our cold baloney sandwiches. Brings back bad memories of THE ICE STORM OF '09. (Shudder....)

One good thing that came out of the snow storm was that I finally got to make some HOMEMADE SNOW CREAM, although I didn't have any canned milk, so it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be.

This snow was dry, icy and grainy too, so the snow cream had big grains of ice and was a little gritty. Lamar ate a huge bowlful of the stuff though, so I guess it wasn't all that bad.Time to wind this up and get it posted. My roast is ready to come out of the oven to cool and I've got a few other things to do before bedtime.

Y'all stay warm and safe, and have a blessed Sunday. May God meet your every need, and may you have enough to share is my prayer for each of you, dear family and friends.