Sunday Dinner, February 7, 2010 & Some Yammering

It doesn't seem possible that a week has passed since my last post, but the calendar doesn't lie. My week has been really busy, so I suppose that made the time pass faster than usual.

Lamar left Tuesday night on Amtrak for Fort Worth, Texas to visit his brother and attend a mutual friend's Superbowl party. It's become pretty much an annual event and is a pretty big deal, according to Lamar. Not my thing, but more power to you if it's your idea of a good time.

Anyway, since Lamar's gone and I'm a bachelorette until next Tuesday, I made the executive decision that I'm not cooking Sunday Dinner this week. As usual, I won't know where we're eating Sunday Dinner until I discuss it with my sisters after church tomorrow afternoon.

What's for Sunday Dinner at your place this week? Share your plans in the comments if you'd like.I know several of my blogging and Facebook friends are snowbound at the moment, so those that are blessed to still have electricity will more than likely be cooking at home. The last of the snow in my yard finally melted during our rainy day on Friday, although there's still plenty of snow on parking lots where it's been pushed up in heaps.

We're forecast to get more snow on Sunday night through Tuesday, and again on Thursday and Friday. For the first storm the weather geeks are saying we may get 2-4 inches of snow. For the second system they're not giving any snow totals yet, but it's supposed to be cold enough that whatever falls will stay for a while.

I'm prepared as well as I can be. I bought groceries on Friday and have canned milk for snow cream and more lamp oil in case the power goes off. I have plenty of toilet paper which is just as important as food in my opinion.

One thing that may become an issue if the snow materializes is getting Lamar home from Texas. Amtrak has already curtailed many of its trains due to the historic snow storm in the Northeast, and if we have snow here it may be difficult to retrieve Lamar from the Amtrak station on Tuesday morning.

No need to worry about it now, though. We'll just have to wait and see how it all unfolds and deal with the situation then.I've had Emmy every day this week except Wednesday, which was Jason's day off, and Emmy was with her Daddy that day. I got a lot done Wednesday and I've managed to do quite a bit every day during Emmy's nap time and after she goes home in the evenings.

I've also taken advantage of Lamar's absence this week to get a lot of housework done. I've done 10 loads of laundry so far, among many other things. Some of that was bedding that had been stored in the closet and was musty, not dirty. I washed it anyway just to refresh it before using it.

I also took the opportunity to rearrange some things in my pantry, which is actually my inside utility room in which I've placed some inexpensive but sturdy plastic shelves. My ancient plastic canisters have outlived their usefulness so I pitched them and bought some clear plastic containers with screw-on lids to use as canisters.

Unfortunately, they only come in 2 sizes, but I'm making them work for me. The biggest container holds 5 lbs. of flour, sugar or cornmeal, large amounts of pasta or beans, etc. The smaller containers will accommodate 2 lbs. of beans, rice, pasta or other foods.

Because they're clear you can see what's in them at a glance, although I did have to use a permanent marker to label self rising flour, plain flour, and other things that might be easily confused.

I still need a few more to put rice and some other things in, and I still have more to do to reorganize things, but it's looking much better. Another afternoon's work in there should have everything reorganized to suit me. I'll try to remember to take some photos to post when I get everything situated.I've managed to fritter away the evening on Facebook and trying to get this post typed at the same time. It's nearly 11 pm my time and I still have things to get done before I go to bed. Time to get this posted and study my Sunday School lesson, and I do believe I hear a pot of hot Earl Grey tea calling my name.

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