Unexpected Days Off....

and I'm using the time to restock the freezer....

Yesterday - Stuffed Peppers - one meal for dinner and three for the freezer.

Today - Boston Butt Roast in the crock pot - Pulled pork for dinner tonight and the rest gets divided up and vacuum sealed for the freezer.

Tomorrow - I think I'll roast a couple of chickens....dinner and freezer...same system as the pork.

It's sooo nice to have cooked meals on those hectic days..

Mama is happy and the Freezer is happy!!

..Go for Your Dreams..

What a Trip....!!

All was well on the drive to Raleigh...

We left around 2pm and arrived in Raleigh about 5:45..

Not bad.....good driving time...

Monday was AOK....long training session...

Even longer session deciding where to go for dinner..

When you are from an area that has limited fine dining ... it's a major decision..

Tuesday....!!!

Woke up to cancelled training and a snow storm that had the Raleigh roads shut down by 7am..

The Raleigh Highway Patrol reported over 2000.. 911 calls and more than 1000 traffic incidents - ranging from a death to sliding off the roads...

the five Mountain Park Ladies stayed put in the hotel until about noon.

then we pulled up the weather website....the DOT website...and the hometown weather websites....and plotted a course for home heading north and then west....

The two cars stayed together and we drove out of the storm within 45minutes... and all was well until we got within 50 miles of home...then we ran into the nasty slushy roads from the snow storm that came thru earlier in the day....

I made it back to the mountain park, after dropping off two other Mountain Park Ladies, by 5pm and home by 5:45......not too bad...

 

Wednesday I made it into work late but I got there (CityBoy drove me) and work 2.5 hours...

Put in my time and the payroll screen told me I had exceed my weekly hour limit....

Sooooo....I turned to my boss....who was working from the mountain park....and asked if I could take Thursday and Friday off.....

Thank Goodness he said OK 'cause we got 6 inches of more snow last night....

and once again the driveway has disappeared....

today's pictures are of today's new snow

 

How can i convince the powers that be ..... you can't take the Ladies out of the mountains....!!

They need to bring the training to us....

 

 

..Go For Your Dreams..

We're Off.....

the Mountain Parks Ladies are on the road ....

Once again we're headed to Raleigh for more training...

Be back Wednesday morning..

Stay safe and warm..!!

..Go For Your Dreams..

Caught'um.....

....digging out my parking space....

They're soooooo good to me...!!

..Go For Your Dreams..

White Out....

Yesterday at noon...!!

Made it home just in time..

Left work around 10:45....stop by the bank for a work deposit and then headed for the house....

The storm followed me

Ten minutes after I pulled in the garage it started FOR REAL...

Today is -5 on the front porch and I might make it into work if the roads are cleared...

Fun...Fun...Fun...!!

 

..Go For Your Dreams..

Finally.....

4.5 - 6 inches (depends on where your standing) with ice on the top...!!

Want'a come sledding at my house...?

Coffee and hot chocolate are free....

..Go For Your Dreams..

Hummmmmm....?

...Is this a sign of things to come..?

..Go For Your Dreams..

Great Timing....

...we left for Tennessee around 1:30pm on Wednesday...

made the 2.5 hour drive.....no snow

got checked into our hotel and walked across the parking lot to a local fabric store....no snow

went for a drive to find the quickest way to the VA hospital and had dinner....no snow

the alarm went off at 5:30 and we got ready to leave for the hospital by 6:30....no snow

into surgery by 8:00 out by 10:00...CityBoy AOK, with a new med.....no snow

drove the 2.5 hours back watching the outside temp gauge in the car drop 8 degrees....no snow

Pull into our driveway.....

SNOW!!!

Just the start....little tiny flakes...but

SNOW...!!

Timed it just right....pat me on the back....

 

..Go For Your Dreams..

Where'd they go..?

We're headed for Tennessee this afternoon....

CityBoy has a procedure scheduled at the VA for 7:30am tomorrow..

and since...

it's a 2.5 hour drive...

I don't want to get up at 4AM..!

the weather is turning nasty....snow and high winds for tomorrow..

and MaleChild is willing to stay with the fur babies...

I quickly made a hotel reservation...!!

..Go For Your Dreams..

Hummm...?

Are those rain clouds....snow clouds....or just weird clouds...?

Looks like we may be in for a strange type of day...

..Go For Your Dreams..

Sun Puddles...!!

Right up there with the other favorite things....

Treats

Car rides

Hole digging

Belly rubs

My furr babbies are soooooo spoiled...!

..Go For Your Dreams..

Guess What...??!!

A lovely lady appeared in my office yesterday and said

"Your husband asked me to bring you these.."

Gluten Free Girl Scout Cookies....!!

Who Knew...

Yummy...num...num...num...

they are also very good..!

Go For Your Dreams

Which is Better....

sunrise over the mountains or sunrise over the ocean...

Either one....

I've seen both many times and it's always 

 the best part of the day...

..Go For Your Dreams..

Yesterday.....

GroundHog's Day

Six more weeks of winter....

We haven't seen our groundhog in two years....what does that mean..?

 'debug is still hanging on...my laptop won't connect to the internet in the morning..there's more wind than snow and ice this year....

Could this be 'cause our groundhog has disappeared..?

..Go For Your Dreams..