It snowed yet again overnight, for the 8th or 9th time this year. For somewhere that rarely gets snow we have had a cold snowy winter this year. Buddy loves it though and took advantage of burning around in it this morning.
It only snowed a couple of inches but if you don't shovel it same day here and the temperature drops a degree or two it sets up like cement so shoveling the driveway and sidewalk was my exercise today. Hubby was supposed to fly out to Toronto today...but when I checked him in online yesterday we saw his connecting flight was canceled and in order to get him there at a decent time today we had to have him fly out last night and overnight in Calgary. Our client will absorb the extra expense for the hotel but at least he has now arrived in Toronto and we no longer have to worry about the weather situation fouling up flights. It was a good thing that the flight was canceled so far in advance as his flights would not have gone smoothly today due to another storm set to hit here this afternoon. Likely I will need to repeat the shoveling routine tomorrow.
One of the ways I try on save on groceries is to prevent food waste. Against my better judgement I bought a box of oranges just before Christmas thinking with two kids here we would have no problem eating them. They went mostly untouched until New Years and I have been having mango/mandarin smoothies every day trying to use them up. Today the last three went into my breakfast smoothie. Normally I only buy a couple of oranges at a time - I will know for next year. That or buy a box to split with my Mom. I buy frozen mango in a 2 kg bag for about $15. Not cheap but zero waste and that lasts me a couple of months worth of smoothies. If the budget was tighter I would not be indulging in frozen mango smoothies. My 15 year old blender has gotten more use this year than all the others due to this new smoothie addiction.
I cleaned out the fridge today to ensure there was nothing else lurking - and found a very small bit of cheese that was beyond redemption. I thought I was on top of fridge but apparently it was hiding behind a bottle. This afternoon will be a small bowl of soup leftover from Friday night and supper will be a taco salad using up some tomatoes and lettuce. No groceries will be bought until Thursday as hubby gets back that night so the fridge will have to be restocked.
I am taking a hard earned day off from the business today and intend to snuggle in with the electric blanket and the dog and try finishing two books off. Have a great Sunday everyone!
Enjoy! I'm about to head out to work a me at raffle fundraiser. I'll be home by 6:00 and will snuggle in tonight with a book or Sherlock.
ReplyDeleteThere is no way to come out on top with a full bag of oranges and two people! Even though I feed them to the dog when needed, we had three get moldy this month too.
ReplyDeleteI have never had to shovel snow in my life. It does not look like a fun job, especially if you have to turn around and do it again.
ReplyDeleteIt is actually cold here (or at least cold to us since we have been below freezing for a couple of days and had ice and some snow on the roads) and cold means soup and hunkering down. I did have to go to a funeral this afternoon but now I am back for hot tea and reading.
So this means that next year you won't buy oranges/as many oranges and the kids will plow through them. lolz
ReplyDeleteSnuggle up with Buddy and a good book! Here it is -15 C and we look like onions with all our layers....
ReplyDeleteI find smoothie are fun simple because there so many way of doing them. But I don't like cleaning a blender.
ReplyDeleteCoffee is on
We don't like to waste food either! Today everything we ate was a leftover. We did lose some veggies, though. We are in the camper and only have a mini fridge in here. We thought we would be clever and leave our salad stuff in a clear plastic tub outside where it would stay cold. We're not used to freezing temps all that much and it got down in the low 20's freezing our tomato and cucumbers!
ReplyDeleteStay warm and wishing you a good week!
Smoothies are fab which is why I love my nutri bullet so much every bit is used and so easy to clean and I love fresh orange juice. Snow has not shown its face here in the South of England yet but judging by horrendous snow in Europe even my beloved Greek islands I guess it's on its way. We may miss it if it stays clear in Jan as we off on our travels on 1st Feb. Hope you had a warm snuggy Sunday.
ReplyDeleteFlying in the winter is really hard with the Canadian weather. It is nice to have a day off to read. Hope you enjoyed!. which books you read?
ReplyDeleteI'm using up leftovers-I have a soup pot in the freezer where small bits go until there is enough for mystery soup-also had a meal size leftover beef casserole-visiting kids mistook one for the other so the casserole contained a few surprises when I thawed it for supper last night.
ReplyDeleteThe weather patterns seem reversed - I think it's because of El Nino. We had snow yesterday, then snow pellets, then freezing rain and then rain. The 10" of snow on top of everything on my patio is now gone. It's going up to +5c today!
ReplyDeleteThis year was the worst year for Clementines I think. I checked each bag before selecting but when I got home and opened them there was always a few spoiled and we had to eat the rest up quickly. Not sure why they were so soft and spongy this year?!