FREEZING

Man is it COLD, 24 BELOW ZERO this morning and a bit nippy out, Today was a day of rest and relaxation, we went to Marty and Penny Graus for Cards and a Cook-out! YES we cook out in the winter, We went up to Eddie's Meat Market and got some Country Spare Ribs with the bone in, these things weigh about 2 to 3 pounds a piece.

We sat around and played Euchre and snacked and talked, watched the temperature drop to below ZERO, played more Euchre where Penny and I lost to Marty and Anna 4 to 1!!!

At 6PM Marty and I went to the Garage an fired up the gas grill, by now it was only 7 BELOW ZERO and the temp was dropping and it was getting dark.

We huddled above and around the Gas Grill trying to keep warm while we cooked and smothered the Spare Ribs in the "Secret Reciept", Meanwhile back in the WARM house Anna Mae and Penny whipped up a huge Macaroni Salads, pork dressing and fresh toasted oven bread.









It is cold, a nasty very bitter cold, this is the kind of cold that will freeze your lips to a beer can !! Usually we don't get this kind of weather till mid February but its hjere now!!! I thought we were in a "Global Warming" trend!!!

It is interesting as we heard word from Sunny Warm Florida that during the "Cold Spell" Lake Okeechobee lost some fish due to the severe drop in water temps, My mother in law who lives in Okeechobee on a canal said there were dead fish floating in the canal behind her house. I guess it smelled pretty bad.

One nice thing about living here in Northern New York as you do not smell much when you go out side when it's below Zero because anything liquid in your nose freezes solid there by blocking any smell!!!!!

We had a good day of R & R, home and watching the thermometer keep dropping because at 9PM it is now 10 below Zero and falling!!!

As I close don't forget to remember and say a prayer for our Veterans, past and present who have and are currently serving our country!!!

WINTERS BACK

WELL!! "Old Man Winter" had reared his ugly head and with one big breath blew out the warmer air and replaced it with winds, snow, cold air, right now we have about 2 inches of fresh new S N O W !!!!!!!



"Mother Nature" has been nice to us with temps in the 60's and sunshine but she lost the battle and Winter settled back in for awhile, highs forecast for this week are in the high 30's, BBBBBBRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!.

What a SHOCK to hear about the shooting spree in Binghamton, NY which is about 2 hours from here, what a senseless tragic thing for 14 people to be killed, and then I see where 3 policemen were kiled in an ambush today, what a tradegy, this will give the Gun Control nuts more ammo for the Outlawing of guns!!!



Well, the laundrys all caught up, fridge is stocked up and it will be off to Syracuse Tuesday Morning for Anna's Surgery!!! The weather can do pretty much what it wants as Honey is confined to rest and relaxation for 4 to 6 weeks in bed or a hard back chair, no recliner or sofa!!!



Hope everyone is enjoying the weekend, we went to Marty and Penny's and played Euchre, ate cheese, chips, dip and snacked all after noon, this time the men played against the women and we won 3 to 2!!!

We went into his garage and cooked 8 big, juicy, 3 inch thick, 8 inch long SPARE RIBS, I made a sause of Vinegar, Olive Oil, Ketchup, and Brown Sugar and the Bar B Q sause was great, it took almost an hour to cook the ribs because they were so big but they sure were juicy and tasty, the girls cooked small salt potatoes, tossed salad, garlic bread, and an Apple Pie and we did eat very well.

It was a great afternoon, discussins and solving all the problems of the world and the community!!!!!!!



Lets not forget our Veterans!!!!