Friday Night and it's SNOWING again!

The Family portrait, I'm the one holding the cat.

Yes, it's snowing. Again. It started out as rain mid day but by 5 o'clock had changed over to snow, the kind with the big fluffy flakes that you caught in your mouth when you were a kid. I still see the children doing that guess it's just a kid thing.

We lost our power about 2:15 this afternoon. I was 'resting my eyes' as my mother says, before T got off the bus here and all of a sudden the alarm system started buzzing so I was out of my chair in a flash to reset that. The generator kicked on within two minutes, it's loud but it sure beats not having any power.

I had a recipe I got from my SIL while in Boston last weekend so after a few games of Sorry with T I put it all together. It's very easy and sooooooooo yummy especially still warm from the oven. I'll put it in here in case anyone wants to gain a few pounds this weekend.

Apple Cake

Mix the following together in large bowl

3 cups unsifted flour

2 cups sugar

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

4 eggs unbeaten

1 cup vegetable oil

1/3 cup orange juice

2 tsp. vanilla

Blend with mixer on low for 1 minute. Blend on medium for 4 minutes.

In separate bowl mix:

1/2 cup sugar

1 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Peel and slice 5 Macintosh apples. Add to sugar and cinnamon mixture and mix.

Grease two 10 " loaf pans. Layer batter, apples, batter, apples, batter. (don't use too much batter in the first and second layer or you won't have any left for the top)

Bake at 350* for 55 minutes. Depending on your oven it may need a few more minutes.

This is sooooooooo moist! Warm right from the oven with a nice ice cold glass of milk and you'll be in seventh heaven! Trust me.

Speaking of Boston, I am still thinking about all of the shopping that is right nearby where SIL lives. Now they are outside of the city in a more rural setting but there is an abundance of good shopping within a few miles of their home.

Now I am a speed shopper. I can get more done in a small amount of time in a store then most people. (I wonder if this is a good trait or maybe not) They dropped me off at Chico's one of my favorite stores as they had an errand to do so I figured I had a good 20 minutes, plenty of time. I knew what I was looking for, knew what size, and jumped in with both feet. Twenty minutes later I had two outfits, jewelry to match, a blouse and tank top to go under it PLUS something new on the market.

Now I follow my nieces blog, Musings Of A Housewife and she does a lot of great fashion posts. Now I know I am old enough to be her mother and the mother of all her thirtysomething readers but I try to stay hip to a point. Or is it my hips are getting pointed, well no matter, you get my drift. I read about this item on one of her posts.

Anywho, there is this new product out called 'Sp*anx, The High Powered Pan*ty.' The Perfect Foundation For Every Wardrobe. (Foundation, now doesn't that make you think of cement?) It goes on to say, Comfortably Smooths Waistline, Slims Tummy, Thighs and Rear. (this is sounding better all of the time.) No Binding. (yeah, I bet that's a joke) You wear these things under anything that you don't want pan*ty lines to show and you want to smooth out bulges, rolls or anything else that tends to appear after a certain age. These things are supposed to be tight. TIGHT. Now I haven't tried them on yet but I am expecting it to be a real experience so stayed tuned for a future update. :o) I bet you can hardly wait.......

D is growing up. He went for his orientation for Kindergarten this week! I don't want him to grow up so fast, it seems like he should still be creeping around on his hands and knees not getting on a bus and going to school in the fall! He was disappointed that they didn't go on the bus this time but they will do that near the end of this school year. He is a smart little cookie if I do say so myself, it's a grandmother's right you know to brag, he can do his numbers, letters, read some, and add and subtract. Things I didn't know till half way through my first year of school. Are kids smarter these days or what?!

Saturday

Well T is still in bed so thought I would jot off a few more lines before she gets up and we head to the barn. She came after school and decided she wanted to spend the night. She and Grampie played Le*gos last night and built a house. These are the Le*gos that Son had when he was her age. Those things are indestructible except for the occasional one that meets up with the vacuum.

Our snow didn't amount to much last night. (doing the happy dance!)

No, this isn't at my house but it could be as I have cats and deer and snow and a deck that exact color and sliding glass doors. Hummmm maybe it is my house......