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We had another ~2 inches of snow yesterday and it got to -18 degrees overnight. I was awakened at 7AM by the guy who plows the elderly lady next door's driveway and it was -3 degrees with a purported wind chill factor of -26 ( Read more... )

The weather forecast for the Denver area? More snow, around six inches or more, probably Thursday ( Read more... )

Neil and I are spending Christmas day alone this year as our daughter and her family are visiting her inlaws in Hawaii and our son is visiting his inlaws-to-be in Wisconsin ( Read more... )

OK, Internets, can anyone explain ( Read more... )

N just called to say he's leaving tomorrow (unexpectedly) for Turkey. He'll be just outside of Instanbul till next Wednesday, arriving back in Denver at midnight. I'm glad we have little enough social life so it won't disrupt much ( Read more... )

Quinn has had a cold with a cough for nearly two weeks. Since something similar is going around at his school and he stayed home most of Thanksgiving week, we assumed it was Going Away. Today DD had a call from school saying he wasn't feeling well, had a bad stomachache. She went to pick him up and stopped at the pede's office on the way home. ( Read more... )

Note: Dear son says he prefered my regular recipe to this one. I think I overbaked it slightly so the chocolate layer came out fudgy instead of lighter in texture.

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I have spent most of the day so far making 2 pumpkin pies, a bourbon-chocolate pecan pie, turkey dressing, and cranberry orange relish. Then I went to the store and saw (Omidog!) ladyfingers so I bought the makings for tiramisu, too ( Read more... )

I had Quinn (age 5) all day today since he had the barking-cough-FH and wasn't fit to go to school. I offered to take him to the movies after lunch and he agreed eagerly ( Read more... )