Freezing Rain...27º

Freezing rain has invaded our valley...Looks like a good time to stay inside, snuggle up to the fire and bide our time...Nice to know that we have no appointments or meetings today, so will just wait for the temperatures to warm...In the meantime another cleaning project will pass the time until we ring in the new year along with a new moon!..Hugs To All and a Safe New Years Eve...OWAV:)

Overcast...22º

Trying to decide what to do today...Clean more cupboards, counters or drawers...I could take down the Christmas tree, an easy job as it resides in a large plastic bag until next year...No needles to vacuum or water spill to cleanup or ornaments to pack away...There is something good about a fake tree!..I have more editing to do on my essay, keep checking on airline tickets...A pork roast is in the oven for dinner...The hardest thing is getting me to move out of this chair!!!...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

Searching...18º

5am and it seems that the entire house jiggles as the washing machine moves into the spin cycle...It is the Sunday ritual when Herb washes the sheets and makes our bed up fresh for another week.

Up for an hour, scrabble done, I search the internet one more time to see what the airline fares are doing this morning...It is a mind boggling world to me, so many choices...Do we try something new and fly at night, can we save a few dollars by changing planes 3 times instead of two?..Do they allow enough time for occasional travelers to make a connecting flight, as they decipher the signs, amid hoards of people?..We could fly out of Portland, Boise, Lewiston, Tri Cities---OH MY!..We could change planes in Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, St Paul, New Jersey, DC, or Houston (to name a few)...Is it cheaper to fly on Monday,Wednesday or Sunday?.. Should we land in Miami or Fort Lauderdale and hope Pat and Brian can find us?...If it were possible for me to go back to sleep I would crawl back into bed, pull the covers over my head---Ooops guess not the sheets are still in the washer!

Enough of my blathering, not as bad as I make it sound, just trying to entertain my audience for one more day...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

New Recipe...27º

Yesterday morning while trying to plan meals, I waited for Rusty to call saying he was on the road and would be in Joseph ???, so I would know what time to plan dinner...In the meantime Herb and I decided we would have breakfast for dinner...The call came from Rusty that he was having problems with his truck and headed back to Bend, definitely would not make it to Joseph for a few days.

Soooo, we stuck with the breakfast for dinner idea...Herb said he would cook bacon and I volunteered to do pancakes...As I reached for the milk, a carton of eggnog caught my eye...Darn I bought that to add to my coffee over a week ago and "forgot" it was there!..I said, "How about eggnog pancakes?"...He said, "Go for it."...Hmmm...Using my standby recipe, I started with flour, added some whole wheat flour, made a well, added soda, baking powder, sour cream, salt, sugar, one egg and with trepidation poured in the eggnog and stirred adding more eggnog as needed...Now for the test...The pancakes, light as air, puffed up and nearly floated off the griddle...They were so rich that turning them was difficult...I hadn't thought about the eggnog being much richer than plain milk, when I was mixing...Good thing I didn't add any oil to them...Herb ate his with lots of butter and applesauce, I had mine with butter and plum jam...He declared the recipe a keeper, I agreed!...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

They are about to float.

Bacon cooked to perfection.

A short stack.

Yummy.

Foggy...17º

Looks like the fog has moved from Wallowa to our end of the valley...Trees are frosted and pretty but I much prefer the sun...Looks like a good day to cozy up to the fire and read, maybe make some more soup...It would also be a good day to make bread but I just did that, so I will share the photo and send Hugs To All...OWAV:)

Lovely batch of bread!

Energy, Comedy, Oh My...18º

A beautiful sunlit winter day in Wallowa County, we (Herb, Della, Pam and Mel) took the hours drive to Elgin and the Opera House for the Christmas Matinee "Guys and Dolls."..Two hours of high energy acting, singing and dancing left all of us exhausted and we were in the audience...Three performance are still scheduled for Friday and Saturday evenings plus a Saturday matinee...Phone numbers on the playbill below--Don't miss it, call for your tickets now!

Back in Joseph we renewed our energy with food :)...Visited until 8pm before Herb and I said goodnight its time for lights out...It was a very enjoyable day...Hugs to All...OWAV:)

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Merry Christmas...12º

The following is a Christmas ecard if you wish to open it...Have a Happy Day and Good Health in the new year...Hugs To All...OWAV:)

 Christmas Card