The Lion Must Die too!

Good Morning Everyone!

I have been up for quite a while; (and with my head I am guessing it might be a real riot clearing snow today, tonight, tomorrow)... But never a dull moment here in Flintville. The winds have kicked up already, and it is supposed to get worse before it gets better. (If you haven't figured it out, it generally gets better by May)! hehehe

"Hooray Hooray" and all that...

But for now we are starting over...

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From this.................................. back to this...

and today that little box will probably get covered once more...

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And here we go again...

"A WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY. THE SNOW WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF LIGHTER SNOW AND FREEZING DRIZZLE LATE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH SLEET AT TIMES...(WHICH COULD REDUCE THE SNOWFALL TOTALS A BIT). MOST PLACES SHOULD SEE TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS IN THE 8 TO 12 INCH RANGE... unfunny! WITH THE HIGHEST AMOUNTS WEST AND NORTH OF THE FOX VALLEY. (unfunnier; I live apx 40 miles NW of the Fox Cities)... STRONG EAST WINDS ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED...SO SOME BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW IS POSSIBLE. THE STORM WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. THE SNOW IS ALSO EXPECTED TO BE OF THE WET HEAVY VARIETY...AND WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SHOVEL. Gee, ya think??? (Like I might have mentioned yesterday I am not impressed, nor has my sense of humor returned)!

CaseyAnne came out for lunch yesterday; Roberta and Gabriel as well... A nice meal of "Tater~Tot Casserole." Mmmmm.... And HOT from the oven, (just in case anyone was cold)! hehehe Master Gabriel was brought up, (and put down for a nap), and just has been feeling a bit poorly the last few days. I told Berta to take him in and just get him checked out... (Like BEFORE the Snowstorm)... She did, and he has a bit of fluid surrouding the middle ear. He now has a script for antibiotics. They are at home in Pulaski... Warm there too, so I won't worry.

At least I won't worry like the dogs did last night.... I had put The Punkster outside to piddle, having brought Milly inside as I told them it was going to snow AGAIN.

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Miss Punk would NOT believe what I had told them; and had to go look for herself just as it had begun to snow....

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Miss Milly says, "I am tired of snow too."

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"I just don't like it anymore!"

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"and I will NOT listen to what you are saying anymore!" ~la~la~la~la~la~la~la~

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Slowly but surely, it began to snow...

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and to begin to "white~wash" ...and decorate the already melting snowbanks...

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HUGE snowflakes at first...

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some like meteorites falling from the Heavens...

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And enough so I would go out and shovel the doorway a little after 10PM last night...

A few of you have asked what would happen if we didn't shovel and plow? Suffice it to say that the rescue squad could not get in the yard when I have heart failure from all that shoveling! ...hehehe ~Now, all kidding aside, as it melts it would then turn to ice, and the driveway and footpaths that were impassible and impossible snow~covered, would then be downright dangerous... So no, we always shovel and plow to at least be accessible.

But, if I were a bear, I would NOT have to shovel at all!

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But I have heard that it is NOT such a bad thing to be a bear either...

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hehehe.....

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And just so you know, when I read that bear thing out loud to Miss Milly and The Punkster, I had their complete and undivided attention...

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they thought it sounded like a good idea too! hehehe

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But for now, I must be getting my backside outside once again, and try to get ahead of how much we are still going to be getting, (in addition to the 3~4 inches we received last night)...

So I hope everybody around these parts has recovered sufficiently to be wielding a shovel once more; and that nobody down south forgets to take their umbrellas with them! (Haha, Unless you have a very weighty umbrella I think it is safe to assume that I get more exercise than YOU do)!

I am now seeing many school closings; and hearing that there already are trucks pulling off the roads to weather this storm out around town... Smart guys; (most of them anyway). Winds are already gusting~ and with the news on in the background, they say they will gust to 45 mph today/tonight/tomorrow... (yup, you KNOW it is going to be bad when Pulaski and Howard~Suamico Schools close down).

I don't like it!

Have a safe and wonderful day!

XOXO
Anne

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I see that some of you post recipes on here, and so I thought that maybe you would like my won tater~tot recipe... At one point, Zelda had asked for my recipe for the casserole... I shall copy it for you now!

Zizzo; here ya go

Go to store !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy Some Tater Tots !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy a pound of burger meat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy a can of cream of mushroom soup !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy a can of cream of chicken soup !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy an onion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy some celery !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Buy all the different flavors of Mrs. Dash that you find palatable !!!!!!!!!

Buy some cheese !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Stand in checkout line for 10 minutes !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go home !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Turn oven on to hot !!!!!!!!!!!!

No more hammer, so remove frying pan from under pillow !!!!!!!!!

Place pan on medium-high burner !!!!!!!!

Slice up celery !!!!!!!!!!!!

Chop up onion !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Throw celery, onions and burger meat (unwrapped) into top of the frying pan !!!!!!!!!!!

Add some minced garlic !!!!!!!!!!!

Sprinkle liberally with pepper, and with any/all of your Mrs. Dash stuff !!!!!!!!

Fry the shit out of this stuff !!!!!!!!!!!

While shit is being fried out of that, please grate cheese, and open cans !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Locate casserole dish !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grease casserole dish !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Put some tater tots into bottom of casserole dish !!!!!!!!!!!

Mix burger meat mixture with both cans of soup in frying pan !!!!!!!!!

Place meat mixture over tater tots !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Put some more tater tots on top, to cover this whole mess !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cover with grated cheese !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cover this with foil !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Place in oven until hot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remove from oven when hot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remove foil !!!!!!!!

Get spoon from drawer !!!!!!!!!!!

Taste !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cuss, because you have just burned your tongue !!!!!!!!!!!!

So... Oops, blow on it first !!!!!! (like all good meat, it really appreciates this step)!!!!!

Cuss, because it doesn't taste the same as your mothers did !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Don't forget to shut off the oven, or some window spying, b&e jerk might get himself burned)!!!!!!

After cleaning, return frying pan to under pillow.

At one point, she had a problem with a Peeping Tom and since she has no guns, kept her fry pan under her pillow. (Works for me)!

Hmmmm.... What's under YOUR pillow????

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