The weathermen were right.

We have received about 3-4 inches with ice on top.  The temperatures are cold.  Two hour delay for schools, probably due to the fact that they need to put some sand on the roads.   

Happy St. Joseph's Day!!!!!!!!

So..............Here is what i am thinking....

My friend, Punxsutawney Phil was .....WRONG!  Spring is not here!

We are getting more snow tonight and it has been C.O.L.D.

The weathermen (who are usually wrong, anyway), said we are getting up to five inches of new white stuff, and then some sleet on top of that!  I'll let you know how their forecast was tomorrow.

The extended forecast for the coming week, calls for cold weather.  I am supposed to run a race next week and I really hate running in the cold.

Spring is supposed to start Wednesday this week.......

(God is laughing hysterically!!) :)

(And Punxsutawney Phil should go into hiding!!)

March, the month of the Saints

Yes, we all know that St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner.  I don't celebrate it though.  Not even a touch of Irish in me.....My kids just happen to have the last name of Bailey though, so I hang a shamrock flag outside the house and I will wear green on that day (for them)!

But the 19th of March is St. Joseph's Day......Wine Day (See this post and this post).  The wearin' of the red; Zeppole and Fava!

The wine is almost ready!   Reisling and Chianti!

There will be pictures and fedora's!  We are getting excited!!!

See you in 8 weeks again.

As many of you know, this is my daughter's first year of college.  It has worked out this year, that we get to see her every eight weeks.  She was home for her spring break this past week (she got to see Storm Saturn) and now she is on her way back to the airport.  (I didn't post much this week as I was spending time with her).  We will see her again, when she finishes her freshman year in 8 more weeks.   We went out for lunch before her departure..........

May cannot come fast enough for me (and for her, she cannot wait to get back down south to warm temperatures!).

In the pit, but it was good!!

This weekend, we went up to visit my girlfriend, Eva and her family.  About 5 month ago, she called me and said she had tickets for the Lee Brice, Dierks Bentley and Miranda Lambert concert and asked if we could go.  We went up on Saturday morning: she lives outside of Saratoga, so about 3 hours away.  it was great to see her and her family.

We went out for dinner to Carrabba's.  It was my first time there and it was really, really good...surprisingly!  We will go again!

Then we headed to Albany for the concert.  She said she thought we had good seats on the floor.  When we got there, we headed for Floor Access and after the security people checked our tickets, they kept telling us which way to go.  We kept going forward and forward and forward.  Then we were in front of the stage and getting special wristbands put on.....REALLY???  We were in front of the stage!  No seats.....it's called the pit and it was OMG close.

The first artist was Lee Brice (I drive your truck, Love like crazy):

This is how close I was....no zoom, rip in the shirt, sweat on the shirt, sweat on the fans close!!!!

Dierks Bentley up next......no zoom.......

Miranda Lambert - no introduction necessary, I don't think - She was great and the headliner!

Two of her band members...

Hubby and I  (standing for over three hours - it was tough, but worth it!!!)

The Locked & Reloaded banner before she came out!  

It was the best concert I have ever been to....I don't think I will ever get that good of seats again (and they weren't even seats!)

After the concert, we headed to the Racino!  A Casino at the Racetrack at Saratoga!  There are no tables, just slots, but we had some fun and we actually won a few a dollars!    I went to bed at 1:45 am, the latest I have been to bed in months and months (and months)......And the best part of the weekend, is when I got home, my daughter was home from college!!  For  a whole week!!!

Pig Share

I know I have talked about getting my 6th of beef - I have gotten three or four now.  And I absolutely love it.  As a matter of fact, I have another 6th of beef on order and it should be here next month.

But today, I picked up my first 1/2 of a pig.  The whole share is 105 lbs. and today I got pork chops - seven huge packages, sausage, pork butt roasts, shoulder roasts, ham hocks, pigs feet (no clue what to do with those!), salt pork and two extra packages of backfat, (with which I'm going to render lard), and also spare ribs and neck bones.  The bacon and the ham is curing and won't be ready for at least another week!   So, I don't have the full share yet!  But as you can see, the freezer is starting to fill up again.  

Pork chops and applesauce for dinner on Sunday night!!!!  I'll let you know how they turn out!