Just A Little Steak And Eggs For Breakfast

I'm up at 4:30 this morning and with last nights weather forecast for freezing rain, I had to go outside and check it out.  Our front walk and driveway are a nice thin sheet of solid ice.  About 30 years ago, this happened while I was bowling and I had to get home with my three kids - up a few hills.  Needless to say this used every bit of the bad weather driving skills I learned growing up in northern WV.  It's supposed to warm up later today, but it's 28* right now with light rain falling and freezing on contact.  I guess I'll have to read the newspapers on-line today.  At 7:30, I went to check again and as the usual, the dogs had to go out and went running across the drive.   Before they new it, they were in a sitting position and sliding along on their butts and into a flower bed.  Needless to say, they were very cautious on the return trip - I needed a video camera.

We grilled steaks a few days ago and I’d gotten a 3-pack out of the freezer, but when Bev’s sister didn’t join us we put the extra in the fridge. A few days later, we realized we’d better eat it before it went bad, and so I pan fried it to medium-rare, and sided it with a couple of over easy eggs and some toasted homemade bread. Bev needed a good breakfast to spend the day power shopping and I needed it for a hard day of pet sitting.

Speaking of pets, Bev got this shot of Willy (Pat’s Shih Tzu), Kitty, and her best friend Coco all laying around on the couch and enjoying the fire - I think Sweetie was on my lap.

Occasionally things just work out right.  While we're struggling with very cold temps all the way into South Florida, our Lexington, Ky based kids are on a cruise in the Caribbean.  They decided to go to San Juan a day early, and ended up flying through Chicago a day ahead of the blizzard and they've picked the coldest week of the year to be on the cruise.  It was 85* in San Juan Sunday night as they were sitting on the ship awaiting the evening departure.  I love it when a plan comes together like this and hope I haven't jinxed the rest of their trip.

As always, click on any photo to blow it up.

Have a great day and thanks for visiting today.

Larry