ANOTHER GORGEOUS DAY

Once in a blue moon--that's what this is.

It was a full moon twice this month and

that is where the saying Once in a Blue

Moon comes from.

It was so light out the last few nights that

I could actually see the dogs reflected in

the snow when they were outside. Usually

it is so dark all I do is listen for their

collars jingling to know where they are.

It was 26 when we woke up this morning,

which is warmer than where my husband

and daughter are in South Carolina.

Weird.

My older daughter got the unexpected

pleasure of driving on the ice last night.

Our driveway has about an inch of snow

over the top of sheer ice and we live on a

very steep driveway. She has to learn

sometime if she is going to safely drive

here in the wintertime. I see way too

many people flying at normal speed on

icy roads--very dangerous.

I had her drive while I delivered a cookie

tray last night. Going down the driveway

takes some guts because once you start

heading down there is no going back. We

only slid a couple of times when she hit

the brakes, but once she realized I wasn't

kidding when I said Don't Use The Brakes

we were fine.

Going back up when we got home was

also interesting. We sat at the bottom

while she gathered her nerves, because

one you start up it you better not stop.

It's not bad until you hit the part where

you see everyone else's slide marks!

She did great, we parked safely and

now I feel better about her taking

her own vehicle out on icy roads.

My uncle John sent me software

made for my Mac computer that will

organize all of my recipes. I kind of

have them organized for now into

plastic protected sheets inside

notebooks, but I think it will be

nice to print them out so they are

all the same format.

Who knows, maybe one day I'll

publish a cookbook and I'll need

them all organized into one spot!