Raindrop on Roses > Black Ice on Roads

When The Sound of Music collides with the current weather forecast in my brain, this is what happens:

Black ice on roads is a thing that I’m hating
Rain that then freezes is not worth creating
Breaking the branches to which the ice clings
Both of these are my least favorite things…

(Try not to picture me in lederhosen yodeling this. Oh, TOO LATE! That’s an image you could have done without.)

Caterday

Exciting news! The cats have informed me that the Saturday before Thanksgiving is a holiday called Caterday, when cats feast on all the good food they can eat. They have requested tuna.

ONE BIG GIANT SNO-KONE

The dogs went outside, saw the snow, looked excited, and looked at me. I think they think I was responsible for this somehow.

Yes, dogs. I turned the world into a giant Sno-Kone FOR YOUR BENEFIT. You’re welcome.

Cook to perfection

I saw this line in a recipe: “Cook to perfection or until brown on both sides.”

Of course, I imagined this: someone’s cooking chicken. It’s lovely. It smells wonderful. They turn up the heat a little bit, and flip it over. Now they start to get a little anxious. Is it brown enough? Or has it gotten too brown? Is it sticking in the pan? IS IT PERFECT?

Then they remember : it’s cook to perfection, OR UNTIL BROWN. And THIS is certainly some shade of brown. They briefly contemplate writing a “50 Shades of Brown” cookbook before moving on to the next step in the recipe.

I’ll bet Chuck Wendig doesn’t have these kinds of problems when HE’S cooking.