My Advent Calendar

December 2nd

This sits in a window.  It was made by a dear friend of mine.  It's appropriate for today as we are in the midst of our first big snowstorm.  Weather folks have used the term "bomb cyclone" to describe it.  It was forecast to start at 7 am and in fact it did! Snow totals predicted for 6-8 inches.  We'll see if they are right about that.

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Woodstove fired up ever morning now.

Here's our skinny tree with not the best lighting.  At least you can see the snow fall as of 7:30 am today.

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I managed to do everything on my list yesterday including having the washing machine overflow suds at the drain.  First for me.  It's so sensitive to the amount of detergent used and I put in a bit too much.  It made an awful racket which I thought was coming from outside the house at the construction site for the new library next door.  When I realized it was the washer I stopped it and had Dan pull it away from the wall.  Fortunately it was just suds and not water too.  Once cleaned up I started the wash cycle again but with no more detergent added. I use Tide with the High Efficiency label so know that just a little bit will do it.  I always add a second rinse just to be on the safe side.

What I can't figure is if the washing machine requires just a little bit of detergent why do they make you put it in a big dish?  Why isn't it a tiny pullout dish?

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I did get to the library yesterday afternoon too and checked out the cookbook for the next cookbook club gathering.  I read through it last night and found several recipes to try.  

I'm planning to make the West African Groundnut Stew tonight for us.  And may make it for the gathering because I've noticed there's only one main dish signed up for so far.  I'd really like to try the wings and may use chicken thighs instead of chicken wings.

The gathering is next week on the 10th.

That's it for now. Must get to today's to do list.  Hmm ... 3 "to"s in a row!