Time flies so ridiculously fast.....I was having password problems and then
 the work,snow and cold has had me whacked out!
I had a ridiculous day recently that had me digging my car out for about 4 hours,with breaks to come in and warm up and change clothes.....I was raging like a maniac and feeling all victimized ,especially after I locked my keys in the car while it was running!
At any rate as I was laying on my stomach in the snow ranting foulness all over the street,I realized that I have always been like this.......if its not right now when I want it then I start stewing that this only happens to me...this is so my life...only this would happen to Stephen........general garbage.
Now I do believe I have had experience in some real ugly in my lifetime.Deaths by suicide,alcohol everywhere,job loss at midlife,......its hard to explain to people with normal sort of backgrounds how all this went down....but thats for another day.
Had I just given up and waited for my neighbor to pull me out when he got home I could have made things so much easier.I must work on patience........to often I get pulled into worry ...........the most useless thing you can do.(especially if you have a dramatic imagination)

We have been weathering the cold quite nicely,and I am a snow lover when it really does snow.....and we have a good 18 inches out there right now.We only have one car so I do have to drop off the car for my wife and then walk a 15 minute walk home........not bad at all......but in subzero temps ......uhm.......lets see oh yeah, it sucks.But Im lucky to live close enough that we can do this...otherwise it would mess with our work schedules.I have been making hearty one dish stuff.So comforting and warming on cold winter nights.
Here is one we loved.
Ingredients;
Diced ham..2.00
diced tomatoes 2 cans 1.20
1/2 a bag of spinach .50
4 or 5 large potatoes (bought in bulk)
Cheese of any kind
Spray a 13 by 9 or flat bottomed baking dish.Drain tomatoes and add them into a mixing bowl with the spinach and ham.Add spices you like...I grow fresh herbs that I use with others......dont forget pepper...I think I have said that I never use salt cooking....people can add it.
Layer tomato mixture,sliced potatoes and cheese as if your making a lasagna,keep layering and top off with cheeses.Cover and cook 30 mins then fifteen more with lid off to brown top.
Really good and really cheap ..feeds a god 4 or 5 people......we eat it for a couple days.
Today is a good day ........my niece and my 2 great nieces are coming for afternoon food and fun.I got a great racetrack for Christmas(no,i dont wanna grow up...Im a toysrus kid)And its always a relax and hang out day when they come.I will talk more about my niece Rachael at another time.She is a person with a soul that survived so much as a kid.......and now raising the family she wanted and so deserves,She is special to us as she stayed with us all the time her first few years.......we love her.
Stay warm,eat food if you have it,say thankyou and know that love exists in the worst of days.