Welcome to Zada's house

What a mess!  This pack rat is clearing out lots of STUFF!  I have already whittled out many of my items, but am packing things up for yard sale.  We will be moving into the motor home and out of the house.  This is going to take great restraint on my part, since I have so much, but some of it is just junk and will go to the trash.

 

I think this is my punishment for being an accumulator! 

 

The animals have been promised out, so they will have good and loving homes in our absence.  And the cows will be in the freezer, where they belong.  In fact, the guy who does the slaughter is due here in an hour or so, which means I must get on the stick and round those cows up.

 

My bitter half is back visiting his mother, but one of our neighbors will be here to help, so it won't be quite so bad.  I bring the cows to the area and then go into the house.  They have been good cows, but a lot of work, and I am not going to miss them too much.  Especially when I am eating a yummy steak!

Astronomy is not exactly my main interest, but here is a site that has great content for anyone interested in the stars, planets and light.

http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendId=66837154&blogId=212645210

Ahad’s Constant is a great theory worthy of investigation.  He has many pictures of stars, planets, and more!  Awesome!!

His paper has a mathematical formula which calculates the
amount of light received from anywhere in the universe.

His theory is written up in the Journal of British Astonomers.

http://www.britastro.org/journal/pdf/115-5letters.pdf

In the Pacific Northwest, vast sections of freeway are shut down or at a standstill.  Downtown Seattle is in the grips of snow and ice.  Ten inches of snow and more which turned to ice.  Metro drivers with articulated buses are jack knifed and stuck in the road; chains are not even working on the hills.  The plows and deicers are all out, but not making much headway.  The Seattle area is built on a series of hills which makes matters dangerous for anyone on the roads.  The Puget Sound region is pretty much iced in.  Tow trucks are in high demand, and the wait is a long one if you are in a collision.  And don’t call for a taxi—you will only get a recorded message that says there region is pretty much iced in. are none available.

            UPS and FEDEX drivers are delivering packages on foot!!  I guess they are determined to see that any Christmas presents are delivered in time for the event.

            The roads into Canada were pretty much shut down yesterday with the ice, and it just moved south.  I think we can assume that it will be a white Christmas for sure, with more snow tomorrow plus off and on snow and freezing weather into next week.

            One enterprising individual used skis to get to work!  Talk about dedicated employees.  At least the kids are all enjoying being out of school with no return scheduled any time soon.  It will continue through the night, and maybe for the next week.

            Good thing I went to the store last week, and we have lots of dry wood for the stove.  We also have plenty of chow for the animals.  But getting the hay out to the cows and defrosting their water is a royal pain in the you-know-what. 

            We have been taking good care of the birds; crumbled muffins and bread don’t last long and little skirmishes break out here and there as they jockey for the choicest morsels.  I have nailed fat and fat layered soup bones to the fence posts for the birds, and they really go to town on them.   There is also a feeder full of seed and cracked corn.  At least they won’t go hungry around here.  As long as my stocks in the freezers hold out, that is.

            It seems this weather is hitting the entire northern portion of the country in one form or another.  Many in the New England area have already been hit with it, and some places are still without power.  We haven’t lost our power yet.  YET.

            I hope everyone is snug and warm in front of their fires, and not stuck on the roads.

 

Well, here it is again. Somebody started this harvest festival and it is still going on. I would bet it was some mighty hunter who shot a poor unsuspecting gobbler, took it home and presented it to the wife. The dutiful wife then proceeded to dress it (in cute little pants, and a hat with a buckle no doubt) and cook it.

Today, it is a traditional North American Holiday in the U.S. whose origins are still somewhat of a mystery, depending on whose rendition you read.

I think it was the male faction that decreed a feast of enormous proportions be placed on the breadwinner's table. Different areas serve different 'traditional' foods, all as a sort of harvest festival, being thankful for a bountiful harvest.

I think it is mostly promoted by the male of the species as a day on which it is customary to stuff oneself and then retire to the 'tube' to watch sports while the little woman (or women as the case may be ) clean up the mess that took them several days to make in the kitchen.

I hate the thought of all the cooking of special treats and trying to outdo the previous year's food orgy.

However, I get a lot of satisfaction from being able to bring a glorious meal to the table. Once the cooking is done, I am ready to 'pig out' provided I haven't done so much tasting that I have become full! And it is wonderful to bask in the glow of compliments on my accomplishment. It makes the several days of work worth it. I can then look forward to the next feast, while serving a variety of turkey delights to the groans of 'not turkey AGAIN!' for the next week.

It wouldn't be so bad if people would just clean the platter of turkey while it was still hot.

So this Thanksgiving, enjoy your merry making and giving of thanks while you eat the damned turkey!!