We interrupt this program...

Since Will is currently running the "mini-series" As Broadband Turns on the regular blog, I will play this fill in episode on our family over here as to not interrupt the scheduled programming over there.
The main thing going on with the rest of the world outside of my husband and his failure to learn anything at the Dale Carnegie course he took years ago (it was called How to Win Friends and Influence People), seems to be SNOW. Again. Maybe I should call this program a "repeat"? Or maybe "As the Shovel Turns"?
I am soooooo sick of snow. Yesterday on my route they never plowed any of the roads. It snowed 6-8 inches during the day and there we were trying to drive around in it. I was stuck so many times, it ain't funny. They pulled me out of a ditch with a truck. Then they pulled me off of a set of mail boxes where I had slid sideways onto them with my mirror stuck between the two boxes. One of those "stupid things happen to me moments". How many people do you know that can manage to get a mail truck stuck on two mail boxes without hurting either box, but unable to go frontwards or backwards because of it? I looked like a big white Popsicle. Yep that's me....Mail truck on a stick. Took three guys, a shovel, a hammer and a snow blower to get me out of that situation.
Then when I was done with the route, I had to drive to Black River Falls 27 miles away. I mean "had to" for a deadline/appointment. It took me an hour to get there. First I tried the interstate, but those people drive like idiots. There were people in the ditch all over and the people that were driving around me seemed to think they needed to join them. I got off that merry go round at the next exit and drove through the slush with no traffic. Get me away from them crazy people.
Jessalyn is going gangbusters at school. She is really getting into this year's classes and is enjoying her teacher. She is really looking forward to her trip with the safety patrol to Washington DC and Gettysburg. I'm glad that she gets to go (God willing).
Jacob is applying himself more in class and seems to be slowly getting better able to focus on class and what he is supposed to be doing. He really likes his teacher and she is not afraid to push him. He is finding more friends in this new school and seems to be finding a place in High School and enjoying it much more than he had been. Now that he also has the XB*X 360, I think he feels his life is getting pretty darn good. Now if his Mom would only stop finding chores for him to do.
We have reached the "cold part" of winter. Temperature tonight is supposed to be -20. No fun. I could do without this. I'm telling you if I could be in Florida/Tennessee from January 2 through March 31, I would. Will says that if I didn't have to drive in snow all day it wouldn't bother me, since I used to love it. He's probably right, but right at this moment, I'm thinking that I like my idea better. The condo I stayed at last month in Perdido Key, rents for $850 a month with a balcony overlooking the beach. Sounds like a plan to me. What do you think?
Will and I are reading electric meters this week for my parents while they are in Texas and Tennessee. We have fun, but what weather to do it in. We will read them as fast as possible over the weekend. Then I will take the results down and turn them in on Monday.
It's Martin Luther King day on Monday and the Post Office gets the day off. Of course, no one else in the world seems to take that day off, so the day after is possibly the heaviest mail day of the year. Boy am I looking forward to that. We have a bunch of regular carriers taking that day off, so I will be chasing subs around and helping them with their routes so that they get done in time. Nothing kills my brain more than doing 3 to 5 mail routes in a day. Just makes my brain spin and wears me out. One of the things I will not miss once I become an "official regular carrier".
Well time to go and fold laundry and do dishes. Jake just went out for the bus. I hope that the substitute driver remembers to pick him up. Yesterday she forgot and just drove past, leaving him standing there. He ran in and we called the office and she came back for him. It wouldn't be so funny, but this is twice now this year, that they have left him. I wonder if he got the stupid things happen to me gene? I'll have to think about that one.....maybe that would explain the doctor bills from the emergency room for him.....I'm thinking it's a possibility. Poor boy.....Now look what his Mom did to him.
Of course the daughter is sporting an ace bandage on her wrist and hand after getting them wrapped up in the dog leash. Oh boy.......talk about a Mother's curse. Forget the "I hope you have a kid just like you".....If I gave them the stupid things gene, that's punishment in itself or maybe "justice"? I guess it all depends on how you look at it. They drive me to insanity and I pass on stupid things...... Cool.
Have a great day.
Recipe for Chicken with Sauce coming in a couple of days. It 's one of my family's favorites.
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Cobbler recipe

This is a favorite for pot lucks and for when company comes over unexpectedly.

Cobbler

Decide what flavor you want first of all. It's great with pineapple or peaches. I have even tried it with pears, although I cut them into tiny pieces first, because pears stay firmer than the other two.

For the cobbler you will need:

2 cans fruit.
1 box yellow cake mix
2 sticks margarine or butter, melted

(For pineapple, I use one medium can chunks and one medium can crushed. For peaches I use what ever size I have, medium or large cans. I try to keep the sliced on hand.)
It does not matter what size can because in my opinion you cannot have too much fruit, just too little.
You pour your cans of fruit into the bottom of a lightly greased cake pan (9 X 13). Spread fruit evenly. When working with peaches and using the largest cans you may want to drain a little of the juice. Try it and see what you think first and then adjust it the next time.

Pour your cake mix (dry) over the fruit. Pat out evenly with your hand and press down so that it kind of seals the edges.

Pour the melted margarine over the fruit.

Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven until browned and bubbly. It will usually take about 25-30 minutes, but allow a little longer. For some reason it does not take the same amount of time to cook each time. Check often and take it out when it's browned, bubbly and gooey. Serve by itself or warm with icecream.
Enjoy!