One Hour

A different kind of a day.

It was pitch black when I went out to the barn this morning as I had to be in Rochester by 8:15 for a Town Board Training session.  Fortunately, Gary cleaned the stalls and I did the rest.

 I had just enough time for a shower before Mary picked me up for the drive in.

 A lot of information was put out there for the rest of the morning and until 5 in the afternoon.

Fortunately

 we had an hour off for a darn good lunch, where we met a whole table full of elected officials from around the state.

No more pictures...maybe an instant replay tomorrow.

Night all.

Rice and Beans

Whatdoyaknow!

We had sunshine today...it has been awhile.

 Instead of being in the teens with windchill temps near 0 (yesterday), we 

actually got into the 20s.  Love that solar.

 Class at 10:30.

Shamra's swimming turtle is really going to be something.

 Looks like everyone else is working on horses.

 Helen brought in this hot pad that she made for her mom when she was a kid.

I love it!

 After class I made a quick trip to the bank, Wegmans and Tractor Supply.

Spent the afternoon doing what?

We had a very simple dinner.

 A salad and leftover beans from last night.  The soup got so thick I served it over rice.

Off duty.

Night all.

Heavy Rambos and Long Underwear!

 Sidney spends a lot more time in the house when the weather is like this (so do the other two cats).  After he ate his breakfast, he went back out to Gary's barn 

and was snuggled in this little house.

It was in the teens all day with a windchill near 0....and there was wind and a little snow.

 It's my first day wearing long underwear, and the girls are now sporting their heavy Rambos.

 We have saved a lot of electricity by not having to heat the water trough until this morning.

Never made it to Agape...I am so off schedule.  Fortunately my head is not so plugged up and I am starting to get some energy back.

I decided to make 6 bean soup for dinner.

 Stock/onions/carrots/celery/1 chopped tomato.

Just happened to take several shots of this plant

 before I knocked it over

 and made a mess.

 Way too tall for the pot that came with the bulbs.

 At 5pm Mary and I attended our first workshop as official Town Board members.

It's going to be a great experience for us, the current board members 

and the community.  A whole new ballgame.

I left in time to watch Annie's official swearing in at the Village Hall.

As soon as that was done, she took her seat and got down to business.

 Home around 7:30, fed the dogs and had some of that bean (not so) soup.

Delish.

 

A lot has happened since our swearing in yesterday.

We were on the news...2 channels.  One did a terrible job.  Called me Lori Skroog and Mary was Marcie Rich...what a waste.  The Time Warner Channel did a much better job. 

I wish you could all meet Louise Slaughter.  She is such a warm, sweet and very special human being.

(Time Warner coverage)

The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle sent out a reporter who took a ton of notes, some very bad photos and wrote a piece that would have been much better if one of our grandchildren had written it.  I was SO embarrassed.  The printed version was slightly better than the disaster on line.  I swear, he could not have read it was written....he kept repeating himself and made me look like a real ass.  You just never know.  On the other hand, I expect the reporter from the other paper (Suburban News) will write in her usual professional manner.  Live and learn.  I am going to be very careful in the future, and will make sure they are able to comprehend what is being said.

Night all.