Goodbye Richmond

The movers came in at 7:30 this morning, an hour earlier than they were supposed to come. Everything is packed and all that's left is to put my stuff in the car and drive on up to Delaware. It's been quite an adventure down here in Richmond, but I am ready to leave for a hopefully better job and hopefully better place - the no tax thing helps a lot :-)

Snow in December. How it should be.

It looks like we got another snow storm this year. It snowed for 2 days about, but now, on this Sunday, it is warm and sunny and the sky is so damn blue. I really thought there would be more snow then there was. We only got 6 inches and I was really hoping for maybe a foot. But here are some lovely pictures that I took along:


This was at around 5pm Friday, when it began to snow.
This is how it looked liked 20 hours later.
Another two hours have passed and it's time for me to start cleaning off the car. At least it was a powdery snow and not wet and icy.

I spent all day inside under a blanket and watching TV. Not like I could do anything else.

Ice Skating!

I did it. Today, almost in impulse, I signed up for ice skating lessons. Now there are only two rinks in the area, owned by the same people, but the rinks aren’t bad. I made sure I signed up for the adult classes though since it would be really weird taking lessons with kids. It’s been a while since I’ve been skating, most of which I taught myself, but I figure now is as good a time as any to learn how to stop, since that’s the one thing I have not been able to figure out on my own and is probably important. Classes start on Wednesday with practice sessions available throughout the week, so it looks like I’m going to have to get my skates sharpened.

I also need to start on my painting. I have been putting it off for way too long.

Rainbows

I found a rainbow this weekend. I couldn't get a good picture though since I found it while driving and couldn't find a good place to pull over and still see it well.

Snow in VA!

I forgot to put this picture up. But last week, or maybe the week before, we had snow. Not real snow (it was kinda slushy), but a good amount. How exciting!

And now this week, in the 60s?!

It's snowing!!!

Or at least for a little bit a some point today. It's not much though, but they're salting the streets.

Fried Turkey 2008! Pt. 2 (Read below post first please!)

So now we see the turkey has been frying for some time and you gotta be careful cause that oil will go everywhere if its too hot

And when its ready, take out it and you got yourself a fried turkey. Doesn't take that long and was pretty exciting, but I still wouldn't eat it.

Fried Turkey 2008! Pt.1 (Because Blogger is acting funny)

Up north, I've heard of fried turkey and it seemed to be a southern thing because I never heard of anyone who ever cooked a turkey with this method. Imagine my excitement when my friend said she was going to be making one for Christmas dinner. And so I continue to chronicle the journey of me in the south, here is making fried turkey (for those up north who've never actually seen it). It starts with the above setup. Real simple.

Then you have to poor a lot of peanut oil in the pot and let it boil up.

Then when it's nice and hot, place the turkey into the boiling oil.