10 feb 2010

woke up at 5:00. i seem to be waking up about 15 minutes before the alarm lately. as soon as i forget to set the alarm i'll sleep right thru.

conference call from 6:00 to about 6:45.

looked out when i went down at 7:00. snowing pretty heavily, poor visibility. looked like 4-5 inches in the driveway. the forecast says it may continue to snow for another 12 hrs. oh joy!

breakfast

bagel w/ butter
bananas
donut
coffee

Wegmans has surprisingly good donuts and bagels.

second conference call at 9:00. lately i'd be doing really well if i could be paid by the concall minute.

lunch

turkey & provolone on rye
cup of chips and salsa
three cookies
coke
iced tea

snack

half an orange
iced tea

it seems like the snow stopped at around noon. it looks like the sun is trying to come out. however the winter storm warning has not been withdrawn and does not expire until 7:00 pm so we could still have a few more hours of snow. fingers crossed.

the nice thing about the big naval oranges is that you can split one with a palsy-wal.

cats don't like the smell of oranges.

dinner

spaghetti and tomato sauce
salad
iced tea

spaghetti really hit the spot today. cooked just right and a really good salad. i've gotten kind of flaky about salads. i used to always want a salad. now it is a minute by minute decision.

someone came around at dinner time offering to plow the driveway for $30. we agreed readily. (as Jane Austen might say.) the guy did an amazing job. worth every penny. we're still stuck because no one has plowed the street but at least we don't have to dig to the driveway. whatever digging we do can be clearing a turn-around in the driveway and clearing a path from the back to the front and so on. maybe by monday we'll be able to navigate around the yard in a reasonable way.

it was fiercely cold went i went out to look at the driveway and pay the guy. unbelievable. the wind just blowing right in your face and taking your breath away.

next snow in the forecast isn't until Sunday night (weather bug) or Monday (weather.com) and next snow is supposed to be moderate.

dessert

ice cream
iced tea

i watched the last episode of season 2 of star trek at lunch today. assignment: earth. teri garr (at like, 20) is in the episode and is quite disarming. i got a huge kick out of the episode. it feels like it may have been an idea for a spin-off. (according to wikipedia, it was an idea for a spin off). i think they used the same cat in this episode as they used in the catspaw episode. very cool cat. the cat actually perches on robert lansing's shoulders at one point. lansing's character is named gary seven. good name.

we watched i'll see you in my dreams after dinner. doris day and danny thomas. bio-pic about Gus Kahn who wrote dream a little dream of me, makin' whoopee, toot toot tootsie, and so on. good supporting cast, well directed. doris day is tres beautiful in this one and both she and danny do a great job on the songs they sing. for my money kahn had a lot of non-descript songs but maybe that's just a reflection of changing tastes. michael curtiz (casablanca, life with father, yankee doodle dandy, etc.) directed. nice light entertainment. not great but enjoyable. interestingly enough it was nominated for a golden globe.