Domestic Geek

Marcus vowed he would make it into work at some point today. Well, the park's plow is stuck outside our house. Marcus is out there now trying to help the guy get unstuck. It doesn't help that the poor plow truck needs some serious work. The fuel mixture is definitely too rich — I can smell it. The thing keeps flooding out. With all the money the park owner has, you think they could get the plow repaired. So help me, if he piles all of that snow up right behind my car, somebody is going to die.

If you haven't heard yet, Colorado has been hit by the Holiday Blizzard 2006. Aurora has had 26" so far and it is still snowing. I was told to leave work an hour early yesterday and it took two and a half hours to get home (with a quick stop in the grocery store for food stuffs). I can't believe how many people I saw stuck spinning bald tires. Also, if you don't have 4WD and the snow drift is higher than your hood, you're probably not going to make it through. The stupidity of it all! I had to shovel the porch just to get into the house yesterday. Marcus loves it, though. We were out playing in it at midnight last night and again this morning. I'll post some pics over in the gallery in a little bit. Marcus is going to try and get his truck out later. There's a pretty big drift right in front of our house. We'll see.

My friend Russ has posted a video of the snow at his place.

So, Denver International Airport is closed. I'm so glad Dad left on Tuesday. They actually closed our workplace yesterday and only 7 people had made it in when I called this morning. A snow day would be cool if I was still getting paid like Marcus and Mike. *sigh* Oh, well. I've got puzzle pieces to search for and decorating to do.

OY, this is going to be a long-assed day. I had to take dad to the airport this morning. He's spending a couple of weeks out with my sister in California for the holidays. His flight leaves at 8:30 this morning, but as he wanted to make sure he got there in plenty of time, he wanted to be picked up at 5:30. The roads were clear and no waiting to get into the airport, so I dropped him off at a little after 6 am. Of course, I couldn't sleep last night. I couldn't go to sleep and then couldn't stay asleep. I hate how when you're afraid you're going to oversleep, you end up waking up every hour or so. I wish I had time to go back to sleep for an hour or so before I have to leave for work, but Marcus' alarm started going off at 7 and will go off every 10 minutes until he decides to roll out of bed. Oh, well. I almost wish that I would get to leave work early today...almost. I need money more than sleep at this point.

I had a bunch of stuff I was going to post, but now I can't remember. Too tired. I guess I'll keep a list at work and hopefully have something more interesting to say later.

OK, here's a shoutout for help to anybody reading this blog:

I need a really good Marcaroni and Cheese recipe.

I want something that's totally homemade, but nothing funky in it like jalapenos or anything. I want tips you have to make it come out right (mine never comes out creamy — it's always grainy). It has to be really cheesy.

Macaroni and cheese (when made right) is my most favorite food in the entire world. Please pass along any recipes or tips you use either in the comments or via email.

THANKS!!!!!!

I've been disappointed with my bubble lights for many years. The ones I had from my mother have slowly burned out or broke, so I finally bought some replacements about five years ago. They never bubbled, though. Kind of misses the point of being bubble lights. Anyway, I was googling how they work because I'm a nerd like that (and still don't know yet), but did find a tip for getting them to bubble. The site said to turn the bulbs upside down (while they're on) for 15 minutes or so and they would bubble again when uprighted. I didn't believe it, but gave it a try anyway and sure enough...it worked! Yay!!!!

Now, if someone would please explain what is in there that makes them bubble, I'll be good to go.