A truly glam life.

I dropped Mr. Jenner off at the airport very early this morning. (had the fun of getting ice off of the windows in the cold dark. What is it with me having to do unpleasant tasks in the cold early morning dark?) He is off to Lake Tahoe for his company's annual meeting. He returns Friday just in time for rush-hour. What fun eh?
As we approached the airport and got into the lane for Departures things suddenly slowed down. That is when we saw a police car and then some flares and an ambulance leaving. We saw the car and it was quite apparent that there had been quite a fire. It wasn't pretty. What a way for someone to start their Sunday morning.
Senor Onion and I have been eating English Muffins and watching some episodes of In the Night Garden. Through the power of the internet and Mr. Jenner's ability to cobble together a means of which to watch stuff from the internet on our television we can watch all sorts of entertaining things. Though at the moment it is all about Makka-Pakka and Upsy-Daisy. *closes eyes* Maybe I can talk him into a Mr. Men show.

Today My Mother and two of my siblings are coming over for a visit. It should be pretty entertaining and I look forward to any local gossip. I am not quite sure what I will make for dinner yet but I think it might be some sort of stew. Last night I made lamb meatloaf and baked potatoes. (there were vegetables too but they weren't the high-light of the meal) I felt after the week we had we needed something that was deeply comforting. We ate and everyone felt sleepy and contented.

The insurance company just called. They are coming out to visit on Wednesday to see the state of things. Mind you things are rather dry downstairs and so on but it isn't pretty. Should I make him tea and offer him cake to make him more pliable about paying for this mess?

I am a wreck as usual.

What the heck weather gods?????
Today they said, "rain mixed with snow." I am familiar with that mix. I can handle that mix. My family came over today and it started to snow. "okay...hopefully it won't stick."
It turned into "Snow mixed with more snow and then some more snow that sticks to the frozen ground and turns things into a damn ice-skating rink."
I had picked up my family from the ferry and I was going to drop them off. I will be honest driving in the snow scares the ever living crap out of me. Plus Mr. Jenner is out of town so I had to bring Senor Onion with me. I carefully drove down to the ferry, (my mom gave me some good tips for driving. She was a voice of calm) and my brother decided to stay overnight and add some weight to the car. Bless him.
A lot.
What is normally a 10-15 minute drive home turned into a 45 minute white-knuckle adventure. I took Jackson as it was the least steep way back. But then I saw big trucks getting stuck. So I took 12th as it is a gradual uphill drive. I tried to turn on Cherry and about half-way up my car said, "ohlikehell" and my brother is wearing his slippery hip shoes and is trying to help push the car. I did a u-turn and thought, "okay there has to be a better way to do this." So I continued up 12th until Madison where there is still plenty of sand on the roads and it was well-worn. Once I got up madison it was an easy drive the rest of the way home. The Grand battle is to get to the top of the hill. And oh how is is snowing. Big scary blobs of snow. Snow that will hunt down your young and eat it for breakfast. I want to give points to my son for being absolutely calm while his Mother was doing her best to not have a nervous breakdown.
I am not leaving the house until this evil white stuff is gone. GONE.
But I am very very proud of myself for being cool on the outside and just driving carefully and following my Mother's advice. Now I hope she gets home safe.
And weathermen? WTF? WTF?

Other than that adventure in high blood pressure I had a lovely visit with the family. There were presents (I came away with so many books it is obscene) and there was Christmas cake, tea and snark. I am sorry Mr. Jenner wasn't there. He always enjoys the fun too.

I need a drink