Snow day, testing recipes & evening snowmen

I finally gave in to the snow today and stayed at home. I had my laptop and one of those security keys that lets you log in to the office network so I could still do my job. I worked so hard today too with no one to talk to.

The rest of my group was in the office today so I know they think I'm a Snow Wimp, as I've called them that earlier this week when they stayed at home. I thought I'd be in tomorrow but now heavy snows are forecast so I don't know.

(I have the TV on to one of those Open Access channels where they download any crap to the TV. I saw they were going to run the As You Like It movie with my hero Laurence Olivier that I've never seen. Anyway, there is a preacher on now speaking to enraptured people. I can imagine they think he is enlightened but he just looks like a fat rich conman to me. This is different though -- now they are broadcasting personal testimonials from satisfied customers, like they used a great brand of toothpaste.)

Girlie Pary Recipes
I'm testing recipes for a girlie party I'm having next month. Going to write down a recipe so I can print it off later. It's delish, and got the Teen Seal of Approval just now, and Mikey never likes anything I cook.

Shrimp in Toast Cups
It's supposed to be Lobster in a Chafing Dish but I modified it to be Shrimp in Toast Cups.

Take some slices of thin bread, cut the crusts off, flatten with a rolling pin then mold into cupcake holders or pan and toast.

Cook some shrimp in butter, sherry, paprika and Tobasco sauce. Remove the shrimp and add cheese and milk to the mix to make a sauce.

Add the shrimp to the sauce then spoon into toast cups.

Creme de Menthe Grapes
Marinade green grapes in mint liqueur for 2 to 3 hours. Drain, then roll in confectioner's sugar. Let that dry and roll them again in the sugar.

I haven't eaten these grapes yet but they sure smell good in that alcohol.

Finally, the preacher has gone off the Open Access channel and been replaced by Larry Olivier in his virile prime. Now THAT's television.

PS
I tried to get Mikey to make a snowman all day and now he's finally decided that he has to do it 10 hours later, but it's totally dark outside. Only a teen could decide that making a snowman in the pitch black is a good idea.

It's Satanic!
I was just taking a bath, and my son called to me to look at his newly completed snowman outside. I opened the little bathroom window and peered outside. Mikey's snowman is huge -- 7 feet tall, with big dark stones for eyes -- I looked at it and shrieked. The snowman is angled a bit so it looks like he is looking straight at me with angry and baleful eyes. It's dark outside so all you can see is the gleaming snow of his body and those black-rock eyes. It is scary and reminded me of watching an episode of the Twilight Zone in my youth and getting scared to death.

Even my son noticed how eerie his snowman is. "He is looking straight at you," he said then laughed. "It looks like he's coming over to kill you." I closed the bathroom window then opened it again a few minutes later. I am sure the snowman has advanced a few inches since the last time I looked.

And in the time it's taken me to update this post...well, I hate to think how much closer he has come to the bathroom window.

If there's no post from me tomorrow, you'll know what happened.