Snow Day

First of all, let us celebrate that I now have a computer!

Last week I was scheduled to be driving around to various nursing homes Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. Wednesday I was in Prairie Village, Kansas and was to leave there around 4:30, stop by home in Gladstone to pick up my suitcase and head to Macon, MO to check into a hotel where I would sleep before heading to Paris, MO for a visit on Thursday.

The drive from Prairie Village to Gladstone usually takes about 40 minutes. On Wednesday evening, thanks to lots of snow falling to the ground it took much longer. About 1 and 1/2 hours into the drive (and I was still in Kansas) I decided that continuing to drive to Macon was not in my best interest. I am usually a 'rain, sleet and snow' kind of person, but decided I really didn't have anything to prove to myself or anyone else. I have a perfectly fine home and bed in Gladstone and could always reschedule the Thursday visit. I made it home around 7 PM and stayed put.

Why the picture of my stove? Did you notice how CLEAN it is? Since I was snowed in on Thursday morning, I started cleaning the kitchen. I started with the dish washer. I had not noticed how incredibly dirty it was. From there, I actually looked at the cabinets, stove and refrigerator and realized it had been quite some time since I had remove the debris from their surfaces. The removable parts from the stove and oven went into the dish washer and I cleaned all else with elbow grease and soap/water. It is SO clean. Maybe I should do this at least once a year??

Around noon I headed to Illinois for the Friday visit. The sun was shinning, the roads were clear, and my kitchen was cleaner that it has been in several months.