I woke up early yesterday morning wondering if we would have school. As I peeked outside, it looked like there was not as much snow as expected, so imagine my delight when I saw on the local TV station that school was cancelled anyway! I had come home the night before prepared with some extra grading to get done... just in case... but I was still prepared for my Friday morning classes. No complaints at all. By the time I managed to get dressed to go out and get the newspaper, someone had VERY kindly cleared the snow off of my front walk and steps (Thank you, whoever you are!!!) and the snow was the pretty, soft, powdery stuff instead of being horribly icy.
The quizzes that I was planning to give can wait until Monday, and the Spanish exam that I was supposed to take yesterday afternoon will still be there as well, I have no doubt in the least. I didn't get nearly as much done with my free day as I could have, but I did a little bit of grading and some reading (fun books) and some chatting with my sister on the phone and some catching up on the latest episode of Project Runway. And I tried a new recipe- challah bread. I've been wanting to try making it for some time, but finding the time is often a bit of a challenge. No excuses on a snow day! I would say that it was a success, although the dough didn't rise nearly as much as I thought it would. I had run out of parchment paper, so I baked it on an oiled baking sheet, which made the bottom of the loaf a little darker than I would have liked, but I'll plan better next time. I was quite proud of the six stranded braid (thanks to directions from YouTube), and I'll definitely be making this again soon.
I woke up early yesterday morning wondering if we would have school. As I peeked outside, it looked like there was not as much snow as expected, so imagine my delight when I saw on the local TV station that school was cancelled anyway! I had come home the night before prepared with some extra grading to get done... just in case... but I was still prepared for my Friday morning classes. No complaints at all. By the time I managed to get dressed to go out and get the newspaper, someone had VERY kindly cleared the snow off of my front walk and steps (Thank you, whoever you are!!!) and the snow was the pretty, soft, powdery stuff instead of being horribly icy. 
The quizzes that I was planning to give can wait until Monday, and the Spanish exam that I was supposed to take yesterday afternoon will still be there as well, I have no doubt in the least. I didn't get nearly as much done with my free day as I could have, but I did a little bit of grading and some reading (fun books) and some chatting with my sister on the phone and some catching up on the latest episode of Project Runway. And I tried a new recipe- challah bread. I've been wanting to try making it for some time, but finding the time is often a bit of a challenge. No excuses on a snow day! I would say that it was a success, although the dough didn't rise nearly as much as I thought it would. I had run out of parchment paper, so I baked it on an oiled baking sheet, which made the bottom of the loaf a little darker than I would have liked, but I'll plan better next time. I was quite proud of the six stranded braid (thanks to directions from YouTube), and I'll definitely be making this again soon.
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It's beautiful!! If my challah turns out well this Friday, I will put up a picture too.
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