"Corn Snow" and Alice

Can't figure out if I'm sick (D. has a cold) or just having a bad reaction to the poor air quality during the cold snap. I had a fever last night, and my head is sure pounding. Today it finally warmed up (to 32°), and we experienced ice pellets, which R. knows as corn snow, and which made a pleasant hushed plinking sound as they landed. D. said the crunching when walking on it "sounds like a sore-throated duck."

We finished the SyFy Alice. Adventure, romance, and tons of visual interest. The new Alice is a martial arts expert, like the new Daphne Blake. It's not out on DVD yet. Too bad.

I thought it was an interesting indicator of my priorities when I was waiting in my mom's house for the housecleaning crew to arrive - I packed up the small Etruscan artifacts and brought them home for safekeeping, but I only counted the Hindu ones.

Random observation: macaroni and cheese is tasty with diced green chilis.