We decided to get coffee and then get on the road to the lake so that we would have some time to stop by the house and go to the store before our meeting with the priest. The drive to the lake ended up being a "white knuckle" drive which was unexpected - it snowed the whole way and the roads were actually pretty bad. We finally made it to the house as the snow stopped...figures. We got out of the car and were greeted with great big wind gusts. My parents have been spending some weekends at the lake and had been reporting back to Pittsburgh about how much snow Conneaut had and how the lake was completely covered but I was not prepared for such a huge climate shift - after all, it is only about 100 miles away from my house in Pittsburgh. But it was full blown artic conditions out there! We only had about 30 minutes to kill before we had to get back in the car to go to the church but in that 30 minute time frame the wind blew a pile of snow on the driveway (which was plowed the night before) about a foot deep. I sorta knew that it was going to be an issue when I looked at it but I tried to drive through it anyways.... welp, my car got stuck and after Jon trying to dig it out, basically in his socks (because I forgot to tell him to bring boots) we realized it was not going anywhere. I called our priest and he suggested we just reschedule.
Not being able to get anything on the "to-do list" done didn't turn out all bad - this day turned out to be one of the most relaxing days I have had in a really long time. After we threw in the towel on trying to dig my car out, we built a fire and watched The Town (which I was little disappointed in...in case you want my opinion - I expected a little more from Ben Afflack). It was so nice, there was no one around to bother us, no one to ask us to do anything and it was a gorgeous setting - something so different than what we are used to in the summer. I took a few pictures - its hard to imagine that this yard is where our wedding reception will be in 6 months!
So, as I write about everything except for the chocolate mousse.... I will get to my point. I made dinner for Jon and I that night - a cooking light lemon chicken recipe followed by the low-fat chocolate mouse. Yes, I am even forcing Jon to participate in the guilt-free pre-wedding dress meals. He liked the chicken, but he LOVED the chocolate mouse. I am pretty sure a bomb could have been going off and he was going to finish eating his chocolate mouse before he reacted to anything else. So, nice work, weight watchers - your low-fat chocolate mouse passed the man-test with flying colors, its not just something that a chocoholic, like myself, would appreciate.
