Good evening @glenalbrethsen, I can whip a meal pretty quickly with what's in the pantry or frig. I always keep the basics stocked up and it sure helps to have a freezer full of veggies we grew over the summer.
The snow, um, I love the snow for the first month or so, but up where I live, we get lake effect snow until spring.
Our solution, get out of the north for 5 or 6 weeks. We go to Florida every winter,
after the holidays, we leave Jan. 26th and won't return until the 10th of March, just in time to tap our sugar maple trees to make our homemade syrup.
Thanks for dropping by, Enjoy!