Winter World of W's

      Blog Land is still quieter, but that makes sense. Some is travel, or hosting people, or just a needed break.  We got more snow so I added a few more pictures sprinkled throughout to show the snow globe. Here's my World in W's right now.

What's Top of Mind:

My daughter, who had a good trip last week to Morrocco, now is in London. She's with friends, but has to travel to Barcelona solo early Wednesday. They encountered train strikes yesterday so will need to factor that, but she's staying Tuesday night near the airport so hopefully she'll not have any issues.

Where I've been:

I went into the office about 10:45 and main roads were clear and fine. I snapped this when paused so you can vsee what commuters ( late past rush hour) might see.

 Where I’m going: 

Later I'm going to my daughter's and will stay over. We may be going to a local lights event and tomorrow a dog park fundraiser.

What I'm eating:

    I made the Bear Creek tortilla soup, doctored up with corn and chicken. I also added more water to dilute the soup, so my additions brought the sodium down a tad. It was quite tasty, as most things with too much salt are. I already had some reprimands when I bought the mixes, so no need to revisit.(Edit- just a little humor;  I took no offense at any comments, just acknowledgement that I know these are full of salt and there's healthier from scratch versions.)  It worked for us this week. I froze some for a future meal and we'll finish the rest not frozen this weekend. 

What I’m watching:

     I'm still watching episodes of Game of Thrones when I end my day. It's fascinating if nothing else. I will say, Peter Dinklish is a phenomenal actor. Disregard the type casting and just hear how he delivers the lines, evokes the feel of the situation is incredible. I remember his role in The Station Agent, totally different character, but portrayed equally well. 

What I’m reading:

I finally leafed through both November and December Real Simple magazines. It's nice to look at perfection on pages. Lol. Actually, I was getting annoyed because it seems the magazine is once again moving away from trying to help folks simplify, but sell more stuff in the speak of simplicity. A few articles and ideas are helpful. Not sure I'm giving up on it, as having a magazine slipped in my bag is a nice wait diversion. 

What I’m listening to:

     Someone's got a snowmobile firing up on and off in the neighborhood. No doubt the paths from town to the little hamlets will be packed. Snowmobilers like to get out to the bar and grills in these tiny towns 5-8 miles out from our city limits. There's some open space and many know farm fields that are fine with snow mobiles. I kind of hope one goes through the park and grooms a bit more walking path. I haven't noticed if the path was cleared yet. Pup was fine walking in our own yard, to mail box and back.  I've still got my Christmas music station on in the car. 

It's a good thing we have power. Look how
heavy the snow is, branches leaning on
power lines. 

 What I’m planning: 

     I'm planning the last of what I need for meals next weekend. I plan to clean and wrap presents today and tomorrow. I've barely started, but looking at now maybe a longer than one night get away so looked at flight and hotel packages for maybe 3 nights. DD1 will watch our dog. I'm just not sure I want to deal with flights and think just a localish get away will be equally rejuvenating. 

Who needs a good slap:

I'm still refraining, but people that treat the roads like a race track need something! Here's a pretty picture of our city hall instead. 

Who Deserves Knuck's (Fist Bump):   

 My works Executive team and their support staff put on a lovely open house type gathering yesterday. Probably less than 1/4 of employees came, days off, illness, meeting conflicts, but it was nice to see who came. I met many people in person for the first time, those having been hired since we started remote work. 

What’s making me smile: 

     Pup was fascinated, but irritated at the plow, hearing but not seeing, so barked away. But, once he saw that it was leaving, he did the sneeze of self satisfaction, like he alone chased the yellow monster away.

Our view from my front door window. 

    That's been my week. Join in if you'd like. I'm always interested in the world you all live in.