Flurries And 21º

8:37

Well, we missed the overnight snow although it is trying to snow at the moment,  It's 8:40, Evie's up and I have been up since 7:15 on an overcast morning, quite a contrast to yesterday's brilliant sunrise and below zero temperatures.

Yesterday Mornings Sunrise at 8:00

Saturday was taken up by football, alas, as we wasted most of the late afternoon and evening sitting around the boob tube although it was exciting to watch Joe Burrows, from Athens, Ohio, lead Cincinnati to a win over the top-ranked Titans.  And I assume today, Sunday will be much of the same, especially this evening when the Buffalo Bills play Kansas City, two of our three favorite teams.  Anyways, we decided to stay put and not venture out in the cold, cold weather.  By 11:00, however, the trash was gathered and I drove off to the Transfer Station to get rid of our trash from the week, two plastic bags and a few bottles.

Evie had decided to make up some Turkish lentil soup for the week so while that was simmering on the stove, she made me some matzo bowl soup because the lentil soup had to simmer for a couple of hours to bring out the flavor.  I enjoyed four matzo balls and cheese and crackers and watched another hour's episode of The Sopranos. I was anxious to get back to my book, The First Husband, and finish it which I did after my nap and now Evie can read it. Around 4:30, I drove over to Bemus and walked around the Bemus Point Tap House's winter festival, the grounds busy with food trucks, food, and beer stands, with families, snowmobiles, and kids sledding.  It looked like great fun, with a large fire of Christmas trees warming the many revelers. It was cold but everyone seemed happy and warm, especially the snowmobilers in overstuffed coats and pants.

Sledding For The Kids

Snowmobile Parking

Keeping Warm

Earlier we had discussed dinner and we had hamburgers on the menu until we started talking about an old 1950's favorite, Salisbury steak.  Evie checked and we had all the ingredients we needed so around 4:30, she put it together, the ground chuck, mushrooms, onions, so it was ready when we wanted dinner. We took time out from football after the Bengals game, enjoyed the Salisbury steak and salad, and watched another episode of both The Good Fight and Colbert before turning on the Green Bay game, which we had saved so we could avoid watching all the commercials.  By the fourth quarter, we were both tired of football, went to bed with Green Bay leading only to wake up this morning and find out that San Francisco won on a late field goal. I will watch the ending this morning because we have the game saved.