chillin' with my SNOWmies

 I've gotten to wear THIS shirt a lot recently because we've had some great snow!

(It says 'Chillin' with my snowmies' and yes, I know there's a way to flip the image.  

No, I don't know how to do it!)

I LOVE SNOW!

We got nearly 14 inches and it's stayed cold enough for the snow to hang around.

We had no mail delivery for days and we were under a travel advisory at least twice, so we've been hunkered down at home.  Besides regular work, I finished a 2000 piece puzzle (started mid-December):

...and we celebrated National Bean Day.  Before January 1st, I decided to select two random fun holidays per month to celebrate instead of the usual ones (well, we're probably still celebrate those too!).  National Bean Day was our first and it was so much fun!  So many random bean songs...Mr. Bean video clips...bean facts...and something that truly shocked me, an absolutely delicious black bean brownie recipe.  

I don't like beans, but somehow this recipe that has no eggs, no butter, no oil (I substituted pumpkin puree instead), no flour, and almost no processed sugar (other than the chocolate chips) was so delicious that I've been thinking about it ever since we finished the batch.  I used her healthy chocolate frosting recipe and it was TO DIE FOR.  One frosted brownie is about 225 calories per serving but really nutritious.  I think I'm going to make another batch next week!  :)  

Otherwise, we've been playing games and snuggling with cats.

Hoping that the snow is going to stick around a while.

Have a great week!