Hodgepodge Wednesday; Snowy Granola Fun in January

 It's a two post kind of day today! I posted about wearing a Continuous Glucose Monitor for a month but when I saw Joyce's fun questions for today's Hodgepodge Wednesday I just couldn't resist joining in! 

 

1. Ice skating, skiing, sledding, snowshoeing, playing in the snow, or a snowy walk...which winter activity do you choose? Have you done any of these activities so far this winter?  

So living in Connecticut my whole life, I have done every single one of these activities. I haven't ice skated in years and I gave up skiing in 4th grade when I broke my leg but snowshoeing, playing in the snow, and snowy walks still happen at times. Most often you'll find me on a snowy walk. In fact Evan and I went on one this past Monday. It was so beautiful that we took TONS of photos: 

Mine: 

 Evan's: 

he had a lot of fun with reflections in the water

2. Everyone is posting pictures from ten years ago on their social media sites so let's jump on the bandwagon too. Share one photo and one thought to go with said photo from the year 2016. And maybe everyone isn't doing this, but many are and we're going to be part of the fun. 

 One photo?! I think even Joyce knows I will never narrow it down to 1 photo... 10 years ago we were in the midst of homeschooling and 2016 started our 100 days of art project in May (we didn't finish until June the following year!), 

Myrtle Beach summer 2016-- boys aged 12, 10, & 8

summer day trip to Block Island Rhode Island (just me and the boys)

3. What's a trend you hope disappears in this new year? I don't really know of or follow any trends.. 

4. 'They' say there's a day for everything and January 21st proves it. National Granola Bar Day. Do you like granola bars? How about just regular granola? Do you like bars of other kinds? 

I don't eat granola bars often but I do make my own each week for the boys. I do eat granola (that I also make) on a regular basis with my fruit and yogurt bowls. 

My favorite go-to granola recipe

no bake bars following this recipe with some personal tweaks

traditional granola bars following this recipe with more seeds added in

I like most dessert bars:

 

these cookie bars

7 layer bars-- I used this recipe but used M&M in place of the nuts

maple cookie bars recipe

5.  A frozen lake, a trickling stream, a raging river, or a deep well...which one describes something about your life right now? Elaborate as much or as little as you like. 

Well, since it's winter and we live on the lake I'm going to have to go with frozen lake right now (though I do walk by a trickling stream to get our mail and we have our own well so more than 1 could have applies to life right now). 

Our Monday morning view of the frozen lake from our bedroom window.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Not really sure what to talk about I consulted a random topic generator which them prompted me to Google and see which winter sports are in the Olympics. Have you heard of the new sport debuting this year-- ski mountaineering? It sounds crazy to me (someone who broke their leg on a bunny slope hill smaller than most found in my yard!). They climb mountains in their skis and then descend but it's more than that as they have to know how to read mountains and not set off avalanches... heck, even just hiking in the snow in New England makes me nervous as rock climbing in boots can be so hard when you can't tell what is snow pack and what is rock face. I can't imagine learning the "skills" for this... sport? Do you know anyone that has tried this?

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