Through a steamed-up window, the world is seen in shades of gray.

Both sons gave graphic descriptions of wrecks and worse during dinner (leftovers mostly). At some point, one turned to me and said, ‘Mom, you would have been nervous.’

One admitted that in the parking lot at Boreal, the car iced over in minutes. The other has eaten little but McDonald’s for three days, so I’ll need to detox his system.

At least the rain has stopped for now, and we had a sunset with pink clouds.

With cream cheese frosting.

The guidelines are overly pessimistic, say researchers, who say that we can be 7 lb over our desired weight.

So it’s quite all right for me to have the slice of carrot cake.

(Maybe someone finally gave him one this Christmas. What? He took it apart? just kidding )

And 99 other fascinating facts from the Beeb.

Del Norte, Humboldt, Mendocino, Napa, Sacramento, Sonoma, and Trinity counties are in need of disaster relief. The governor makes it official this afternoon.

It’s Europe’s biggest motorway project, stopped cold by the fire-bellied toad (bombina variegata), a poisonous fellow with vivid markings underneath.

An obsessive need to write. Seen in those with temporal lobe epilepsy, manic depression, or bipolar disorder.

Writers suspected of having hypergraphia include Dostoyevsky, Dante, Byron, Tennyson, and Poe.

However, many with the condition do not wish to be cured.

In 2005, 21 giant pandas were born in China. Currently, there are 183 pandas in captivity there.

In the South Atlantic region.

Along Foothill Expressway, the eucalyptus trees took a big hit. Lots of limbs sheared off, most are marked with safety cones.

Errands are done, it is a hot chocolate day for sure. One kid is just now heading home many, many hours away in the snow.