THE END OF A GOOD YEAR
Soooo, I took a little vacation from the blog. With the genius home, and me scuttling around trying to keep him busy with "house stuff," I decided to take a break from writing. But now I'm back with itchy fingers.
Today Annie is spending the day with me (she doesn't go back to school until tomorrow) and we will take time for some pampering. The nails place is calling to us for some attention to our fingers and toes, so we will do that first. Then it's on to Walmart (my new best friend for groceries).
I also need to go to PetSmart for a doggie backpack for me and Rufus. I plan to use that to take him on the plane to Phoenix in February and I want him to get used to it first. That should be an interesting experiment, his being bundled up on my back like that. I'm sure he won't like it at first, and maybe not ever, but he will have to do it anyway.
We had a great New Year's Eve celebration with the sisters and husbands in Fairfield Glade this year. The "girls" all went shopping during the day while the men worked out and/or watched football. Since we were so close to the Eastern Time Zone we celebrated at midnight their time instead of ours so we could go on to bed. (I don't know what our excuse will be next year when we are back in Nashville!)
MA fixed us an excellent lunch on New Year's Day of pork roast, turnip greens (freshly picked and frozen last summer), black eyed peas (of course! You have to eat at least one for each month of the new year, but we all ate lots more than that!), BJ's sweet potato and corn casseroles and her delicious cornbread. There was red velvet cake and boiled custard for dessert.
You may wonder what my contribution was to this wonderful feast. I was the drink fixer, the dish washer, and general flunky. I know better than to try to compete with my sisters in the cooking department. And oh yes, I bought the roast.
We had a great time, but maybe not as good as the Phoenix side of the family who were vacationing in Hawaii at the time!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU!!!!
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We had some party poopers this year. I think the only ones who stayed up were Mike, Tom, Mike, Kirstin and me. Everyone else was zonked. But we did get to see fireworks on the beach!
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