And happy Moanday, of course, the first Moanday of the year. I don’t do resolutions either, they’re a waste of time especially if you’re only making them because you’ve just put up a new calendar and people think you should be making them. I have a bunch of goals for the year that will be done when it’s appropriate to do them, which most likely is not the middle of winter.
No new year traditions either, apart from spending the day lounging around at home doing very little because it’s pretty much the last chance I’ll get for a long time. I don’t plan on leaving the house today, I have no reason to go outside and it looks miserable and wet out there anyway.
My big plan for today is to bake a large gammon joint that we bought in the market the other day. Boiled for a couple of hours, then baked with a glaze for half an hour, served with roast spuds and veggies. Better get moving then…dinner doesn’t make itself!
I’ve removed 2 boxes of books from the baby’s room - one will go to recycling because no one wants old textbooks. The other will go to the library because I don’t want them but someone might. I’ve also got a big box of CDs that I need to find a place to store. Later. Not at the moment.
**FCD **brought a big-ass filing cabinet upstairs for his business files. We’ve loaded it with files, books, miscellaneous computer stuff, and office supplies. It’s this big, ugly mass of gray, but it’s a necessary evil. Such is life.
Every other year we’ve done a small party with a few friends and cooked out and smoked way more food than a human should eat and enjoyed those holiday favorite movies “Rocky Horror” and “Santa Claus vs The Devil”. Not this year though since we both really need to get back to work – me possibly tonight.
A question worthy of extensive investigation.
Not anymore and never much. They just always seemed silly to me.
On an unrelated note ---- good friend and fellow Santarchist Frank the Bug Guy has been a Polar Bear Plunger for ages here. Personally I wouldn’t jump in our river any time let alone today.
Well, the new year is off to a great start. :rolleyes:
I forgot to soak the back-eyed peas last night. So now I’m trying the ‘quick soak’ method, where you boil them for three minutes and then let them soak for an hour. I’ve never done that before.
No resolutions per se for me. I do have a few goals. I honestly don’t remember what I did last year on New Year’s Day. Today I am cleaning and puttering around. Beef and onions in the crockpot smelling good. Dinner will be blue cheese flank steak and a baked tatie. I cleaned my bridle and saddle even though I won’t be riding for the foreseeable future. I don’t ride if the temp is below 20.
I didn’t stay up till midnight last night, but the fireworks woke up me and Ursula Kitteh, so we kinda rang in the new year together.
Fireworks were pretty subdued last night, but the dogs didn’t approve anyway.
We stayed up and watched TV 'til the ball dropped so that we could reassure the dogs, but I had to turn it off when B. Spears came on and started gargling.
Don’t do resolutions. Don’t do any special diets.
Lunch, and probably dinner, today will be leftovers. I bought a turkey on sale after T-day and stuck it in the freezer. Cooked it yesterday. We had stove top stuffing, broccoli, and bread pudding with. I remember now why we don’t do turkey much. Dealing with the carcass is a pita.
It’s 32F here and sunny today, BTW
I once had a neighbor who was a Finn, so I am familiar with the sauna/snow thing.
It was fun at the time. I’m feeling the cold a lot more these days.
On the other hand, he’s dead now, and I’m not. So there’s that.
I hope this year is better than last, and I sincerely hope a lot of the [del]lizard people[/del] current administration get voted out of office this year.
Should be fine. I use the super quick method of buying frozen and cooking from there.
Last night we had roast beast and champagne. We barely stayed up until midnight, said Happy New Year, threw in “Rabbit, Rabbit” for good measure, and it was off to bed.
Today I haven’t quite worked out the menu. Poke roast maybe? Black eyed peas, chocolate cake, which I didn’t get to yesterday.
It was in the upper 20s this morning. Not even in the running for coldest I see.
It’s either 17 or 19 and feels like 7 or 12 outside. Blech. I’m staying in.
Feeling nostalgic for the tropical island life we had for 6 years. Every year on Christmas Day we were at the Pacific Islands Club water park, eating dinner at the Magellan Room buffet. New Years Day was at the Nikko Hotel and their huge water slides.
Back on the mainland, we make a casserole out of leftover turkey from thanksgiving and ham from Christmas. It has sweet potato biscuits as a topper. Yum! Since we don’t want the ghost of Grandma Maxine haunting us, we also have to have some form of corned beef and cabbage. We don’t like cabbage, so we concoct a weird mix of cow-in-can and sauerkraut. But, today, Mr. CK has to work, so the casserole has to wait.
I made a resolution years ago that I have kept ever since: don’t make New Year’s resolutions. They aren’t resolutions, but for the new year:
*We did use Christmas money to rejoin the Y. Ironically, they’re closed today.
*I got 6 more days of Christmas break, but tomorrow I begin making plans for all the changes we have coming this semester.
Planning is for more football and more Moose Munch. Dinner will be nothing special. Temperature is up to 24F, which will still keep most Alabamians indoors (Plus Auburn is playing tackleball now and Ali-Bama comes on at 8PM, so I expect most citizens here will be indoors anyways). That’s probably why I heard no fireworks here, too cold…wussies.
Irish tie (don’t recall your name here), I know what you mean; lived in Abu Dhabi for 4 years, got sort of used to December temperatures in the 80F range.
We went to Cracker Barrel for a late lunch/early supper, so no chicken-n-dumplin’s today. Which is fine. We got to a high of 26°, and by Saturday morning, we’re looking for a low of*** FOUR!!!*** :eek:
I’ve had quite enough winter, thanks. Spring please??
I love company, both comin’ and goin’. A good time was had by all. Much food and much laughter. The dishwasher is dishwashin’ and all the pots and pans are back where they live. Chill mode ensues.
They seem to be cooking nicely. I’ve made the cornbread already, since the oven is occupied by my first-ever attempt at wine-braised oxtails. The ham hock broth for the collard greens has been degreased. Now all there is to do is wait (and then chop up the greens and cook them.)
