Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
We are doing the same thing we have every year since I found this puzzle at a thrift store.
Seems like a good tradition to have!
And I'm making clam chowder and cheese biscuits.
Happy New Year, y'all!!
:D
Pearl Sutton wrote:We are doing the same thing we have every year since I found this puzzle at a thrift store.
Seems like a good tradition to have!
And I'm making clam chowder and cheese biscuits.
Happy New Year, y'all!!
:D
Clam Chowder and cheese biscuits, yummy!
Neat puzzle, I love puzzle, just don't have any.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Going to a party, just went up to the attic and found the door that should hang between our kitchen and dining room, it's been up there a long time 15 20 years? paint is peeling off it's warped a bit and is absolutly filthy but it rehung on it's hinges and opens and closes silently. It will do perfectly to block the northern windows while we are gone, our dogs don't mind about fireworks but they rarely experience them alone so every bit will help.
One of the pics in Anne's post above is me now, except imagine a cat instead of a dog. It's been a long time since I've done anything for New Years eve and it'll be lights out about 8 like any other day.
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"Study books and observe nature; if they do not agree, throw away the books." ~ William A. Albrecht
My husband's family is indigenous Oaxacan (Southern Mexico) and New Year's has always been a much bigger holiday for them than Christmas. The first year I ever stayed in Mexico for Christmas it was such a letdown until I realized that New Year's would be the real deal. I'm currently taking a break from cooking. The whole extended family about 50-60 people will gather in the evening. There will be a big meal, piñatas, a bonfire (it will be about 5-10° Celcius) dancing, karaoke, games, and the burning of a rag doll that represents everything we want to get rid of from the old year. We will all hug each other at midnight and then all the adults will make a toast expressing what they want to achieve in the New Year. It will wind down sometime around 2 am.
I'll be cooking and eating Chinese food while my back gets a rest from trying to get all the ice out of my driveway. I was thinking a little about what I'll be looking forward to this year and thought I'd add this to the list:
(yup, I checked....really is a Tuesday!)
So, in all seriousness, it was 67°F, today, and it's supposed to drop to 7°, by tomorrow night. So, we took our last ride of the year! What thinking motorcyclist wouldn't, right?? I've an eggnog right here, to go with a couple chocolate dipped (gluten free) shortbread cookies. John has a standing rib roast in the oven, and we will have roasted Brussels sprouts, with that. This evening, we will relax with shrimp cocktail, brie, and a lovely Moscato. Whether we stay up remains to be seen, but I kinda want to make damn sure 2021 leaves!
Tomorrow, we have a New Years Day tradition of beans, so chili - with cheese, raw onions, sour cream, jalapeños, and black olives, and gluten free cornbread, for lunch. Dinner will be... I think, Groucho - one of our muskovy ducks, harvested a few weeks ago.
Anne's first pic looks about right to me! And her last one!
It's 11.37pm here. I made us a Chinese meal hubby wanted, am cuddlling our lovely blind cat (also fat, but unlike me I won't be asking her to lose weight starting next week!), and will soon do my evaluation of how I did with my writing and other projects in 2021 and set some hopes and intentions for 2022.
I'm only 64! That's not to old to learn to be a permie, right?
I'm going to sit outside & listen to the coyotes a while. They've been rather active lately. Hopefully there will be no poachers to deal with tonight so I can go to sleep early. Going to dress these baby wild pigs first thing tomorrow.
Happy New Year everyone!!!
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Argue for your limitations and they are yours forever.
We've got 28 below zero F slated for tonight (I can hear our Canadian colleagues to the north snickering at my gripe) so the bright lights at midnight will be me plugging in the heat lamps over the chickens! :-P (.....all safely arranged....) Maybe I could rig up a mirror ball as well?......
“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”― Albert Einstein
This will be me if the Tiny Kitty stays home instead of being out celebrating. Right now she is sleeping on my lap so that is a sign she will stay home tonight after gallivanting out last night.
Invasive plants are Earth's way of insisting we notice her medicines. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Everyone learns what works by learning what doesn't work. Stephen Herrod Buhner
Pearl Sutton wrote:We are doing the same thing we have every year since I found this puzzle at a thrift store.
Seems like a good tradition to have!
And I'm making clam chowder and cheese biscuits.
Happy New Year, y'all!!
:D
22 year old puzzle!
Tonight is not clam chowder, mom wants baked potatoes and tuna steaks.
But the puzzle remains the same
23 years old at this point!
I'm thinking Mexican food tomorrow, not sure yet.
AND!!
The last pic that Anne posted, don't drink and drive!! Seriously y,all, DON'T!! Jan 3 is the 41st anniversary of someone who was driving incredibly drunk, had been drinking over the long weekend, who blew a stop sign and damn near killed a car full of kids on the highway. I was the driver of the car, I have been in pain every single day for 41 years, as has the guy who was in the passenger front seat. The couple in the back took less damage. We survived, but it was not due to anything he did. I dodged as best I could at 65 MPH on the highway and managed to not impact him solidly, although I couldn't avoid him.
Don't drink and drive, SERIOUSLY.
I have been in pain every single day for 41 years.
Edited to correct the date, 41, not 42, and to add I'm dressed up in black velvet and glitter to do a puzzle and cook dinner, because I can!
It's a damn nice day- mid fifties and sunny, compared to the frigid weather we were having a week ago. Nice night for a bowl of hoppin' john, beer and a bonfire in the backyard with some close friends.
Hugs, Pearl! Irresponsible people don't realise the damage they can cause. I hope 2023 is a wonderful year for you.
We're having a quiet evening at home with the cats! Hubby claims he will stay up till midnight tonight. If so, it will be the first time in years. Normally I see in the new year to the sound of his snores!
I'm only 64! That's not to old to learn to be a permie, right?
I just edited my previous post to correct the date, 41, not 42 years of pain.
And to add that I am dressed up in black velvet and glitter to do a puzzle and make dinner!
I dance at you all, and swish my glittery shawl, and go to make dinner, that has squash hidden in it, you know it must! :D
Cheddar biscuits with no cheese, but squash spiced to pretend it's cheese. :D
I’ve done too much substance abuse counseling. While I have encountered some who made a significant effort with positive result, the majority rationalized their challenges as some kind of joke. I am especially frustrated with court ordered treatment. I have never figured out how to help someone change who doesn’t want to. I am skeptical as to anyone else having that skill.
I was actually in the court room when a state cop was questioned as to why the accused was stopped in the first place. The defense attorney was trying to claim the cop didn’t have probable cause. The cop responded that he became suspicious when the driver flipped him off and threw a beer bottle into his windshield.
Anyway, going back to the OP of this thread. This year dinner is pasta. We will probably have a bit of egg nog. This year my wife has some vampire show on the TV.
I'm off to a friend's to have a ham dinner with scalloped potatoes and chocolate fruit fondue for dessert. I will not drink, but hope even more that others won't play D & D tonight (Drink and Drive - the nasty version!)
Starting off with a meal of broccoli from the garden & some leftover steak. Pumpkin cake from the garden for dessert. Heavy fog is rolling in & I've been missing the Appalachian Trail a lot lately. It's too far away for a quick visit these days so I'll probably listen to hillbilly music & sip on something smooth to help relive some excellent hikes & shindigs there. The first video is from legends. The other two are very accomplished musicians too. One is a good friend & the other is an acquaintance. Let 'er rip fellas!!!
Argue for your limitations and they are yours forever.
We went to mass, then out for bbq, and home. I *may* enjoy a bit of apple pie moonshine, this evening, then I may just snuggle up with John & the pups. It's after 9. I highly doubt we will make it to midnight, lol. Nope - 2 fingers of Captain Morgan gingerbread - otr. Ima cheap date, lol.
It's inspiring to watch someone who obviously loves the instrument as much as I do -- but plays so much better. I really need to spend some time getting my head around that drop-D tuning.
Well, I'm setting the tone for the new year. It's not quite midnight. I need to melt snow for DW's houseplants and to keep my fish alive. But it bothers me to bring pails of snow inside -- that's another dollop of natural gas, and we burn more than I like already.
But: I noticed a free heat source. Our septic tank is right beside the house. I always cover the liquid side with plywood or something and bury with snow for insulation, because there's an anti-siphon loop close to the top and I don't want it to freeze. This year, even at -35C, I noticed there was enough heat coming off to melt holes in the snow I piled on.
So tonight, I took an old enamel canner full of ice and snow, added a litre of water for heat transfer, and set it on top of the septic tank lid. It was literally warm to the touch. Still, I had to cover it -- with a broken plastic tub that was headed for the dump eventually. And then I shovelled on a big pile of good old prairie fluffy snow for insulation.
Yes, I have pics, but this beater laptop can't pull them off my phone. Stay tuned. BTW I illuminated them with a Pelican headlamp that I recycled from the dump yesterday.
Top that, permie peeps! And a Happy New Year to you!
We hosted a pizza party at church, something that we used to do every year in the before times.
A handful of families, a couple of couples and a few singles all came together for a booze free celebration with made to order pizza fresh from the oven.
I saw kids I hadn't seen in years who now look old enough to vote.
They gathered with my minions and escaped into shared fantasy worlds.
Kids who are uncomfortable with most people feel safe at our events, and that means a lot to me.
I talked punk rock, politics ,pottery, permaculture, pop culture, literature and pets, while sitting , standing and laying on the floor, with professors, engineers, teenagers, parents, craftsmen and children.
The highlight was seeing one of my brothers, a friend I've known 40 plus years.
He moved out east some years ago, and his birthday is the 31st.
We talked about the burdens of caring for aging parents and diverted to our shared love of Dungeons and Dragons.
We can't fix anything for each other, but we can see each other in a way that is unique to us.
Yes, well said. I feel we are changed. The road back is long and winding, like a river that has washed out and established a course that is unknown to us.
After going to a friend's place for a social event and an inevitable delish graze off, I went to the local hall where a group of people affiliated with one of the local churches puts on a dance. I hadn't been to it before, but a group of friends and I decided to join in this year. It's a non-alcohol celebration of New Year, and pretty much ends right after the New Year gets rung in. There was a bunch of food and it was mostly a combination of a cowboy event and a local social. The cowboy element comes in the form of the music, dancing style, and general clothing theme. Not really my style, but I can enjoy a theme party as well as anyone. The thing was, this wasn't a theme party. It was the reality or day-to-day style of many of the attendees. Many of the people are farmers, ranchers, etc. There were a lot of people there that I never or seldom see, mostly because they are almost always working on their farms and not coming out much, so it was cool to connect with them.
The joy of the night was the number of young people who were out for the evening and were really into the various dance styles and really having a good time. I had never done many of the dance moves and learned a few things. I've always been a freestyle dancer, so partner dancing in form, or dancing in form with a big group is not something I have done much of.
Lucky for me, two of my friends have had a lot of dance training, and so I was able to have partners help me with the learning curve. I'd never done the Virginia Reel which was a treat. There were some that were not appealing to me, and the music was not really my cup of tea, but in general the night was really worth being a part of, and was a nice change from the alcohol-infused debauchery that I've been known to ring the new year in.
After the last couple weeks, my New Year's Resolution to eat less and healthier should be pretty easy to succeed at, but it will have to wait until next weekend, because there is a combined birthday party (mine included) that we are having on Friday, and I have no doubt that it will continue with a ridiculous amount of sweets, meats, and other treats.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."-Margaret Mead "The only thing worse than being blind, is having sight but no vision."-Helen Keller
I think I'll just lie down here for a second. And ponder this tiny ad:
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