Happy Day One of 2016! The hot toddy was deelish. We watched three episodes of Jessica Jones. My DH dozed through some of it, so every time he woke up, we'd pause and I'd fill him in on salient plot points. Yes, I am married to an old dude who falls asleep in a recliner while watching TV. Then we went to bed and managed to stay awake until midnight for a kiss. We were both asleep by 12:01.
Then we were awake again at 12:30 to comfort our poor poodle who was very scared of the fireworks. We got him asleep by 1am.
The local unofficial fireworks didn't last too long here. Loud but brief I can deal with, and even Walter has learned to accept pretty well. I don't think he likes them any better, but he is slower to bolt these days.
I set my alarm for 9, woke up at 7, went back to sleep tis 8ish. Not bad. Every New Year I think how strange it is that on the day I intend to put my best foot forward and get the year started right the first thing I do is mess up my sleep schedule.
Having leftovers + greens and peas for breakfast, which means eating black-eyed peas with chopsticks. If I'd thought about it, I probably wouldn't have tried it, but it's actually going okay.
I'd like to spend today in quiet contemplation/reflection and plan out my year, but there's so much still to do before I can really use my kitchen again. Ah well. Contemplation/reflection/planning in between vacuuming/disinfecting/washing/inventorying I guess.
I do wish I had some juice, my champagne would be better in the form of mimosas, I suspect. I think the closest I could get right now is sprinkling some True Lime in the glass.
It's Jan 1 and my lilies out back are trying to push through. This weather has confused everything. My snapdragons in buckets are even trying to come back to life.
I do wish I had some juice, my champagne would be better in the form of mimosas, I suspect. I think the closest I could get right now is sprinkling some True Lime in the glass.
Christmas morning I took leftover prosecco and blood orange fancy soda from the day before and made a not-bad mimosa. I was glad I didn't just pour them both out!
Oh, that sounds nice! I'm having a champagne cocktail with True Lime right w and its not bad. The crystals revitalize the bubbles.
I'also having eggnog in my coffee because I don't know how I'm going to get through this quart of eggnog (store-bought, because I've never actually had store-bought eggnog before and wanted to try it this season).
I wish they would sell pints of eggnog! I've only had it at the work brunch [this year], because the whole quart is Too Much.
You can use the leftover for French toast or bread pudding.
That's a great way to use it, brenda. I had never thought of that.
So, I'm contemplating a big craft project - a fandom quilt, but the patterns I'm seeing are daunting. Must think more on this.
That's a good idea, brenda. I don't have bread at the moment, but that can be fixed.
I think the store-bought eggnog is just too milky for me, but that's probably okay if I use it as an ingredient. Hm, maybe I'll make pancakes!
Ooh, fandom quilt sounds nifty, Kat!
You can use the leftover for French toast or bread pudding.
Mmmmm!
I was going to make ham and roasted potatoes for dinner, but the ham says to heat at 325 and I want to cook the potatoes at 500! Blast.
