December 29, 2025
This year of 2025 is nearing an end. However, I am still very excited....our Military grandson and family will be here TOMORROW!! I cannot wait to give them all big hugs!!
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Cooler temps have finally made their way into our area. Late last evening, I went outside and covered up my "Fox Tail" ferns and it's a good thing that I did. When we got up this morning it was 30 degrees and felt like 26 degrees. I know this isn't really cold for those of you who live in snow country, but this is Winter temps around here.
On the stove, I'm cooking a large pot of homemade soup! Vegetable Beef! Oven is heating and in just a bit I'll have a black cast Iron skillet of cornbread ready to go.
Other than cooking soup, this is a perfectly good day to do nothing. Am I sounding lazy? Today is just a good day for breathing in the last few quite corners of December. I am making progress towards my New Years goals. And... I have a certain word that just keeps knocking at my heart for the year ahead. I don't fully understand yet, but I can feel it.
Wishing you all a very cozy day!!
See y'all tomorrow!!
Shug
I'm so glad you were able to get out and cover up your plants! We continue to have a white and chilly holidays up here. Your menu sounds so good! And that soup looks amazing and I'll be right over to taste test it for you! 😉😋 Happy almost 2026 dear Friend! 🙏🏻🌟
ReplyDeleteCornbread prepared in cast iron -- my absolute favorite way to prepare it. (I like my wedge cast iron pan the best!) Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteUMmmmm, now I am drooling. The soup sounds divine as does everything else.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your do nothing day and all the celebrations still to come. How exciting that your grandson and family will be there. I know you can hardly wait.
I haven't got a word for the year yet. Still wondering ...
Prayers continuing for you and yours.
Love you my Friend.
Sue
Oh, my goodness - can I come and eat? Everything sounds so delicious. Enjoy seeing your grandson for sure. I hope you enjoy everything.
ReplyDeleteYour soup sounds and looks delicious. The cornbread sounds really good. How exciting that you are thinking about your words for 2026. Enjoy the remaining days of 2025.
ReplyDeleteShug, that soup looks AMAZING!! I hope you have a wonderful start to the new year.
ReplyDeleteYour wonderful header is a collage of memories! Well, it was the perfect cold day for homemade soup and cornbread! I know you can hardly wait till tomorrow!
ReplyDeleteYour soup pot looks so very tempting, Shug. And the BBQ ribs ... my favorite! How do you prepare your black-eyed peas? I only buy a can for tradition stake, but most of it gets thrown away; Tom won't even taste it.
ReplyDeleteI so love your new header ... especially the "sparkler heart" of you and your fella.
How exciting that your grandson and his family will be there to visit. New Years eve and day I'll be hanging out at home doing nothing. Pork and sauerkraut here is our traditional New Years day meal.
ReplyDeleteThe hubs mentioned vegetable beef soup tonight. It looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteWinter wonderland here but I can understand how 26 feels cold where you live. That makes sense. Those bags almost looks like the witch melted and that’s what was left.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that you have a word knocking at your heart. Curious to hear more about that.
Sounds like you have a good meal planned for the last day of the year.
Happy Eating!
Cheers & Boogie Boogie, Ivy.
I would love some of that cornbread! That brings back memories. We no longer have an oven, so memories will have to do. 😊❤️
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your grandson's visit and all your other plans.A new year is just around the corner.
ReplyDeleteSo nice to enjoy a homemade pot of soup on cold days! Your New Year's plans sound lovely. Hard to believe we are already at the end of another year! Blessings to you!
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