Our celebrations last night were typical – very quiet. Usually I make a crab quiche for dinner, but
we decided to do BBQ shrimp (New Orleans style) instead. It’s a favorite dish and you can just about
feel your arteries clogging from all the bacon and butter!!
It was good and we had a salad to go with it and some bread
(to mop up all that delicious juice!!).
The evening was spent watching some TV, working on a jigsaw
puzzle, reading and knitting. I went to
bed at 10:30 and we completely forgot to open the champagne!! Age…..
Today has started off well.
Coffee and knitting early and then I made cinnamon pecan waffles for
breakfast. I have a bit of laundry
going. I’d like to undecorate the tree,
but I know Fletch wants it up a bit longer, so I’m not even suggesting it!
The balance of the day will be spent knitting, napping,
reading a bit. I’m hoping to take a
walk, but right now it is very windy out, so maybe later. We’ll see.
I have my “One Little Word” for 2019 and it is
STRENGTH. I mulled over a number of
words, but this one kept coming back to me.
I’d like to gain more physical strength, but also emotional and mental
strength as well. Strength of the Spirit
perhaps. To find out what word others
have chosen (or what word has “found” them), hop over to Juliann's Blog.
Meanwhile, it’s time for me to get back to some knitting!
Our tree comes down today--we'll miss it!
ReplyDeleteYour evening sounds similar to ours except fireworks kept waking us up from around 10:00 pm until around 2:00 am. We’re going out to breakfast and them will have a quiet day in, just the two of us. Your shrimp looks delicious. I love shrimp cooked in almost any way.
ReplyDeleteOur tree will be up until the end of the week as we’re having our Bible study group’s annual Christmas party on Thursday evening. I’m ready for it to come down now though. In the past I always had everything “back to normal” by New Year’s Day because I wanted to start the year with a clean house.
I hope you enjoy your day and Happy New Year.
Blessings,
Betsy
BBQ shrimp is a favorite here too.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year!
Our New Years are always quiet. Your shrimp looks delicious - I made steak and thought it would go great with some shrimp!
ReplyDeleteAll the best for the new year!
What a great way to ring in the new year! (For me, quiet is always best.) That shrimp looks just awesome! I love the word you chose, Vera. I will look forward to following along this year. XO
ReplyDeleteHappy 2019! Sounds like you ended 2018 in the perfect way. I am all about being in bed and rested to start off the New Year.
ReplyDeleteGreat word Vera! Same kind of day here...thank goodness I was dragged out the door for that walk first thing!
ReplyDeleteStrength in all things! It will be interesting to see how you develop your strengths this year, Vera. I personally don't think I would have the strength to resist those shrimp.:-)
ReplyDeleteUsually I keep decorations up until mid-January, but my have come down already. The shrimp look delish!
ReplyDeleteYour holiday sounds pretty perfect to me. Your cajun shrimp looks delicious! We lived in Lafayette, Louisiana for 5 years and I really loved the food there. Here's to a wonderful new year for us all.
ReplyDelete((hugs)), Teresa :-)
Excellent word choice! And, those shrimp look yummy!
ReplyDeleteYour word is inspiring ... and whoa, that shrimp looks delicious! Happy New Year!!
ReplyDeleteI'm tempted to take down our tree before one of my helpers heads out of the country! Maybe over the weekend... though I might just have her help me remove the ornaments and actually leave the tree up. I love the light!
ReplyDeleteStrengthis a great word. So many ways for it to show up in your life!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year and I hope you get all the strength you need in 2019!
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