Yes, my family is visiting from TN. My grandmother, mom, dad and niece. That doubles our occupancy here in the manse. Luckily we have the room now and everyone can have their own space, so to speak, without constantly tripping over one another.
We’ve just finished our New Year’s Day dinner: black-eyed peas and collard greens for luck, wealth and prosperity in the new year, cornbread, ribs and pulled boston butt. That last one is a favorite of D&Z–nothing delights a pre-teen more than to be able to legitimately say things like “That butt is good” or “Pass me the butt”–hilarious.
Until just a moment ago, my dad was standing behind me reading this post as I write—and asking, “What are you doing????”
I took the girls and their cousin to the park today to “sled”. We have those “snow disks” made of plastic, but of course thanks to global warming, no snow here, so there is a very steep hill at one of the community parks here that is perfect for sledding with no snow. We were there last spring and saw some kids doing this and since none of them sustained any bodily injury, the girls immediately decided that they needed to try it. David and I finally got the sleds last week and so today they got to try it out. My only instruction before I turned them loose on the hill was to not break any bones and they complied.
We plan to play some cards tonight–a crazy game called “Hand and Foot” that uses about 10 decks of cards. It is fun, but takes a long while to play.
Several times today I have tried to briefly reflect on the new year and its significance for me—all I’ve been able to accomplish is not screaming and luring David into the bedroom to snuggle for a few minutes. I don’t really make resolutions, but I do have goals. One of those goals is to reflect more—take more time for me, and by extension, for my family and my husband, to enjoy life. It is a blast, life, when you can be right here right now and enjoy and/or appreciate. I stand in wonder of my life–it is so good and so fortunate and so blessed. I hope it continues to be so.
Hope everyone is having a Happy New Year, so far.
BTW, is Ryan Seacrest the new Dick Clark?
