Whew!

 Well, the Grinch is happy that's over! 

I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday!

My cousin Bobby called me at Xmas, and we laughed on the phone for an hour!

I do wish I could afford to go to Florida to visit him. He can't travel right now due to a medical issue. Lottery Take Me Away!

I'd like to get rid of all my holiday decorations.

I no longer decorate.  We gave away our Frontgate prelit tree before we moved here.

It was a beauty, but we just don't care anymore.

There are only 2 of us.  Since moving here, we have no local friends.  I just don't get a reason to decorate. Rick could not care less. Same with me. See? 

We are grinches.

I have a ton of stuff to donate. I reached out to my sister, who has the same mom as me, and asked if she wanted any of Mom's "antique" bulbs. I can't just toss 'em, but I don't use them anymore. Perhaps donate somewhere, but where?

My nieces will take the rest of the stuff off my hands. 

Oh, I'll keep some things, but not much.

Up north, we used to have such fun holiday parties.

One year, there were so many new people, and all were missing their families, so I decided to have dinner for us all away from our families and get together.  

I put Xmas tablecloths all across the 8ft island and loaded it up with food. I made homemade eggnog, which is far better than the stuff in the box at the grocery store.

If you like eggnog, you would LOVE this. 

I put the eggnog in a big ole punch bowl. Of course, there is bourbon in the eggnog.  I grated some fresh nutmeg on the top and put all the glasses around the punch bowl.  One guest said, "What is this?"  She made such a face. I told her it was eggnog. She said, "Oh, I like eggnog, but what it on the top?"  Again, her nose is all crinkled, and it made me laugh. I said it's nutmeg. She said, "Oh gross."

She chose not to have any and instead went to the bar that was set up. I was now on my 2nd batch to fill up the bunch bowl because everyone else loved it. The woman who made the face said, upon seeing me fill the punch bowl up, that she would try this. So she did.  She looked at me and said, "Damn, this is really good."  I said, "See, I told you you'd like it." She drank so much, I was glad she was walking home.

I didn't make any eggnog this year. I did nothing this year. We had a lovely dinner.

I made what Rick refers to as "my bean thingy" for a side. He loves it.  It was a freak accident. Our garden was overrun with green beans and cherry tomatoes.  

One afternoon I threw some EVOO in a pan and threw in some garlic.(lots) I then put in the tomatoes to burst, then threw in the beans. Put a top on it and let 'em steam/simmer on low. Now it sounds boring and simple. But OMG is it flavorful and yummy.  We could both just eat the beans.  

I will leave you with my new theme.

Remember when Janis Ian sang Seventeen back in 1975?

Just changed the lyrics to 70 instead of 17.  

It made me laugh.  I follow this woman on instagram and she is a damn hoot.