Because the year officially ended on Friday and my 2021 posts were from Friday to Thursday it left The NYE post either as a solo post or it. had to be included in the first week of this years joys. I did not want the day to have an inferiority complex nor did I want it filled with self importance that might come from getting a post all its own. My solution was to combine it with the first week's post and now all the days of the year will share equal footing. For the rest of the year, the weeks will be Saturday- Friday.
Friday: TheHub and I did a little NYE morning running around, buying a few things for NYD. We came home in time to watch one episode of Succession then had a call from Son2 that they were headed over here to watch the Alabama Cincinnati football game. Alabama won and we were pretty happy.
Other than that,] I did do several things I do every NYE. First I can't go into the new year with dirty clothes, so I made sure all the laundry was done. I also have to have all dishes done, the kitchen cleaned and mopped, clean sheets, beans soaking for NYD and something cooking on low in the crockpot. This year I decided it would be bone broth, so I had 2 crock pots filled with chicken bones, water, salt and a dash of vinegar. I planned to get 10 more pounds of chicken quarters (on sale at The Pig) and to make more Monday (because it has to simmer for about 2 days)
Saturday: New Years Day came and went with little fanfare. TheHub and I watched bowl games then had our "lucky" traditional NYD meal between games. Arrrrrgh, new leftovers!
After the daytime games we watched a couple of Succession episodes. We both wanted Veggie pizza. I know I could have made it but we had a coupon and Marco's has the best thin crust out there!
After our quickie meal, it was time for The Sugar Bowl. I do love college football, but I will be thankful on the 10th when it is over for the year!
Sunday: Woo Hoo, TheHub and I finished season 3 of Succession! Now we have to catch up on Billions (season3-5) because one of Son3's former roommates has been cast in the upcoming season. We have only met Tony twice, but I have spoken to him several times while talking with Son3. I am not sure if he is in the second half of season 5 or in season 6, but we wanted to get caught up just in case.
And an unexpected huge joy__snow!
Monday: Of course the snow did not last, but I was able to wake and have coffee while looking at it. You know how it's the little things that make us happy?
The Pig's free Monday item was a dozen eggs (with an additional 10 dollar purchase) . As if free eggs alone was not worth celebrating I needed a few items anyway and while I was getting them, I found one grocery item that was a true impulse buy. But once I saw it I could not pass it by. I bought T.O.E. Jam. It is a tangerine, orange, elderberry jam which might be really good or really bad, but when I saw the label I knew it was coming home with me. I am counting it as part of my fun for the day!
I also had a brief visit from My Beloved Sister and we had a couple of laughs which is the best medicine out there.
Tuesday: TheHub works in the medical field, and gets daily reports on the numbers of patients seen at each of their clinics. Though this is not a true joy there is something joyful about knowing how things are tracking. And they are not tracking well here. Positive Covid numbers have to be reported to the CDC daily. You know things are tanking when the CDC calls because they thought the number of actual positives might have been a clerical error. No such luck. But at least I know to keep my butt at home whenever it is possible and to mask and hand sanitize when I am out.
When TheHub got home (but not until he got a covid test) we watched another episode of Billions.
Wednesday: My Beloved Sister and I had a conference call with the investment company Mom and Dad did business with. Things were to be divided equally, but they had everything set up in a specific manner so the divisions are a little complicated. We spent nearly 2 hours on the phone with one of their "specialists" to try and divide a small checking account (one we did not even know existed). I know the expert is very young, but I do worry about the future of our country when an expert cannot mentally divide in half $2,090.53. She was trying to tell us a 50/50 split would be $1,056.30 for one and 1,034. 23 for the other, with us telling her it was 1,045.26 to one account and 1,045.27 to the other. or she could just toss all the change into either. She finally got her calculator (?) and decided we were correct. And this is why rote memorization serves you so much better than math "strategies".
After the call that lasted forever, we warmed up the chicken lemon soup, ate together, then had a ton of laughs.
Thursday: Again I was going nowhere so the day was pretty uneventful and really dreary. I spent the morning over coffee while reading at the kitchen table. As I was reading I kept seeing a lot of motion out the window, looked out and saw one of the redbud trees covered with different species of birds. In about 20 minutes they had stripped all the remaining seed pods off the tree. I quit feeding the birds several years ago because the cat next door thought my bird feeder was his bait. He has not figured out seed pods on the tree function the same way. I am glad about that!
BTW Save Me The Plums by Ruth Reichl (former editor of Gourmet magazine) is a fine read.
Friday: The day was as glorious and Thursday had been dreary. I got things done in the morning, ran some errands, bought groceries and had just come home and sat down to eat my lunch (late lunch) when I got a phone call from Sluggy! It is such a treat to talk to her. She was talking about France while I was eating French Fries. Coincidence?
She told me about their small snowfall__about 3 inches. Three inches of snow would shut my entire city down!
Though I missed the sunrise Friday and was not at our usual sunset watching spot, I could see the gorgeous apricot colored sky from my kitchen window.
TheHub came home a little earlier than normal, so we watched an episode of Billions while dinner cooked. After we ate we watched another episode, except one of us fell asleep midway through. Guilty!
As you can see the first week of the year went by with little excitement (My sister's visits and Sluggy's call were the exceptions) but it is just the first week! Revivng my engines and looking forward to week 2.
Look for your joys, they are there even in the short winter days (or long summer days, depending on your hemisphere)
May all your weeds be wildflowers!
Anne
I am trying very hard to watch the final season of Succession but it makes me very nervous. It is a good show and it is east to tell that Will Ferrell is one of the producers.
ReplyDeleteTo me Succession is like Game of Thrones without dragons and mass murders.
DeleteAhh, Netflix sure gets me there. Just one more episode. We'll, another. I'm back to cooking a meal then more leftovers. I won't go hungry for lunch. Thinking of setting up a Blogger Zoom. Shoot me an email for dates and times that work this month.
ReplyDeleteWill do. I would love to be a part of a blogger zoom!
DeleteThe Netflix meme made me laugh. I haven't yet fallen into that rabbit hole, but I have been known to watch several curling games in one day....up to 12 hours of viewing.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you think snow is a joy. I like the first snowfall but after that I'm done.
Take care, stay well!
DeleteThe Netflix meme is true for me. I will play it on my computer, run the sound through bluetooth to connect to Alexa, synch them so I can hear it throughout the downstairs. I have found once I know the characters voices I don't have to actually watch a show, but can just listen with an occasional glance.
If I am watching with TheHub we run it through the TV and we can only do one episode at a time. Occasionally on the weekends he will agree to two in one day, but only if we have nothing else going on.
Fortunately I have a couple of lighter series I can watch/listen episode after episode during the day
Snow is such a rarity here that I went outside (in my pj's) in the wee hours just to have it fall on me
So nice to pop in just in time to catch up on your joys for the new year! I sure have missed being here to read on a regular basis. A a joy for me today is finally having a day off to take a nice little blog jog around blogland. I'll be back soon :)
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a day off. Will be glad when you are back!
DeleteLove catching up! My big joy was having Monday off, and putting my life a bit back in order, and going for a hike with my husband. It was so nice to have the time.
ReplyDeleteTime is the only thing we can't control or create more of, so we need to take advantage of the gift of it.
DeleteI do love your joys. This week and every week. I will admit to a little snow envy though.
ReplyDeleteWe had little more than a covering and it lasted just a few hours, but it was fun while it was here.
DeleteYou've been busy. I watch Succession. You watched a lot of football too! My sister and I, along with our husbands, are working on my brothers estate. It is not fun. You take care.
ReplyDeleteThe football thing is part of growing up in the south and going to an SEC football school. It's just something you do.
DeleteWe have just a couple of pieces left to finish Mom's estate. It is not fun but we see the end of it.
It was a dismally slow week here also. But ya just make do.
ReplyDeleteHere it has been a combination of weather and Covid keeping me in. It is getting old!
DeleteI've been waiting almost 4 years to see snow, but just missed it. Lucky ducks!
ReplyDeleteWhat a hoot that T.O.E. Jam! No idea who I'd give it to, but will definitely pick one up if/when I see it.
There was not much of it, but it was still very pretty!
DeleteT O E jam is available at the Bluff Park Piggly Wiggly. I am sure other Pig's carry it but not positive
A lovely list of joys to start off the new year! :)
ReplyDeleteI am hoping things will improve and the world will be a little friendlier to us all, but for now the small things are just going to have to suffice.
DeleteBy the way, what has happened to the brick house painted white?
ReplyDeleteIt sold (after a lot more work following the inspection) and they are moving in at the end of the month
DeleteI enjoyed your post about linen, I wouldn't have thought there was so much to say about the stuff but I could say as much as you have. I suppose it's not surprising since managing things like linen take a reasonable amount of time and energy.
ReplyDeleteI did once make a vegan lemon and rice soup using vegan chicken stock cubes. I didn't much like it and was disappointed, knowing how much others love it.
And I'm very interested in how an equal split results in two different figures. What was her process, I wonder?
My kids marvel about my mental arithmetic (which is actually quite slow) It makes me happy that there is something I can do better than my progeny :)
My sister and I have still not figured how the equal split could be such different figures. I am just amazed at how many people can't do simple math mentally.
DeleteMy husband and I recently watched our first episode of Billions. A friend mentioned it and I was able to get the first season from the library. We will definitely be watching more of them, but we're not bingers. One or two a week is more our style. However, since this will have to be returned to the library, we may have to speed up our pace.
ReplyDeleteIf we were not trying hard to catch up, we would be doing a few a week. Instead we are doing some speed watching.
DeleteThe fact that that young woman couldn't divide $2,000+ by two in her head is scary isn't it! And reading your post, I reckon you'd recommend Succession. I've watched just three episodes and I admit I'm struggling. Maybe I'll have to keep plodding on with it!
ReplyDeleteIt is hard for us to find a series both TheHub and I like. I had seen the first 2 seasons of Succession trying the whole time to get him to watch it with me. He only wanted to watch once someone at work mentioned it, so I watched the first 2 again with him. I love it, but secretly I love the treachery and mind games the family plays.
DeleteSounds like a good week!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to see if I can find that Toe jam. I usually give my nephew a gag type gift for Christmas, and he would get a kick out of that one. Thanks!
LOL, I saw that Netflix meme and it is SO TRUE. Hubs and I are currently binging The Handmaids Tale and it's insane how long we are sitting like couch potatoes haha... - http://www.domesticgeekgirl.com
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