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MERRY CHRISTMAS friends. I hope you are all having a blessed and wonderful holiday surrounded by friends and family.

Be sure to join us for Happy Homemaker Monday and link up with our host, Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom

Unfortunately, we have no snow this year for Christmas. But, it’s raining and cold – go figure 😀 We will be staying home and cozy today. A few friends may drift in and out as they make their way home from their various family celebrations so I will get out of my PJ’s and put on something warm and cozy. It may not be snowing, but it IS raining and bone chilling cold. We’re supposed to be in the 40’s all week for highs with gray, cloudy days and 30’s at night for the lows with lots of rain. EL NINO years are so unpredictable and change the forecast frequently, sometimes hourly.

BLOGMAS 2023 is a wrap (pun intended). I had a good time and was able to keep up in a relaxed fashion because I was so ahead of the rush this year. It was nice to be able to sit back and enjoy so much more of the holiday. I hope you had a wonderful preparation time and thoroughly enjoy today with your family and friends.

BLOG 365 was also a success (mostly) and while some of that was due to BLOGMAS 2023 with double dipping days, I actually did fairly well the rest of the year after I got into a good routine. So, I will be attempting to BLOG 366 next year 😀 And nope that’s not a typo, it’s a leap year.

My uncle continues to weigh heavy on my thoughts as he is declining, but my mom is doing much better with good reports.

I’m making an oven omelette and hash browns for brunch for us later this morning.

THIS WEEK’S TO DO LIST, PROJECTS & APPOINTMENTS

LAUNDRY & CLEANING I deep cleaned preparing for today so ALL the laundry and everything is up to date. GROCERIES & ERRANDS There is nothing personally other than a pedicure this week for me to do. My friend that does the other half of the shopping for the Eagles has an out of town appointment on shopping day this week though so I will be doing ALL the shopping on Wednesday which can be a HUGE endeavor because of the New Year’s Eve Party next weekend. PAPERWORK, PHONE CALLS, PROJECTS & TRAVELS Nothing that won’t wait until 2024 😀 RECIPE RESEARCH & MENU PLANNING I’ll be adopting a new strategy for 2024 where I finally try all the recipes I have tagged in my cookbooks – 1 cookbook per month I hope.

WHAT’S ON THE DVR/TV

Most of the DVR is cleaned out and the “NEW” seasons are beginning to start again so we will see what shows survived the strike and go from there.

I’m reading Canary Girls by Jennifer Chiaverini.

	MONDAY 12/25	TUESDAY 12/26	WEDNESDAY 12/27	THURSDAY 12/28	FRIDAY 12/29	SATURDAY 12/30	SUNDAY 12/31
DINNER	PRIME RIB, FONDANT POTATOES, ASPARAGUS	PORK RAGU, APPLES & BACON	BROWN SUGAR PORK CHOPS, SOUTHERN CORNBREAD STUFFING	SAUCY PORK CHOPS, SOUTHWEST ONION UPSIDE DOWN CORNBREAD	I’m cooking at the Eagles ~~~~~ LASAGNA & GARLIC BREAD with SALAD	ROLLED FLANK STEAK with CAULIFLOWER GRATIN	BLACK EYED PEA CHILI & CORNBREAD for lunch ~~~~~ CHARCUTERIE BOARD CONTEST for NEW YEAR’S PARTY
DESSERT	VANILLA BEAN CHEESECAKE				CRANCHERRY CAKE

This may be my new favorite ornament. It’s actually a key chain my girlfriend attached to my Christmas present and I so love it!

• CHUNKY MONKEYS
• HOT HONEY LIME CHICKEN
• CARAMEL APPLE HAND PIES