When the clock struck midnight last night and it officially became 2009 I was fast asleep in my warm bed. No midnight parties or celebrations for me. Just a nice warm bed with plenty of good sleep. My husband and I did laugh about our first New Year's Eve we spent together. We were newlyweds. We had only been married a month and a half. We along with my two younger sisters banged pot lids together at midnight to ring in the New Year. What fun we had! What a contrast to all these years later. Last night we had shrimp and salad to celebrate and then went to bed. Oh we did watch that new Will Smith DVD, Hancock...don't waste your money. At least that is how I feel about it. Maybe you like it, love it and want more of it. Not me. Anyway, back to the New Year. Today I am cooking the traditional (Southern tradition) blackeye peas (with hocks). To compliment that we are also having some collard greens and hocks and cornbread. The blackeye peas are suppose to bring good luck. I don't believe in luck but we do carry on the tradition. We were just raised that way. I don't think I've ever missed a year eating blackeye peas and if I did, I don't remember.
I don't make resolutions. I'm old enough and hopefully wise enough not to set myself up for failure. Instead what we do is make a list of things we want to accomplish or do as a family. We call it our work and play list. Actually we work on the list all year, not just at the beginning of the year. It works for us.
Janeta
I don't make resolutions. I'm old enough and hopefully wise enough not to set myself up for failure. Instead what we do is make a list of things we want to accomplish or do as a family. We call it our work and play list. Actually we work on the list all year, not just at the beginning of the year. It works for us.
Janeta
