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Friday, January 2, 2015

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I may have told you that my quilting bee is meeting at the home of one of the other members.  While we were packing up and moving, and unpacking, hosting the bee was more than I could handle.  Our new home is half the size of our old house, but we have room for the bee and two husbands to sit at our dining room table.  If more husbands decide to attend, I have two more tables where I can place them.  Seating is more difficult, but we can still  accomplish it.

This is our Souper Supper, which is very fitting, given the cold temperatures we’ve had recently.  It should be around freezing (which may feel warm!), and we should be precipitation-free.

So this is what I think the menu will be:

A Cheese Plate with Crackers

Golden Cheddar Chowder, Stuffed Green Pepper Soup, and Lasagna Soup

Croutons, French Bread and Butter

Caesar Salad

Mixed Fresh Fruit

Chocolate Cake with Raspberry filling, and/or Carrot Cake.

I’ll have to ask DH what he wants to serve for beverages.  We always offer tea (hot and iced), soda and water.  He may wish to add wine to the menu.

This will be the first time that many of my friends will get to see our new home, so we want to make them as comfortable as possible.

2015

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Well, I managed to stay awake until midnight to usher in the New Year.  Dear Husband crashed around 10:15.  I was astonished that I was able to keep going, and was just thinking about going to bed, when the neighbors set off fireworks at midnight!   I thought DH might bound out of bed at the noise, but he was sleeping so soundly that it barely disturbed him.

I had planned to make a nice dinner, but DH wanted to finish off leftovers.  He did the same thing to me Christmas Eve.  I had a lovely dinner for two planned, with a beautiful setting, and we ended up eating in our bedroom, watching a PBS show of Gershwin music.  I guess I’m lucky to have a husband who is so easy to please.

I didn’t go out to bang a pan to drive away the bad spirits for the year.  I think the last time I did that, we received a call telling us that DH’s oldest son had died from a massive heart attack.  I’m not generally superstitious, but I don’t care to risk any of the other kids.

I hope that we will all be blessed with good health this year, and a Congress that is willing to work to pass bills to help the majority of the population.  Stay safe, and have a great 2015!