Cooking All Day!

Well tomorrow is New Years Day and that makes tonight New Years Eve! I'm so smart like that!

I know that for many this is just a another reason to party and imbibe in far to many adult beverages. That being said, at our house, we find these days to filled with friends, family, food and fun!

This evening we will go to the home of a family in our church where we will enjoy lots of good food, fellowship, tons of board games and visiting. As for the food for this evening, Lynn and I will be providing BBQ pulled pork.

Some will come and stay for the whole time, until 12 midnight CST, while others will only stay for a bit. Makes no difference how long anyone stays but the fact they come and spent time together just having fun is the real key. As my Dad used to say, "It's midnight somewhere!"

New Years Day is the big tradition for Lynn and I, we generally have an open house for anyone who would like to stop by for awhile. This year will be especially fun with the Iowa Hawkeyes playing in a New Years Day Bowl Game, so we expect that a few will be here for the 10AM kickoff.

We are going all out on the food this year - Corned Beef & Clam Chowder! The clam chowder is the traditional dish for New Years at our house and the corned beef was a special request. Hope your happy Morgan!

One more food item....our friend Mary is going to make homemade egg rolls! Think about that - corned beef on bagels, a steaming bowl of clam chowder and a fresh pipping hot egg roll. New Years Day is the best!!!!

So I have been cooking all day. 6 corned beef briskets, BBQ pulled pork and most of the prep work for a double batch of clam chowder (I'll put that all together in the morning).

Got to go get dressed for the evenings activities and head out with the family. Now where did I put that extra lampshade????????

Have a very happy and safe New Years Eve! Talk to you next year!

Belated Merry Christmas

Christmas has come and gone and I failed to wish everyone of my blog regulars a very merry Christmas! I am so very thankful for everyone who takes the time to check my blog from time to time. It is so nice to know that your interested.

With the demise of my Dodge Caravan traveling to Des Moines became a real issue. Our plans slipped into limbo!

Good friends to the rescue!!! I ended up with two options and our trip to Des Moines was back on!

Christmas eve day we headed out for our annual Christmas Eve time with Lynn's family in Ankeny. The crowd is really beginning to thin out but for those still able to attend we have a lot of fun!

Took the opportunity to attend Christmas Eve services at the Fellowship Baptist Church in Des Moines, it was great! Daniel and Amy went with me and we really enjoyed the service.

Christmas Day was spent at my Mom's in Des Moines. there was a good number from our family there and the food was incredible! This year we decided not to do a gift exchange in our family so we just had a great day of visiting and eating.

Friday morning we got up and after a great time with my Mom and one of her fantastic soup lunches Lynn, Susan and I headed out to spend a few days with Daniel, Maggie and Elijah in Oskaloosa.

What a great vacation - Spending time with family and friends and just being able to relax.

Talk to you soon and thanks again for thanking time to read!

Trouble in Fly Over Country

Another great cartoon submitted by my buddy Stickwalker:

Snowman Embarrassed in Supermarket!!!

Thanks Jacki!!!

It's A Wonderful Life

This is my last submission for great Christmas movies for this year.

It's A Wonderful Life is a flat out classic! What more can you say, Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed are fantastic . The story is so very good on so many levels.

I'm still personally leaning toward A Christmas Carol as my favorite but this is a very strong second!