New Recipe Tried ~ Last Day of 2024

                                       

                                        

I love a pan of roasted vegetables, and this was a bit different than my normal seasoning (as well as vegetable variety).  It called for 5 cloves of garlic, 1/3 cup of olive oil, 1 tsp. of paprika, homemade onion powder, and 1 tsp of homemade Italian seasoning (and salt and pepper).  The second photo is a cheese mixture with feta, cream cheese, yogurt, and honey.  We loved it!   Oh, in the end of the cooking time, I tossed in some sliced turkey sausages.

I do miss fresh garden goodies.  Finding "fresh" in the stores is not the same.  We have nothing to harvest this time of year, as we do not have a greenhouse.

It is pouring down rain as I get this very last blog post for 2024 up.  How will you be spending the day?  My husband, like most full-time employees, is working today.  I am not sure on my day yet today, other than exercise (medicine for the body and soul), and maybe baking muffins.   I do have some house cleaning that needs done, but we'll be hunkered in for the New Year's Eve. 

Our snack tonight is hummus.  I whipped it up slightly different this time.  I used half organic navy beans and half organic chickpeas, and added a bit of turmeric to it.  It is delicious.

I do not make any New Year "resolutions" because I work on myself, our home, and overall life every single day.  I am looking forward to a much better camping year, as last year it got away from us.   We will need to fence the other garden, and other projects that are rolling into next year.

I look at the end of the year, and beginning of the next year as a realm of possibilities.

I do reflect on any bad habits (or lack of continuous good habits), as the year comes to an end, it sort of takes over my thoughts for the day.  The fact it's the last day of a year, makes you think about things on a larger scale.

I hope your evening is fun filled, or relaxing, or just enjoyable.  Happy New Year!

New Recipe Tried ~ Last Day of 2024 © December 2024 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart

Moon and other ramblings....,

 

Not the best photo, as I should have been up at 5am for a better photo.

Half the living room floor remains to be removed.  Sigh.  I though it would go much faster and it's driving me nutso.

We believe the original part of the house was built in the 30's.  Apparently this is what was typical to support the center of the floor in each room.  In the living room it's a random stack of wood.  There may be a rock or two as well.  Just one more of those "what in the heck" moments of doing repairs and remodeling.

I ordered a crochet hook from Amazon, and the carrier lost the package.  It was one I did not have either, and I need to keep my sanity during all of this chaos in the house right now. 

I typically find myself baking, but even with the plastic sheeting up to block dust out of the kitchen, that's not going to happen. 

 I have to be super strict with my husband's diet anyway.  His last doctor appt. was not good.  He admitted to eating donuts at work of all things.  He has since promised not to eat them, and today....

...he's getting homemade hummus and celery sticks.  He is well supplied with healthy snacking.  I know work has been stressful, so I have to stay on task with having healthy snacks and his meals packed now.