Although only for one night, we were able to travel a few hours away, to visit a 4.8 million Christmas light display, stay at a Historic hotel (which we loved), and visit some local shops, to celebrate our 25th wedding anniversary. It rained on us, but we were still happy to travel and celebrate.
Christmas is over with, and we have had the strangest weather. We hit 64°F I think they said, and today it's rain and in the high 50's. The nice part of not having a lot of decorations up, is we have very little to put away this year.
Christmas has been much different, with Mom not here to celebrate, so we will need to work on new traditions for next year. I've come to terms with the fact, it will not be the same, and we will make changes. It's hard to believe I made it past Christmas, and only baked one Christmas cookie. I've had a request to make one more, before the month is over.
I don't know how, but I managed to finally finish this book. I started reading it early in the spring. The garden/other projects keep me busy, with little time to read.
I read most of Leslie Meier Mystery books years ago, but our library did not have some of the series. I do enjoy them, but would like to venture into other books I have at home.
If you are looking for a Christmas movie to watch, try Netflix movie Holiday in the Vineyards. We very much enjoyed it.
We tried a new deviled egg recipe, and we really like it. The recipe says to put the extra filling on crackers, and it would be delicious on a cracker. We loaded it all on the eggs. It is a recipe from The Southern Lady Cooks, and the pimentos make it colorful for a Christmas side dish.
I used my homemade garlic powder for the recipe, and just the small amount adds a good amount of flavor. They are not low in calories, but I'm glad we tried them.
This and That ~ Finishing the Unfinished © Dec 2023 by Kristina at Pioneer Woman at Heart