First 3 days of project 365

January 2nd - late breakfast at the kitchen table. Hot chocolate, buttered toast, yogurt, diet coke with lemon, and a book. Good stuff.

January 1st - Little Christmas display on the TV in my room. Amazingly, I have not killed the poinsettia yet. There are Jingle bells in the blue mason jar and bird seed, that I was supposed to spread outside on Christmas Day for good luck, in the green container.

December 31st - This window in my bedroom is KitKat's favorite place to hang out. I have to leave the blinds partially up or he'll climb through them.

What I'm thankful for....

With all the coverage of the destruction in Oklahoma, I felt prompted to make a gratitude list.
 

• I have an intact roof over my head
• a comfortable bed
• lots of good food in the house
• plenty of clothing to wear
• a multitude of books to read
• hot shower
• ice
• diet coke
• Houdini, Charlee, Kit Kat, and Gris Gris-my cats
• Jasmine-Matt's dog
• a beautiful and clean! bedroom
• my Mom and Dad are mostly healthy
• a beautiful garden with lots of herbs and flowers
• fresh tomatoes off the vine
• yummy smelling lotion
• Advil
• zinnias-I love their bright colors and they are amazingly long lasting cut flowers
• fried potatoes
• I finished watching my past season of "Grim"
• my Kindle
• my siblings and my nieces and nephews
• the silly hummingbirds and finches I see from my window, butterflies, fat lazy carpenter bees and busy honeybees

Food, Glorious Food

Lots of cooking this weekend. I tried a new recipe 'Baked Zucchini Chips', my Mom and I really like them, my Dad didn't. I also made a bunch of old favorites. One of which, Quiche, always reminds me of Jane Wyatt, Catherine Racowsky and the triplets. Jane is the one who introduced me to making Quiche. I also made Pasta Salad and Cherry Delight. Cherry Delight is a kind of no bake cheesecake and my family has served it at countless dinners over the years.  All this food and the memories they invoke brings home how intertwined food is in making memories. Making an old familiar dish can bring back how I felt and the people I was with, when I cook and eat that dish again.