first day of 2026!

What kind of weather song does WSAV have?

Sunshiny start, with near-normal temperatures for this area!

Couldn't ask for a nicer start of the year!

I celebrated with Gouda and the bread from yesterday's Carrabbas feast!

 

Then it was time to kick it, Elvis style, and take care of business in the kitchen.

Not washing dishes... getting my cabinets outfitted with a spiffy new Elvis collection, ready to make sure I stayed on track!

Believe me, I have appointments with others already to post onto them!

Busy, vibrant, woman!

The first of those is the 3 PM "Anticipation Ceremony & Bowl Burning" over at Asbury Memorial.

This will be the 16th time for me, but at least the letter is already written.

That's right.

The yellow SASE I'm using will have the exact same letter I wrote in anticipation of this year, as I didn't accomplish a single thing I'd written back then.

As I told Cheri Hester, I didn't even recall writing any of those goals!

She thought that was funny!

So, since I wouldn't need two hours there, that gave me some much-needed time here at home.

Dawn gave me a new calendar, one I really like, with much larger spaces for each day.

More room for birthdays and anniversaries!

FB may remind me of birthdays, but it doesn't yet have the ability for the other.

Now, I just need to remember to look at the calendar on a regular basis!

While I was doing all these other things, I was also cooking my mustard greens for my New Year's Day dinner.

Didn't they turn out beautifully?

The hoppin' John used Rotel diced tomatoes, NSA, and the brown rice is a better fiber choice.

Those set off the contents of the cornbread from Food Lion, which was sweet enough to call dessert!

It all went quite well with "The Age Of Adaline", which I regard as a New Year's Day scifi romance.

This time, I found myself bawling at the end and missing Mama something fierce.

Once I was under control of tears, I drove over to Asbury to give my letter to Cheri.

I didn't stay long, though.

Greenwich Cemetery closes its gate at 5 PM, which means I had about 5 minutes to spend with Mama.

That was all I needed.

Two others drove in as I was leaving.

I guess they needed a touch and go, too.

After that, I had time to stop by home and pick up a gift card for supper with Carolyn.

We were to meet for a 6-ish PM movie at AMC, and I was going to surprise her with the meal.

And lookee there!

I had four 4's in the mileage on the odometer! 

Right place, right time!

Or not, as she never did show.

I'd waited an hour before calling to check on her arrival time.

Oops - she thought we were getting together tomorrow.

 

Back home I went, with visions of Positano leftovers in my head! 

Peacock had a delightful Pakistani movie, "Polite Society" from 2023, which had a girl who wanted to be a stunt woman.

Very nice!!! 

Right place, right time, after all!