It's a New Year!!

Being the true southern girl that I am, we ate our way through New year's Eve and New Year's Day..  never thought I would be spending the first day of a new year COOKING!!!   LOL  not one of my favorite pastimes but tradition won out and I got that traditional New Year's meal on our table for one more year...collards, blackeye peas, hog jowl and cornbread......this year we added Boudin for a little variety..I think it is one of my favorite foods....thanks to my dear husband, I have learned quite a lot about Cajun food and cooking....no, he is not Cajun..he just lived in Mississippi for a while and fell in love with the food and culture....enough about all of that..

We also ate a very elegant meal for New Year's eve....dear hubby did that cooking for that one..he has gotten to be a pro at grilling steaks and cooking lobster...

we have really enjoyed our Christmas trees this year and I hate to take them down...maybe one more week..grin..

and lately, this is my life....I am loving learning this new camera.and a new way of looking at everything......and if you get near me, your picture WILL be taken...just a friendly warning..

Do you have plans for learning something new this year?

Learning new things

off and running

 For the very first time ever I am able to write my blog from my sunny family room..what a joy..I have spent the last day and a half trying to learn about my new laptop..getting it personalized, etc...I have to admit that my email account has got me completely baffled...I am thinking I will have to switch to a more friendly format...but this is very fun because I have the end goal in mind.  I am not tied down to the big desktop computer in our business office..that makes me happy..now if I can just figure out how to get my pictures where I want them.....LOL

how it all began

Maggie and Bo were scheming

picking on Jake

but Jake is fast and has Maggie on the run..LOL

 This is how I feel today..waiting to be up and running....at least I got a blog with pictures written and posted..that, my friend is progress.....

thank you for stopping by today.

.please come again soon..

Mona