I hope you all had a safe and fun evening last night. As per usual, we did not make it to the ball drop at midnight. So that champagne did not get drunk.
We did have our filet mignon though but we changed our sides. We had cheesy potatoes, salad, and applesauce with them. We each had 1/2 of our filet mignon leftover. For brunch we sliced them up and sauteed them with garlic in butter. We made some scrambled eggs to go with it. It was a yummy way to start off the New Year and a good use of leftovers.
Pork is a lucky dish to eat on New Year’s Day. So we had pork chops, fried fresh apples(they needed to be used up), and leftover cheesy potatoes for dinner tonight all from our pantry and freezer.
We ended the month of December with $ 6,512. toward our savings goal. Not too bad considering we had Christmas spending and an extra $1000. that we paid for our railing to be installed on the back steps. We had already paid $500. down when it was ordered to be custom made.
Now it is January 1st and I am so ready for 2025. I plan on continuing to try to get to our goal for our children and grandchildren.
We will not be going out at all today. It is cold and snowing. So no gasoline will be used. There will be some football games on the agenda for Hubby which always makes him happy.
I am starting a new habit today. I have always been constantly cleaning everyday. But as I am getting older, it is harder. If I really needed to, I can hire a cleaning service to do it for me. However over the years, we have hired people to clean and I always ended up firing them because they did not clean as well as I did. So to avoid this, I am going to spend just one hour a day cleaning in a room until I have done the entire house and then I will just repeat. I will time it and when that hour is up, I will stop. This does not include doing the dishes, making the beds, doing laundry, or cleaning bathrooms which I do every morning to keep up with them. The exception will be Eloise’s cage which she sleeps in. That and her litter boxes will be cleaned every day.
We are starting the month off expecting our property tax bill any day. It is a large amount to pay out every year. It does not include school taxes which are paid in September. We already have the money set aside to go up to Town Hall and pay them as soon as the bill comes. I will let you know how much they are after I know.
I wanted to take a picture of my dinner. However, Hubby had put his ice tea on the table which was all set. However, he put the lid on and the straw in but never screwed down the lid. Eloise jumped up on the table and knocked it all over everything. I had to clean everything up and reset the table so that we could eat. Then I forgot to take the picture.
I am beat. I just got done cleaning Eloise’s cage and doing all the dishes. So I am going to go watch You Tube and probably fall asleep.
I hope you all had a good day! Be back tomorrow.
2 replies on “From Us To All Of You”
Hi Precious! Happy New Year to you and your hubby from us. We finally got home from seeing our parents yesterday about 6 pm. We ended up staying another day. I will write you about the visit. We are pooped. We didn’t stay up for the ball to drop either.
Good job on your savings. I am not sure about mine yet. I did get the credit cards paid off before we went, but we need to do the end of the month stuff. Our property taxes are due (half) in January and we have them already saved also.
I didn’t know pork was a lucky dish to eat for new years. I had always heard blackeye peas. But we didn’t have either. LOL! Daughter had made some soup and left us some in the fridge when we got home, it was so nice. We had with cheese and crackers.
Kitty was glad to see us. It is a good thing Eloise is cute, she is such a stinker. Hubby’s mom is feeding a stray/feral mama cat and 2 babies on her back deck.
Hi Chris,
Thanks. I bet you are very tired. The stress alone will wear you out. I am glad you are home safely.
My tax bill is due too. I just got it today. We pay property taxes in full in January and then in Sept. we get a bill from the school for our school taxes. But we always have it in our savings because we put money away for them every month.
Yup, blackeye peas and greens too. That was so nice of your daughter. Bet it tasted so good!
Does his Mom know they will be hers forever if she keeps feeding them? I am sure she is enjoying watching them. Eloise is starting to calm down a bit as she ages. That is a good thing.