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.