New Year

Jack loves his Mississippi State socks. He follows his feet wherever they go.... :)


Cute pic of my handsome boys in their MSU gear

I have had a few busy days - if you count reading as being busy. :) Matt and I tried to go see Twilight on our anniversary, but it took longer to eat than we had hoped so we missed the movie. Then on the day after Christmas, my parents offered to keep the kids so we could go see it. On that night it was SOLD OUT. Can you believe it? It has been out in theatres for over a month! Then we got Tina to babysit on the 30th, and we finally got to see the movie. I really enjoyed it. Of course, it is not as good as the book, but what movie ever is? Now I am over halfway through New Moon, and I really want to finish it and start Eclipse before I go back to work on Monday. We'll see how that goes...

On New Year's Eve, Fred, Keeley, Christopher, and David (Fred's brother) came over. Matt smoked ribs and grilled sausage. We also had leftover goodies from Christmas. We had a very low key night. Matt showed Dirty Driving to Fred and Keeley while doing his normal pausing and commentary. :) Keeley fell asleep on the couch pretty early, but she just rested up. Just before midnight we headed upstairs to play Rock Band. We ended up playing until about 2 AM. We missed midnight - which is our norm. We were playing and checked the clock at 12:05. Anyway, we were asleep by about 3AM, and the kids were up by 6:30. I fed Jack and got him back down, and Trent stayed in the living room watching cartoons. This let us snooze a little longer. Fred, Keeley, and Christopher were up pretty early and gone too.

On New Year's Day I made our usual meal - Hopping Johns, Coleslaw, and Cornbread.



I know that coleslaw is not the norm, but Matt and I don't like cooked cabbage. But, we have to eat cabbage for the money, right? Anyway, we enjoyed our food, and we watched Untraceable once the kids were down for the night.

We hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!




Hoppin' John Recipe

1 cup cooked ham, cubed
2 2/3 cup fresh black eyed peas or 2 (16 oz.) cans, drained
1 large onion, chopped
3 cups hot cooked rice
1/2 tsp. Tabasco
1/2 cup dried parsley flakes
1/2 cup dried chives
1 tbs. bacon fat
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper

Saute chopped onion in bacon fat until transparent. Add chopped ham and seasonings. Combine with black eyed peas and stir in rice. Salt to taste.