Well here it is the day after Christmas and I am not ready to go back to work tomorrow. While our holiday was low key, it was still hectic. We have been juicing citrus, slicing and drying citrus, and casing up the last of the sausage all while trying to get ready for the celebrations. I hate trying to cook in a cluttered kitchen. But we made it through.
Kim is off this week and is hoping to go hog hunting on Wednesday. We still have a deer to cut up as well. We will need to organize the freezers before then. We will be culling out some of the older meat and sharing our abundance with friends and family. That or grind it and make more jerky. We're probably going to have to can some of the newer meat as well. We are so blessed right now.
I am hoping to be able to keep my working hours to 8 per day this week. There is so much to do to get the house back into shape. Plus my little grandson is having surgery to get tubes in his ears this week.
I am looking forward to spending New Years Eve and Day with my kids. On New Years Eve we will have our traditional nosh; dips, charcuterie board, etc. Plus sparkling juice to toast in the new year. We will do the traditional southern New Years dinner on New Years day. It consists of black eyed peas, greens, pork of some kind, and corn bread.
In the meantime there is the usual laundry and cleaning that needs done. Plus finding a place for all of the Christmas gifts we received. I need to get my studio back in shape as well as the dining room and kitchen. So much to do, so little time.
Even more importantly, so little energy. Georgia is unseasonably cold right now. This cold weather has me wanting to curl up in bead and go to sleep. I just hope that we reap the benefit of the cold weather come spring and summer. Stone fruit such as cherries, peaches, plums and apricots need a certain amount of chill hours to produce. Lately we haven't been getting enough chill hours. And of course we have all of those trees in our little orchard. So here's hoping to a good crop this year. Even if it means lots of canning.
I hope you are as blessed in the coming year as we have been.
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