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Happy New Year!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful time through the holidays. We suffered with a terrible stomach virus the week leading up to Christmas and The GuitarMan finally caught it during the night Christmas Eve. The rest of us were still recovering from it at that point so our Christmas dinner was a little scant.

I decided to make up for it yesterday! We had the usual black eye peas but this year I decided to forgo the collard greens. This is really unheard of in the South but I just didn't think I could face a big pot of leftover greens to deal with. Supposedly you need the greens for money the following year. Well, it's never worked up until now so maybe doing the reverse will work for us, we'll see lol!

I also cooked a ham with macaroni and cheese, cornbread, and big pot of jambalaya. For dessert, brownies! Everyone seemed to really enjoy it.

But the one that really tickled me was Cornbread. He is by far my pickiest eater. Cheerios, banana, toast, cheese pizza, chips or toddler snacks, maybe some mashed potato....that was IT so far as this child eating! Well, the last few days he had actually been asking for food which was a huge step for him. Yesterday he ate well all day. Last night for supper he ate a plate of black eye peas, smoked chicken (leftover from earlier this week), and macaroni and cheese. Then he had seconds on the peas and chicken. Then he spotted the cornbread on my plate and I let him have it. He ate the whole slice and asked for more, then ate a whole second slice!

Our day yesterday was a peaceful one. We had originally invited some friends over for supper. However one called and their little one was sick with fever and throwing up. The GuitarMan was gone on a retreat and came home yesterday. Several of the other people on the retreat had gotten sick with the same symptoms. He was worn out himself so we decided to cancel any plans and just have family time. We watched a lot of football and took naps. Even after napping I laid down with the children last night about 8:30 and never got back up! So lots of family time, lots of rest....they say whatever you do on New Year's you'll do all year. I could do with a little peacefulness....actually a lot!

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