Happy New Year

 

 

 

 

Happy New Year!  I hope you had a lovely Christmas. I'm excited by the new year; there's something recharging about new beginnings. Meanwhile I've been reflecting on the past year and making plans for the next months.  No resolutions because I never succeed in keeping them anyway. Just plans and hopes and ideas of what I want to do. I'm not putting my Christmas decor away just yet. The tree is set to go on at 6 A.M. and greets me with pretty lights on these dark mornings. 

I find January the best time to organize and declutter as I find spots for some of the gifts I received. 

Would you like to see my new mug? It's perfect!!

Another gift was this small fountain with a cut glass ball that is kept in motion by water coming up from underneath. There's also a light that keeps the ball changing colours as it turns.  It's not going to stay on the kitchen counter.  I'll find a nice spot in the sunroom.

We're still eating leftovers so no great need for me to make meals. As for sweets, I think we have enough to last weeks, if not months. I've frozen most of them and will take some out as needed.
I wanted something less sweet and maybe a bit healthy so I baked bran muffins. I used my regular recipe and besides raisins I added dried cranberries and chopped up candied ginger that I had bought for a different recipe and didn't make after all.  I like the little kick I get when I hit a piece of the ginger. I may just add some every time I make bran muffins from now on. I made a spread for the muffins. I used spreadable cream cheese, a bit of icing sugar and some crushed (thawed) strawberries. It was delicious.

I've nattered on long enough. I'll go do something useful now. Let me know how your Christmas was.
Thanks for visiting,

Granny Marigold