Mumbles on a theme.: New Years Rulin's

As much as I love being back in my city, part of me wishes I was sitting here on this stool in my parent's house.

I had a delightful Christmas, lots of good things from Santa, and of course lots of food with family and friends!

Bacon on pancakes with maple syrup.

D-Mon ate his with a side of chocolate reindeer.

Tea with my Darling Lizbeth (and again later with the Delightful Amy!).

It took half a week to eat all the leftovers from our big Christmas dinner but on my last night Miss Linda asked if I had any requests. And all I wanted was spaghetti and meatballs!

Oh, and in this house, you grate your own damn cheese.

Other than eating and visiting old friends I spent most of my week home here, on the couch.

Finishing this.

Drinking lots and lots of tea out of my favorite mug.

Watching other people do things for me (I miss that sometimes!). Like make me food. And bring it to me. And take away the dishes. AND WASH THEM!

Miss Linda joined me on the couch in the evening for snuggling and watching of holiday movies.

Each night I slept up in the attic, which was my bedroom for many years, snug under layers of quilts. Jupiter was bright in the sky and I stared at it through the skylight before falling asleep. So lovely.

After a beautiful week, despite many offers by Miss Linda to kidnap me, I was back on a bus heading north leaving Ohio behind. I dove right into my city girl life side-stepping tourists, taking a cab up to my apartment from downtown, and getting take-out for dinner.

Of course this was all over a week ago. Last year! And half of my reindeer has been eaten. :-(

I keep thinking about Resolutions. Everyone seems to be doing it. I'm typically not a big fan as it requires effort, but then I stumbled upon some of Woody Guthrie's from 1942.