This was one of the first things we made in the new year and what a way to start it off. It was so delicious and not too spicy - even the Grandpa and the kids all tried it and liked it to varying degrees. I used this recipe and played around with it a bit. Super good.
in 2024 i read 87 books
fiction 74
non fiction 3
memoirs 3
audiobooks 7
i have been reading a lot thru kindle and libby (library app). In fact, 65 of them were digital.
i kept a physical journal for the year and rated each book out of 5.
5 stars - 9
4 stars - 9
3 stars - 22
2 stars - 23
1 star - 17
0 stars - 7
I did a page in my journal for my 5 star books and the books that made me cry in 2024
We dried slices of oranges and grapefruit and hung them on string with cinnamon sticks
Made a new batch of granola
It snowed
We went to the KSO's Kids Christmas Concert, The real Christmas miracle was taking 2 10 year olds and 2 15 year olds and they all behaved.
There was bowling
And ginger bread house making
And a game of Clue where somehow we all checked off one of the suspects by accident - the person who actually did it - so no one won and we were all very confused.
Salted chocolate chip shortbread cookies on Christmas Eve
We went to the pantomime
Chicken leg socks for Christmas
Tater tot breakfast casserole for Christmas morning breakfast
Beef brisket for dinner
An excellent bumper sticker
We gathered leaves in the park and made stickers
We made roast squash with feta and honey
And little focaccias
I was pretty proud of my December cover page in my junk journal
I rediscovered this box of curry in my cupboard
And made curry dumpling soup
I received the Coven newsletter by Anna Marie Tendler and am still sitting with this part -
Patriarchy hates women. It paints us as unstable. It preys on our insecurity. It protects the deplorable, if not illegal, actions of men in positions of power. It turns women against each other with its façade of scarcity by relying on us to tear each other down, to participate in judgment of one another, to be envious and jealous. Patriarchy holds women to a standard that makes no room for messiness or imperfection.
get some big flour tortillas and some little flour tortillas. cook up some ground beef or chicken and season with taco seasoning. in the center of your big tortilla add your toppings in an area about the same size as your small tortilla - meat, cheese, salsa, sour cream, lettuce, onions, tomatos etc. cover with the small tortilla and fold the rest of the big tortilla up to secure the package. fry until crisp on both sides.
