Brazil - brigadeiro

One of our 2023 family goals is trying foods from other countries.  Jones brought home a cookbook for Brazil the other day and he picked out a recipe for brigadeiros which are like Brazilian fudge balls?  Anyhow we made the recipe and tried it and while ours did not set up right (we probably cooked it too long), it didn’t taste bad and my kids have enjoyed it on ice cream the last few days.  It’s almost like a pudding with the consistency of ours but still good on ice cream.  

January Miles

I didn’t put this on my list but I have been tracking my miles and trying to increase at least walking activity wise.  January was an okayish month despite being very active with work.  I hit 111.95 miles and that’s with like 4 days where I didn’t even wear my watch.  So here’s to hoping I can have an active trend continue into February.  

46 - Make New Soup

I started working on my list already.  I started with a favorite thing SOUP.  I love soup most of the time I can get my kids to eat it although Jones immediately tapped out when I said it was corn chowder however grandma and Thea were both down.  I used a recipe from here https://pin.it/7ftQgqR

I used extra chicken broth because I let it cook down a bit and seemed to need more liquid.  But overall we were pleased and I enjoyed leftovers all week.  It reminded me of my time in Boston where everyplace had chowder and I often would have clam chowder almost once a week.  

2023 Let’s do this.

New years showed up and we wrote lists out of paper with some goals.  I incorporated mine and a few family goals and kids goals into my big list this year.  So without future ado here’s my list…

2023

1. Monthly other country dish
2. Cincinnati Chili Parlor Tour
3. Topiary Park - Columbus
4. Host an Art club - completed
5. Bike new trail 
6. Hang a disco ball
7. Start a new art journal
8. Remove the carpet from the stairs
9. Visit Thomas Dambo in Dayton - done 
10. Make new stockings
11. Plant sunflowers - done 
12. Buy the bud press jumpsuit 
13. Rearrange bedroom
14. Paint guest room
15. Make bread
16. Buy pool passes - done
17. Monthly meal plans 
18. Jones to see Bengals 
19. Layover with Jono
20. Take kids to dairy
21. Ladies night with Thea - Done
22. Weekend trip
23. Family vacation
24. Visit summit park - done 
25. Get (renew) passports
26. Make a friend a cake 
27. Get pretzels with Kathleen 
28. Finish 5 months of project life
29. Sleepover with Brooks
30. Adventure with Ollie & Marlow
31. Football Moms night 
32. Finish a quilt - done 
33. Add new art to walls
34. Visit new place.
35. Donate to 23 small charities 
36. Spring purge (100 items)
37. Sign jones up for hockey school - done 
38. Visit JJ and Rob
39. Read 15 books
40. Mini dance parties (maybe weekly)
41. Week of no technology evenings 
42. Make new soup - complete
43. Complete puzzle - complete
44. Donate trampoline
45. Rehang towel hooks
46. Move raspberry bushes - completed
47. Pressure wash siding
48. Feed the birds
49. Make Christmas cutouts
50. Help Jones with his list
51. Help Thea with her list
52. Make new list

2022 list update

Last year my list had 46 things.  I finished 27 things entirely and 2 halfway.  It doesn’t seem so bad.

1. Buy new to me car - bought
   
2. Alms Park-Cincy
3. Mend jones pants - complete
4. Thomas Rambo Exhibit in Dayton
5. Complete a Puzzle - Completed
6. Finish half rectangle quilt
7. Great Wolf Lodge with Kids - done
8. Katie and Kids Spring Break - done
9. Finish the Teal/orange/yellow quilt
10. Finish another quilt
11. Visit a new National park
12. Get clothes line
13. Read 12 books - finished I did finished 8 adult books and 8 kids chapter books 
14. Watch 12 movies - I watched maybe 8
15. Visit JJ and Rob - May 2022
16. Sleepover with Brooks/Blakely - done
17. Lemon desserts with Kathleen - done 
18. Craft with Ollie and Marlow - done 
19. Go to Miami Hockey game - Done.
20. Walk 1200 miles (roughly 3.3/day) - I ended with 1203.45
21. Family Vacation - done
22. Watch the last years Project Runway
23. Replace pans
24. Paint bathroom cabinets
25. Make new stockings
26. Try 5 new recipes - I did 3
27. Visit someplace new - done
28. Remove carpet from stairs
29. Paint shed
30. Lume at Newfields
31. New to us Bike trail
32. Buy new running shoes - Done
33. New shelves under tv.  - done
34. Cookie tastings x25 - done 
35. Take the kids to a play/musical - done
36. Planned art club with my kids - done
37. Purge 100 things in Spring cleaning - done
38. Plant some hydrangeas - planted
39. Visit the Westcott house
40. Take Thea on a girls trip - State Fair Trip
41. Go fossil Hunting with Jones
42. Make a junk journal- done
43. Make 22 - $22 donations to small non profits- done
44. Moms 70th Adventure - done
45. Visit the Wilds - Done
46. Make new list - done

2022 cookies

My goal was to have at least 25 cookie tastings I just counted them up today and we are at 22.  I guess we need to get some more cookies before the end of the year stat.  Seems doable since I am not working until Jan 3rd.  

1,200 miles November

Well there’s a little less than a month left so I wanted to share a November update.  Despite having 4 of the biggest mileage days in November I hit 102.66 which doesn’t come close to Aprils numbers.  But it does keep me on track to make 1200 in December with 1100.46 at the end of November. 

(Photo completely unrelated from voting back in November). 

Christmas Movies

Watched two Christmas movies recently and one and a new one.  the Noel Diary and prancer - I appreciated them both they both had some Christmas cheese and predictability which I was appreciating.  

21 - family vacation

This year for family vacation all my siblings and I traveled to Disney World.   It was to celebrate both thanksgiving and my mom turning 70 originally we were going to travel to Vegas and then plane tickets were insanely expensive.  So we opted for something equally as expensive Disney.  

While it was much fun to be with my family I must say that Disney is not relaxing, at all I much prefer a beach vacation. I don’t really understand the appeal of it really.  While the rides are much more speed than Kings Island it was soooo crowded and hot and we walked about 8 miles each day.  Anyhow I tried not to be too Debbie downer and just enjoy the company and as usual that was my y favorite part.  

Movie 5 Don’t Worry Darling

Watched another movie.  This movie was a bit lacking it was confused about what was happening and what time period it was and then it was like “hurry up and wrap it up” at the end like it only 1/2 explained it.  I actually almost turned it off several times but somehow I stuck with it.