Hello, and Happy New Year! I hope 2025 is off to a good start, and I wish you peace and happiness in the coming year. 😊 My kids got out over a week before Christmas, so they start school today. Does that seem early? In any event, it's time to get back into the school routine again, even if it is the last semester of senior year - where did the time go?! 😭 (I've marked affiliate/referral links with a *, which means I may make a little bit of money if you make a purchase or sign up using that link - thank you!):
Hip2Save posted a DIY Kindness Jar as a last-minute gift idea, but it occurred to me that it would be such a great show-of-support gift for someone who's going through a tough time (I have a couple of friends dealing with some ugh! stuff at work).
Hummingbird High has been a favorite food blog for many years now, and I know Michelle has been posting less but I'd forgotten that she went back to grad school. I'm so impressed that she graduated with her master's, and I related a lot to her comments about the difficulties of job hunting.
Raising Teens Today has some interesting thoughts on families tracking each other. I know my kids know that I can and do use the Find My app on them and they don't complain about it. I let them track me in return, though I have no idea if they ever do. 😂
I just learned about a new way of charitable giving called Charitable Gift Annuities. In a nutshell, you put the amount you want to donate into an annuity; you get regular payments from the annuity while you live, and the charity gets the funds when you die.
This is too late for Christmas 2024, but I absolutely love this clever yet simple keepsake idea for little ones. I wish I'd known about it, oh, 20 years ago!
Jimmy Carter might have accomplished the most of any former president, but I was blown away to learn that before he became president, he saved a nuclear reactor after a meltdown.
MENU PLAN - January 6, 2025
Monday: Slow Cooker Brisket with BBQ Sauce (I defrosted the meat, so now I have to use it!)
Tuesday: Sushi (I'll use my grandmother's sushi vinegar recipe, but instead of making chirashi like I usually do, I might be bold and make hand rolls ...)
Wednesday: Enfrijoladas (I'll be honest, I'm going to look for a good packaged salsa verde before buying the ingredients listed ... one of the advantages of living in SoCal 😂)
Thursday: Cauliflower Parmesan, Cheesy Hawaiian Roll Garlic Bread (I never made the cauliflower when I planned to in December; also, just a reminder that the LA Public Library has 72-hour NYT passes that you can access from this page)
Friday: Instant Pot Butter Chicken
Saturday: Ramen (I buy Sun Noodle kits* at Whole Foods and bolster them with some veggies and ajitsuke tamago)
Sunday: Grinder Sandwiches
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