New Years Day

Last night before I went to bed I put a pound of black eyed peas in water to soak.  This morning I woke up at 3 AM and got up to get it started cooking.  I don't normally get out that soon even if I'm awake, but I slept some yesterday afternoon anyway.

I never minded the taste of black eyed peas; it isn't something I'd eat often, but I could if I had to.  Cliff, on the other hand, hated them until I found this recipe on allrecipes.com.  He even reminded me the other day to get some black eyed peas, but as I told him, I still had a pound of them from last year.  As the recipe is written, it makes more than we would want to eat, so I halved the two-pound bag a year ago and kept the rest.  The recipe says to cook it for eight hours after soaking all night, but that's not necessary.  I did let it cook for five hours, but even that isn't necessary.  I've often wondered if he meant it to be cooked in a crock pot.   

Cliff ate a little bowl for breakfast!  And he hates to eat alone, so I also had a small bowl.

I just put cornbread in the oven, and we'll be having dinner within half an hour.  Oh yes, and I made myself some gingerbread, which is something else Cliff doesn't like.  But he has plenty of sugar cookies that will last him awhile, since he only gets one or two of them a couple times daily.  And when those are gone I'll make more.

The Chiefs kicker scored 19 points last night out of 25.  Incredible!  Next week, the Chargers.  I don't hold a lot of hope for another Super Bowl win, but I still have a little hope... or maybe it's just wishful thinking.