Bless My Heart I Married A Yankee

Happy New Year!!!!!  Wow, 2018.  I can not believe how quickly last year flew by.  Maybe this year will slow down a bit.  I doubt it, don't you? What do you do when the ball has dropped and the day has started?  The first day of a new year, do you make resolutions?  I personally think that is setting yourself up for failure but I do believe in a fresh start.  I believe you can do this any day of the year but the first day of the year is good.  So, while you ponder what you are going to do or change this year, let's talk food.  Yep, food.  Good southern New Year's Food.  The way I grew up we ate pork to be prosperous, black eye peas for coin, greens for money and cornbread for gold.   I remember sitting in the kitchen of my grandparent's house when I was very young and hearing my grandma and mama talk about what black eye peas were for on New Year's Day.  I remember my grandpa saying they were for pennies but nowada...

I just love me some football.  I am four years younger than my brother and growing up like I did with him being a huge sports fan, you watched football.  There were no if and or buts about that subject either.  You also pulled for the Pittsburgh Steelers.  It is funny I remember sitting in the living room on the couch with my dad and brother watching football.  My brother always sat in a chair next to the couch and there was a huge ottoman in front of it that he would roll with his feet back and forth.  This drove my mom crazy.  So, crazy that she had my dad nail down that ottoman to the floor so my brother could no longer roll it around. Funny the silly things you recall from your youth.  Back to football, I really loved watching football with them.  It was almost a ritual in our home.  Lord forbid if you changed the channel during football.  Well, actually I do not even remember doing that but I know it was a huge NO NO...