New blog posts 23-29 December

[aclearbluesky]

So, what have you posted this week of Holiday Happiness? My son and I shared the present I gave him on Christmas morning: a story about a race.
theneverendingmiracle.com/2013/12/25/the-sinatuga-quarters-race/

Mine is seasonally titled:

Christmas

A look at the word in a few different languages to see what it means and where it comes from.

Pah.
We have the post-Christmas blahs

I also have the post Christmas blahs. Thinking of everything that needs to be cleared up, and everything that needs to be done for the new year. Sigh.

I am determined to use up all the Christmas leftovers so have started a Christmas leftover vegetable theme- we seem to have mountains of veg left! Today it was beetroot.

eatwithgusto.wordpress.com

Tomorrow I plan to make parsnip and roasted garlic soup. I detest parsnips..... but have been told the soup will be a winner. :)

Merry Christmas!

Egusta - your recipe looks delicious, as always. I've never been a fan of beetroot, but I'm tempted to try it now.

Thank you. :)

Truth is it is a lot better if you fry some cubed beef into it as well, so it is a beefy soup, but DH is so food-ed out and meat-ed out that he begged for the vegetarian version. :)

The key is the sour cream and dill though- it adds depth.

Our Christmas thief

I give you....

How to get away with being a crap parent

I actually thought some of my crap parent things were a bit tame but someone on my facebook wall is scandalised by the individually wrapped cheese pieces, so I thought it still might be worth an airing here

Simple and to the point:

Church