Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wishing you all the best over the holidays and into the New Year!

Eat, Drink and Be Merry!!!

November - the month that never was

So this radio silence that I've been on has been because I have been sick since Thanksgiving.  It started with a bad cold, followed by a virus or two, bronchitis and an ear-infection culminating in pneumonia.  It has been a tough two months...  I have never been this sick before.  I could not eat and had a fever for almost five weeks straight.  I am still not 100% and the doctor told me it would be a good two to three weeks before I would be back to myself.  I basically lived on soup, tea and toast.  After a while, my stomach got so messed up by all the antibiotics and anti-viral that I couldn't even drink tea!  Crazy! Basically, I lost all of November.  All the things I wanted to do around the garden, the house and with cooking went up the window.  And this was going to be the year when I would be really prepared for Christmas.  I did manage to do almost all of my shopping on line, but I was quite worried that I would not be able to do anything to prepare us for Christmas.  The only positive thing has been that I lost 13 lbs!  But I have been to sick to enjoy it!
But I am feeling better, relatively speaking.