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| New Year's Breakfast Compliments of Friend S |
Happy New Year, everyone. May your new year be abundantly blessed!
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| Boiling Milk Until it Overflows = Abundance |
As the New Year was rung in, I lit the stove for the first time in the new year and boiled a pot of milk until it overflowed to signify abundance. There is rice boiling in the pot on the back burner to make milkrice.
This morning, my Sri Lankan friend S and her husband brought over the platter of milkrice and other Sri Lankan New Year treats. They didn't stay long because they were on their way to deliver a platter of food to friend R, as well, before S had to go to work. But, I was able to give them their Christmas/New Year's gift as well as the gift my daughter made for their daughter.
In the afternoon, I watered the front garden and portions of the back garden. I picked three more pineapple guavas (feijoa) and some lemons.
New Year's Resolutions/Goals/Aspirations:
Once again, instead of resolutions, I am going to keep to the goals and aspirations I've had for the past couple of years which are:
Better Health: I aspire to attain better health by doing the various things I know I need to do, which are:
- attend medical appointments
- do the various tests my medical team wants me to
- continue to take my prescribed medications
- attain a healthier weight
- maintain my blood sugar levels
- increase my stamina and strength through exercising more
Better Time Management: I aspire to manage my time better, by being mindful of how I spend my time, prioritizing what needs to be done, and procrastinating less.
Being More Organized: I aspire to being more organized in my daily life, with established routines and a tidy house.
Living a Well Balanced Life: I aspire to live a balanced life, by paying attention to all the different areas of my life.
Word of the Year
My 2024 Word of the Year was Promptly. I chose this word because I tend to procrastinate too much and that, in turn, impacts many other aspects of my life! I am afraid that I wasn't as prompt as I had hoped to be and still procrastinated quite a bit.
However, it's a new year and a new beginning. So, I will choose a new word of the year: THRIVE
Today, on the first day of the new year, I am grateful for:
- A new year and a new beginning
- Friends bringing New Year treats
- Water for the garden
- Fresh fruit from the garden
- A sunny and warm day
Today's joyful activity was celebrating the New Year.
Plans for tomorrow include doing some sewing, cooking, tidying, and cleaning.
How was your New Year's Day? What are your plans for tomorrow?
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| Oranges and Lemons |
Happy New Year, Bless!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mandy. Wish you the same!
DeleteHappy New Year! You have excellent goals. "Thrive" is a great word for this year! I wish you and your daughter well. BTW, how is she doing and is her foot getting better? I hope so.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year to you, too, Celie. Thank you. My daughter is doing better with her scratchy throat (we figured it was allergy related) and she has an appointment with the podiatrist, tomorrow morning. Hopefully, they will be able to figure out what is going on with her foot as she is still unable to walk without crutches.
DeleteMa dai ... Allora il riso al latte si usa anche da voi.
ReplyDeleteIo non lo mangio da quando ero piccola 🙂
It's not exactly rice pudding (not sweet), but, similar and it can be eaten as a savory dish (with sambols and curries) or as a sweet (with palm sugar or jaggary). I make it at least once a month on the first of every month.
DeleteI LOVE your word of the year! I think I'll take a leaf out of your book and try for some thriving myself :)
ReplyDeleteI hope your daughter is feeling better today. Lily and I are going for a walk along the river bank. It looks cold and frosty outside.
Happy New Year, Bless. Xx
Thank you, Jules. Actually, it was my daughter who suggested it. She is feeling better, today, thank you, and tested negative for Covid for the 3rd time. Enjoy your cold and frosty walk with Lily. Happy New Year to you, too, Jules. I hope you thrive! :)
DeleteThank you for a really inspirational post. I love the idea of overboiling milk to show abundance. Wishing you health wealth and happiness in the New Year.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Lyssa. Wish you and yours a very happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year, too. :)
DeleteHappy New Year, Bless. I like your choice of word for 2025 and look forward to seeing how it impacts of your life. Good luck with your new year goals xx
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Eileen. My daughter suggested the word and I am determined to thrive! Thank you!
DeleteI love your attitude toward meeting the new year. Thrive is an excellent word for the year.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Anne. I had selected another word, but, my daughter suggested thrive and I really liked it. :)
DeleteI wondered when the topic of "Word of the Year" would come up in blog land. I have two for this year, "Charity" - not just donating, but being charitable in my thoughts and words and actions, and "Obedience", as part of my faith walk. As far as resolutions go, I have some projects in mind that have been waiting until Christmas is over, and will, I hope, get under way when I finally clear away the decorations. This won't be for a while, so I figure I am off the hook still. 😀
ReplyDeleteHa, ha, word of the year came up right on cue, with the New Year, didn't it? Thrive was suggested by my daughter and I decided I liked it. I like your words of the year, too, charity and obedience. That's great that you've given yourself a bit of a grace period to start on your goals and resolutions and projects! :D
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