12/23/2012

WEEKLY UPDATE 12/23/2012

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR

I guess I didn't add in the last update - I was able to find new auto insurance, and it's even cheaper than what I had with State Farm. I'm now a personal pal of Flo. But, this has shaken me, and i'm not going to be driving unless necessary. I've given up my DH and MOW, and won't be doing that any more. I'm still involved in the Bonaventure Cemetery Historical Society, because that's only a few miles from my condo, and because I think I need to do something. I don't know if I'll get my confidence back, or if I'll feel that I'll be able to get out as much as I used to. For now, I'll be spending more time just watching tv and playing computer games. This will make for more boring updates.

Last week I did some baking. There were some mighty appealing recipes for pancakes in the Southern Living Magazine - red velvet, german chocolate, hummingbird, caramel. I would make pumpkin pancakes for christmas brunch in my past, and they always tasted so good. Since I don't have a mixer or cookie sheets, baking holiday cookies isn't going to happen, but I could whip up some lumpy pancake patter. I made the carrot pancakes. They were WONDERFUL! I didn't make the homemade topping, but bought a can of cream cheese frosting to drizzle on top. If you don't subscribe to SL, you can find the recipes at the their website: http://www.southernliving.com/food/holidays-occasions/pancake-recipes-00417000080769/

Suzy treated me to the movie Lincoln as a christmas present. It was OK, but not as good as the hype made it seem to be. As a history person, I enjoyed it, but I think it may be a little boring for most movie goers.

I had a very interesting tour at Bonaventure last Friday. A couple was going to be married at Greenwich Cemetery, which is adjacent to Bonaventure. They requested that the historical society present a guided tour of Bonaventure after the ceremony, because there is more history here than at the newer one. I was a little puzzled by this request, until the bride and groom appeared - It was a Goth wedding! The bride wore a black and red gown, black lipstick, and carried dead flowers. The groom was dressing in a top hat, a cut away coat and black leather knee-high boots. Many of the guests (about 30) were also “dressed” for the celebration. Although my thoughts were that I probably should have had my own weddings in a cemetery, seeing as how dead they both turned out, I wished the happy couple lifelong happiness and let it go at that.