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So I must admit, I'm getting old, for the last few years I've been asleep, along with the hubby before the stroke of midnight. Our kids wake us up to pop their kiddie bubbly for them, then we all go to bed at exactly 12:05 a.m., every.single.January 1st!
So I know people make new years resolutions, I've personally never done that because well, I'm a chronic procrastinator, just ask my kids! Makes me wonder if the people who actually do makes resolutions *ever* keep them?I mean seriously if you feel the need to sit down an make a list of things about yourself, your life, situation, what-have-you, do you really think you're gonna do any of them? Besides maybe cutting back from 6 cups of coffee a day to 5?!?
I think that this is one aspect of Romanian mentality that doesn't drive me nuts....they don't make resolutions, they know what needs to be done, and they do it, without any fuss, or social media announcements. They announce things that matter: marriages, births, baptisms, important life events. The rest is just the day to day of it all.
I see all these meme's all over Facebook from friends that say something along the lines of "this is the year you'll receive God's blessings"....I have a problem with that line of reasoning. I think if you are a Christian and know what the bible says, then you know you only receive His blessings by living a Godly life. Posting a random meme about God isn't going to reign down pennies from heaven on you. All through Proverbs and the Gospels, God's word speaks of honest men, doing honest work, and reaping the benefits of working for what they've received, and yes, God rewards the honest, God fearing man with opportunities, blessings, etc. But everyone seems to be so BLESS ME oriented, as far as money is concerned that they have forgotten that God says that the MEEK shall inherit the earth, and that it is easier for a rich man to enter through the eye of a needle than to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Okay so there's my Rant for New Years. Now here's my Rave: Hubby was out of work for like 5 months, it's been a ROUGH summer, fall, and beginning of winter. Hubby just left at 3 a.m. this very morning to head back to Malta to start work. It's gonna be hard on him physically, but it's good that I won't have to keep asking the parental unit for help......that's a BAAAAAAD feeling; being 37 years old and having to ask your parents to help you pay bills and buy food. But now that he's going back to work, we'll be able to finish doing the home improvements we started! So YEA for the Toma Family!
Now for my Rave, which is an old rave. Romanian version of potato salad, which is called Salata de Beouff. Not sure if I spelled that right, but OMG it's good! It's made with, potatoes, green peas, carrots, olives, pickles, chicken breast and home made mayonnaise, which yes, I have learned to make! This stuff is so good, it will make ya go home and slap ya mamma! It's made at Christmas and New Year! Some make it at Easter as well, well, at least I do, cause it's just awesome!
So there, my Rants, Raves & Faves for the end of 2015!
So I know people make new years resolutions, I've personally never done that because well, I'm a chronic procrastinator, just ask my kids! Makes me wonder if the people who actually do makes resolutions *ever* keep them?I mean seriously if you feel the need to sit down an make a list of things about yourself, your life, situation, what-have-you, do you really think you're gonna do any of them? Besides maybe cutting back from 6 cups of coffee a day to 5?!?
I think that this is one aspect of Romanian mentality that doesn't drive me nuts....they don't make resolutions, they know what needs to be done, and they do it, without any fuss, or social media announcements. They announce things that matter: marriages, births, baptisms, important life events. The rest is just the day to day of it all.
I see all these meme's all over Facebook from friends that say something along the lines of "this is the year you'll receive God's blessings"....I have a problem with that line of reasoning. I think if you are a Christian and know what the bible says, then you know you only receive His blessings by living a Godly life. Posting a random meme about God isn't going to reign down pennies from heaven on you. All through Proverbs and the Gospels, God's word speaks of honest men, doing honest work, and reaping the benefits of working for what they've received, and yes, God rewards the honest, God fearing man with opportunities, blessings, etc. But everyone seems to be so BLESS ME oriented, as far as money is concerned that they have forgotten that God says that the MEEK shall inherit the earth, and that it is easier for a rich man to enter through the eye of a needle than to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Okay so there's my Rant for New Years. Now here's my Rave: Hubby was out of work for like 5 months, it's been a ROUGH summer, fall, and beginning of winter. Hubby just left at 3 a.m. this very morning to head back to Malta to start work. It's gonna be hard on him physically, but it's good that I won't have to keep asking the parental unit for help......that's a BAAAAAAD feeling; being 37 years old and having to ask your parents to help you pay bills and buy food. But now that he's going back to work, we'll be able to finish doing the home improvements we started! So YEA for the Toma Family!
Now for my Rave, which is an old rave. Romanian version of potato salad, which is called Salata de Beouff. Not sure if I spelled that right, but OMG it's good! It's made with, potatoes, green peas, carrots, olives, pickles, chicken breast and home made mayonnaise, which yes, I have learned to make! This stuff is so good, it will make ya go home and slap ya mamma! It's made at Christmas and New Year! Some make it at Easter as well, well, at least I do, cause it's just awesome!
So there, my Rants, Raves & Faves for the end of 2015!
1 comment:
I hope 2016 is a prosperous and happy year for you and yours. And I agrre about those foolish "God will bless you if you repost this" stuff.
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