new years eve '23

 another year come & gone. 

if you had a nice one, i hope next year is just as good. if not, i hope the next one is better.

please don't drink and drive tonight. and that "buzzed" driving can be just as bad.

christmas '23

 that time of year again.

hope you got something nice today, or can find it in the after christmas sales tomorrow.

PLANTERS Holiday Nut Crunch

 the third and last of the holiday nut mixes we got from wal-mart. this was the most me of the three.

the peanuts were not even dry roasted (the best way to have peanuts, other than peanut butter). and because peanuts are the cheapest thing in the mix, that's what it has the most of.

bolthouse farms smoothies

 went to aldi not long ago and got a couple of things from boldhouse farms.

first is a "holiday nog" A.K.A egg nog. had some kind of odd spice, beyond the typical egg nog spice. not anything we'll get again. we haven't had egg nog in years, but my brother wanted to get this. hopefully it's out of his system now.

the other is chocolate cherry fudge (an aldi exclusive). it tastes like a cherry cough drop covered in cheap chocolate. yuck!

PLANTERS Winter Spiced Mix

 the second of planters holiday nut mixes we picked up from Wal-Mart.

not too bad, not really "spicy" though. but that's a good thing.

PLANTERS Brittle Nut Medley

 there's 3 different holiday ones we picked up from Wal-Mart a couple of weeks ago.

this is fairly sweet, but not overly so. i'm not sure we've had peanut brittle before. or perhaps only once. this had small chunks, which is probably the best way to have it.

wild weather

 it has been cold with some snow, or icy mix, for the past few days, but this weekend it will warm up with rain again. then it will get colder over the the rest of the week.

i don't recall of this roller coaster nonsense in years past.