Happy New Year!

Wow, what a whirlwind the last few weeks have been. I sort of went off the social grid in order to live in the realities of life at home. We survived the snow storm and the Christmas and the New Year. We kind of aborted the last two weeks of countries due to the craze. I can assure you that the kitchen was working overtime, baking up a storm. Here's the top 11 list of what was made (in no favored order):

Buckeyes

Oreo Truffles

Pecan Tassies

Haystacks

Dipped Pretzels

Pretzel Wreaths

Almond Bars

Spritz

Christmas Cut-outs

Sweet Cereal Mix
Peanut butter Chocolate Sandwiches

It's now a New Year. Everyone is asking what I'm going to do with my blog. Am I going to keep traveling in the kitchen? My immediate answer is NO. Dad is taking back his duties in the kitchen:) Andy had a great idea. We are going to revisit our favorite meal from each country this year. It sounds easy. The recipe is already there. I now need to rename every blog entry with the recipe title. I guess I wasn't thinking ahead...so you can see, it's a late start. It's now the 2nd week in January and we have moved into our 2nd week of travels to Italy. Completely missed Japan, though we DID make our Asian Chili on 12/28 while celebrating Ugly Christmas Sweater moment with my sissies and kin. So that counts!

So still the question, what's my blog path this year? I'm actually kind of lost in the kitchen right now. Meal planning is hard. I know longer have an assignment, a challenge. It's funny how motivated you are when you are directed or assigned something. Sort of like the gym. I do better when someone is telling me what to do. Elie even mentioned that she hates swimming a workout on her own without a coach telling her what to do. What if we all challenged each other to do something this year? I can imagine the success and accomplishment. Maybe that's it. Maybe I'll come up with a weekly challenge for all of you. 

Stay tuned. I promise for something entertaining!

Happy is.