The days of the week are a blur with Christmas last Wednesday and now NY on Wednesday this week. I am definitely off track.
Yesterday was a nice day though with going to the gym and then doing the LR zone. If you do Flylady there are 2 zones this week LR and then on Wednesday Entryway. That should add to all the confusion.
I made a broccoli cheddar soup for dinner last night and tweaked a Moosewood Cookbook recipe. I added some cream cheese to the soup as I didn’t have heavy cream. It came out really good although it was as thick as Panera’s it still had excellent flavor.
Today I’m going to brave driving down to Galleria area to Old Navy to pick up a partial order. I’m going to try their leggings and I also got two dressy blouses to wear on our dinner date in Chico. Well, I’m only going to wear one, of course. I had hit up Goodwill and Cancer thrift to find something and there just wasn’t a thing. Our Goodwill has gotten so bad. it’s mostly junk and things are picked over daily. I’m not sure what is happening in that store. There isn’t another Goodwill nearby so maybe that’s it. Plus our Salvation army store closed this year as well. I was actually trying to find something by JJill which is one of my favorite but no luck. I like Old Navy and the price, with sales, is pretty good. Anyway, I think I will try them on before I leave and if they don’t fit right I can return right then and there without a second trip.
Then that will be my big excursion. Tomorrow I am getting groceries for NYE ( we always do sub type sandwiches) and for the Chruscikis. They are Polish or Russian or basically European cookie that is a very rich dough that is fried. They are not sweet but powdered sugar is sprinkled on top. My brother loves these and it’s one of the good memories he has of his childhood. So I’m the only one in our family who makes them.
I’m determined that we will do some traveling this year as we are both ( hopefully ) well enough. I’m going to plan our annual Santa Barbara trip that we missed last year. Of course this year B’s company won’t be paying the hotel for work. But that’s okay we will figure it out. Santa Barbara is about 7-8 hours drive but it’s doable. We have the things we like to do there and the beach trail is the best.
Tahoe Girl 
I grew up wearing fantastic clothes from thrift shops and still love them, but you are right, the pickings are slim. My guess is that clothing is cheaply made to begin with, and it’s near worthless by the time it gets to Goodwill. I did find some some cute things at one of the hospice thrift stores. You could also try consignment, although you’ll pay more.
Back when it wasn’t even a thing( late 80’s early 90’s) I did almost all my shopping at the local Salvation Army. There wasn’t a Goodwill in Auburn yet. I used to find amazing clothes for my kids and us. Now, it is so picked over it’s hard to even go in.
OMG!! Churscikis!! I had an Ukranian friend when I was young whose father used to make these every Christmas! We LOVED them. My friend would always bring down several for my Mum and I. How I would love some again.