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Every Southerner knows they’re supposed to eat black-eyed peas and greens on New Year’s Day, but nobody seems to know exactly why. Some say the greens represent paper money and the peas coins, so eating both will bring wealth in the new year. Others say the greens are for wealth, and the peas are for luck. (copied)

Woody and I aren't superstitious...but it is fun to have traditions and we do try to eat black-eyed peas on New Years in one form or another. Sometimes we have out French Market Soup (the one with many, many dried beans, peas, etc...including black-eyed peas) and sometimes we have what is pictured in tonight's blog..."Mississippi Caviar." This is a mixture of black-eyed peas, chopped onions, chopped green pepper, chopped pimiento, chopped jalapeno pepper, and Italian dressing. You mix all this together and then eat it with Frito scoops! Yum!!!!!!!!! We didn't eat the greens...so guess there are just coins in our future! And, since we don't believe in "luck," (We don't need luck...we have God's grace!) not sure exactly why we eat them...except that this concoction is just a "good eating" tradition!

Tullahoma's new year started out wet and had it's own light and sound effects...lots of rain and a bit of lightning and thunder. According to Weather Bug we got over 2 inches of rain after midnight. Most of the daylight hours have just been cloudy. Woody did go for a walk this morning and he made the Mississippi Caviar. He has watched football and an old Christmas movie on one of the DVDs that I got for Christmas. I watched the movie last night and told him that it was a good one to watch. It is a 1980 movie..."A Christmas Without Snow." I got up and headed straight to the sewing room and have had fun watching old Christmas movies and doing some machine embroidery...making some things that I have wanted to sew out for some time. They take a long time to stitch so today seemed like a good day to do them...a whole day with no particular plans.

Woody and I wish you and yours a blessed 2011!