New Years Day 2009. Woo hoo.
Didn't get much done today, but I made sure that ONE THING GOT DONE....I ATE BLACK EYED PEAS!
Last year, I did not follow this southern superstition. (One is supposed to eat black eyed peas on New Years Day for good luck . I have even heard that it is more specifficaly for good luck with money, but I just always heard the good luck think.)
I also was trying to fight my natural Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and force myself not to take part in this tradition (superstition, call it what you like). Wrong, big mistake. I won't be doing that again.
2008 was for me full of highest highs, followed by the lowest lows. Now, do I blame it all on my lack of consumption of black eyed peas on January 1, 2008. It would be easy to say, "YES" and sum it up like that. But I won't take any chances in the future that is for damn sure unless I am stranded somewhere on an island. In that case I probably wouldn't even know it is the New Year and it won't matter!
Oh yea!! After much hunting of the local grocery stores, in the Western half of the country, I located Black-eyed Peas. On New Year's Day, I slow cooked those puppies with fried bacon and chopped ham. Oh man, was that good. I ate the entire thing, although it took me 3 days to do it, I had my fill of Black-eyed peas. A tradition that my Uncle Mel told me about. One I've stuck with for many years now. Thanks Felicia, we'll keep with our 'superstitions' or 'stupidstitions', LOL! Either way, they are tasty enough to have one day of the year, even if it's the first day of that year =)
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