Marveling this morn at a culturally delicious pastry breakfast at Le Cafe Gourmet a little while ago …
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/16/26 “C’est Divin!”
Category: Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling?
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/9/26
Marveling this morning, at this INCREDIBLE meal I enjoyed recently at El Ximador, a little unassuming Mexican restaurant in the tiny South Georgia town of Springfield.
An acquaintance highly recommended that I try their potato tacos. I had never heard of potato tacos. The words “potato” and “taco” didn’t seem to go together to me.
But you only live once, so I ordered them.
Tacos De Papa: Crispy fried potato tacos filled with seasoned mashed potatoes, served shredded lettuce or shredded cabbage and sour cream.
I had mine topped with Carnitas (traditional crispy pork tenderloin).
Oh. My. GOODness! They were so very delicious.
Robert opted for their chimichanga …
… and raved about it too. But I didn’t really believe him. He kept sneaking bites from my plate when he thought I wasn’t paying attention.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 2/2/26
Marveling at the fun of watching Benny in his first-ever snow walk.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/26/26
Marveling this morning at our incredible ability to … WALK.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/19/26
Moaning this Monday morn.
As I have mentioned in recent posts, Robert and I are staying at an old country farmhouse in rural South Georgia, while our apartment in Savannah is being renovated.
One of the “problems with benefits” here has been the lack of Internet and Wi-Fi, as well as poor Cellular Service.
But it has actually been refreshing not to look at all of the Harrowing Headlines in the news every day.
We’re at the Huddle House for breakfast right now, so I checked my email, etc. and saw this:
Are we living in the United States of America or Nazi Germany?
Can we no longer protest against that which we deem un-American and cruel?
May God bless the true United States of America and silence the voices of our increasingly terroristic current evil administration.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/12/26
I’ve been doing a bit of both this Monday.
I’m marveling as I remember the nostalgic fun and yumminess of our recent traditional New Year’s Day menu: Collard Greens and Black Eyed Peas.
Do you include these or similar items on your first-day-of-the-brand-new-year menu? Or is it just another quirky thing we do here in the Deep South?
Granny always encouraged/commanded me: “Nealie” (her nickname for me), “now eat your greens and peas. The greens will bring you lots of money in the form of bills, and the peas will bring you lots of change.”
Thanks, Granny, but I’m moaning a bit today as well … waiting, waiting for the cash jackpot.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 1/5/26
Marveling this morn at … Sunlight on Robert.
While our Downtown Savannah place is undergoing a much-needed kitchen and living room renovation, HR and I will be staying “out in the country” in an old farmhouse that belonged to the grandparents of a good friend of ours.
But back to Robert.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 12/29/25
Marveling at some of my Holiday Photos from Christmas 2025.
Monday Moaning or Monday Marveling? 12/22/25
Marveling!
So the other evening Robert and I drove over to daughter Amy‘s house on Skidaway Island (Savannah) to walk doggy Coastal while her fam was out of town.
When Coastal, HR and I started meandering toward the next-door neighbor’s house, we saw this …
Wait, you need it in color. So let’s send Robert closer.
Either very cute or terrifying! This Rudolph has to be the biggest reindeer in the history of the world.
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I was so startled that a few of my photos came out quirky because of my nervously, shaking hands …
Or did that Holiday Giant have special Holiday Powers?
We urged Coastal to finish her business quickly and hastened our way back to the safe house.
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We left Coastal and her brother-from-another-mother Little Kitty at peace and watching the chimney with care.
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