Happy New Year, everybody.

[conuly]

And have a happy new year as well :)

If last year sucked for you, well, at least it's over with, and if it didn't, you have something to look forward to, right? Let's all hope, regardless, that this year is better. (I'm tired, can you tell?)

I do have a New Year's Resolution, which is a change, but I'm worried it's not weighty enough.

I've decided I'm going to like beets. I know, I know, I decided this months ago as a self-improvement project, but I haven't started on it yet. I think I'll start by making a beet cake (possibly the antecedent to red velvet cake), so I can take the taste (and some chocolate) without the texture. Once I get that down, I can work on liking beets as beets.

In the past, I've learned to like eggs (well... more or less. There's just something *about* them! I can eat plain scrambled eggs with nothing in them, but periodically my stomach will randomly heave and I can't eat any more. Ditto for hard boiled eggs, and I even outright *like* those), and green peppers, and eggplant (mmm... I now love eggplant), so beets shouldn't be too hard.

So I'm up for some suggestions.

_{Note - I want either suggestions that match what you already know I want to do, or that are vague and could apply to everybody. I'm not in the mood for suggestions along the line of "Connie, you're such a bitch lately! You should be nicer this year!" or whatever that include actual criticism of me. It's a sensitive time of month, you have to understand, and I've been on edge the past month already (don't know why) so I suspect I'm even more on edge now. Any such advice should really wait until the new year is in full swing.}

Comments

[noodles-morgyn.livejournal.com]

This is a good idea. I used to think that you couldn't really teach yourself to like things, but I've recently learned to like green salads, and now I can't get enough of them. I'm working on green juices next, and after that I might start on green smoothies.

And like things like "Take care of myself and do things that I want to do" as resolutions. In a general sense, I mean; I'm not suggesting that you don't take care of yourself.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Are you going to try and like beets by yourself, or are you going to research recipes and introduce the girls to them as well?

And I don't think I've told you before. I admire what you're doing for and with your niecelings, with the trips to the museum and such. I sometimes wish I could go with you, or take my own children on similar trips and swap stories.

[conuly]

I'll introduce my recipes to the niecelings, but right now we're focusing with Ana more on "If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it, just don't scream and whine about it", and Evangeline, it's a non-issue just yet.

[noodles-morgyn.livejournal.com]

This is a good idea. I used to think that you couldn't really teach yourself to like things, but I've recently learned to like green salads, and now I can't get enough of them. I'm working on green juices next, and after that I might start on green smoothies.

And like things like "Take care of myself and do things that I want to do" as resolutions. In a general sense, I mean; I'm not suggesting that you don't take care of yourself.

[brownkitty.livejournal.com]

Are you going to try and like beets by yourself, or are you going to research recipes and introduce the girls to them as well?

And I don't think I've told you before. I admire what you're doing for and with your niecelings, with the trips to the museum and such. I sometimes wish I could go with you, or take my own children on similar trips and swap stories.

[conuly]

I'll introduce my recipes to the niecelings, but right now we're focusing with Ana more on "If you don't like it, you don't have to eat it, just don't scream and whine about it", and Evangeline, it's a non-issue just yet.