Last post of the year!

Good morning.
Happy New Years Eve.
It's been very cold here for this time of year. Running around 10 below normal with highs barely 50.
But that's okay. Getting us in the mood for the cruise where it should be in the 80's.
Here's a pic of a ham dinner Craig cooked last week.....

The ham was sooo good! We pared it with scalloped potatoes, and glazed carrots.
A neighbor brought us a plate of Cranberry Nut Bread.

It also was sooo good! We have some very nice neighbors! She is also the neighbor who is going on our cruise with her husband.
And here's the latest puzzle I finished....

Been keeping fairly busy. Either walking every morning, or going to the fitness center. Craig has even been walking with me in the afternoons. Maybe his recent blood tests have made him realize, he needs to move!   :-)
With several neighbors gone for the holidays, I've been keeping an eye on their houses. One neighbor, I get their paper every day. They didn't want to stop it for a week, and a nice bonus for me! I also spotted a package by their front door and put it in their garage. They didn't say they had something coming, but according to the wife, he orders stuff online all the time and never knows when or what is coming. Then a neighbor has one of their cars parked in the driveway with a cover on it that has blown off 4 times since they've been gone. It has been quite windy here and there. So I go over and put it back on. Just being a helpful neighbor.   :-)
And an interesting thing happened the other day. When we went out to do some shopping, the digital screen on the dash that usually shows the speed we're going showed a message stating our key Fob's battery was low.
If you don't know what a Fob is, here's a pic.....

With newer cars, most I think, you don't need a key to open the doors or drive the car. You just need this Fob with you and the car recognizes it as you get close, and unlocks the doors and lets you push a button to start it.
There is an actual key in it, that you could use if the battery died.



So I went online to figure out how to open it and replace the battery. It was very easy, and we even had a couple of the CR2032 batteries we needed. It was nice the car let us know the batteries were low.   :-)
Well, we're having a 2 day pig out to finish off the year, like we usually do. Food we don't eat very often because, well, it's loaded with fat!
Today, it's chicken wings, and a bologna and cheese platter. Tomorrow, it's real pizza, and cheesy mini sausages. Throw in some soft baked chocolate chip cookies and plenty of wine, and we'll probably put on 5 lbs in 2 days.   :-)
But we still have time to get it off before the cruise.   :-)
And with that, this is my last post of the year!