THE SATURDAY SOUP
EIGHT
A SPOONFUL OF MY LIFE
FIVE THINGS
WINTER HOLIDAYS
A CAT NAMED ZUZU
AND A SOUP RECIPE
Welcome to The Saturday Soup! It's a floating feature I hope to post once or twice a month, but if I can't find the time there's no pressure. I will be giving a life update and sharing a soup recipe.
This week I am linking up with The Sunday Post, hosted by The Caffinated Reviewer.
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The big holiday excitement in my locale was the Rockefeller Center's tree being selected from the Greater Binghamton area, about ten minutes from where I live. The tree was an 80-foot tall Norway Spruce that was 43 feet wide and weighed 12 tons.
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The tree was donated by a Binghamton University professor and her husband, Gym Class Heroes drummer, Matt McGinley. I must admit I had no idea who Gym Class Heroes were, but I guess they were pretty big in the early 2000s.•
On social media the family was getting dog-piled and dragged for letting the 80 year old tree be cut down, but Norway Spruce are a non-native and invasive species. Rockefeller Center only selects Norway Spruce for this reason. The tree had also become a high winds hazard and most likely would have needed cutting down in the near future anyway.
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In January when the trees come down, their branches are chipped as mulch for NYC parks, and the trunk is milled into lumber used to build homes in partnership with Habitat for Humanity.
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FIVE THINGS
(about our holidays)
1. We weren't able to have Chinese takeout on Christmas Eve.
My son Baz had to work until 9:30 pm and all the Chinese restaurants were closed by then. This was the first time we haven't had it since we started the tradition, 31 years ago, when he was nine months old. It made me a bit sad.
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2. We did have our annual book and cookies exchange on Christmas Eve.
3. We have lasagna every year for Christmas dinner and cheesecake for dessert.
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4. I received gifts from book blogging buddies, both past and present.
5. My favorite gift!
My son is a practical gift giver. I received two large Anchor Hocking lidded glass storage canisters, and an extra large bamboo cutting board I had been wanting for rolling out cookie dough. However, he did surprise me with a laser engraved 6"X6" ceramic Creature from the Black Lagoon tile for my small Creature collection. I have a stuffed Creature, a bighead mini Creature, a Creature action figure, a Creature linoprint, and two hardcover books about the movie. I would love to have a movie film cell.
A CAT NAMED ZUZU
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1. Underneath everything is his new "bed-bed" to put on my bed. He steals my blanket.
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2. His first three talking buttons.
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3. New scratching post.
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4. There's a cat toothbrush buried under the pile somewhere.
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5. Two helicopter top toy shooters.
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6. 47 needle felted wool balls. There were supposed to be 50!
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7. Six mousies.
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8. "Stinky treats" that I swore I would never buy again, but he loves them. They reek!
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I thought this would be perfect for Valentine's Day!
How were your holidays?
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