Wonderful Chicken Soup, a new small succulent, a quick trip to NYC and fighting colds

Well! Another Monday for the books!

I know some of my dear friends had a really rough Monday.

They really can be hard, can't they?

I woke up so stuffed up, with headache.  Colds, humph!

I pushed through, with the help of God of course, plus cold meds and hot tea.

I got distracted and had lunch a bit later than I should have, given my cold

but once I had more hot tea and food, I felt better again.

I made it into NYC but things took longer than expected so I did not get 

to Trader Joes.  We did get a bunch of bananas from a street vendor though. 

I worked really hard at having everything as ready as could be for us to come

back home from NYC together (we meet up late in the day as we were

both in the same area). 

The soup turned out really well!

I put in about 3 cups+ of egg noodles into the still on low Crock-Pot

after I removed the chicken (used my kitchen tongs!) and 

while that was cooking I removed the skin and bones from the

very tender cooked chicken (falling-off-the-bone tender)

and when I put it in (shredding it a bit first), the soup was quite hearty!

So to help things be all ready, I did the following:

1. Set the table

2. Empty pot for soup reheating on stove with lid

3. Ginger tea (dried ginger) in disposable tea bag in teapot + water in the 

electric kettle so could turn on and have tea quickly

4. Located the baguette I had in freezer before I left for quick access

All of this really paid off!

We had a nice simple dinner of soup and bread...

we both have colds so this was the perfect meal,

I was so happy that my Husband loved it too.

My sweet Husband had me choose a succulent from the farmer's market,

it is so tiny and dear! 

The man said to put it in water for 15 seconds every 10 days. 

So pretty low maintenance...we will see how it goes!

My Husband is working from home tomorrow

so we are both happy to enjoy more soup tomorrow.

I hope to bake bread as well!

Things can be hard for all of us, but thanksgiving for what we have

and homemade soup I find goes a long way.

Praying that God comforts each of you in your own struggles

on what for many was a difficult Monday.

God bless and protect you and all those you love!