Confederate Bean Soup/The Lady's Cheesy Mac

First I must interject that today was a very 'off' day for me. 40 mile an hour winds at work all day kinda wiped all the happiness out of me. I just felt like I wanna curl up in a hole for a buncha hours and make it all go away.
Even stopping at the grocery store for the few ingredient I was missing was really tough...

The Confederate bean soup was just what i wanted.... I even have pictures which I can figure out how to enter into this blog u will get to see... For some odd reason the recipe only called for half of the smoked sausage but I tossed it all in... And I was scared of all that bacon grease in my soup so I kinda scooped a lot of it out... (Im sorry...) It was still fabulous and unlike anything I have ever tasted!

The Lady's Cheesy Mac: First off I need to mention that I am NOT a fan of Mac & Cheese... IDK why but everything from homemade stuff to the stuff in the blue box-they all just look blah to me... This was good, i think my mom was more impressed with it than I was... It was a nice creaminess... but unlike the amazing soup, IDK if I would create it again...