Outdoor Wednesday

This week we had ice, and 6 inches of snow on top of it. One day the sun came out and the sky was blue...and it was a great picture out my window...





















First was ice on my clemantis...

















And snow on the hedges...

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Love,

SG

Postcard Friday

Postcard day, how cute! Here is my great one...I bought it because it had Diamond Cave on it and one of my family discovered Diamond Cave! Yeah, I know its not Friday...

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Love,
SG

Pie making

The other day my daughter and I decided to make a pie together, so we cheated and bought a store crust, since we were also making dinner at the same time and our kitchen is a one person kitchen. It was made with Granny Smith apples, my fav for pies...and here is the result. It just oozes juices, ( now I need to clean the oven). We baked it in a Pampered Chef deep dish stoneware pie plate. I love Pampered Chef!

I also got in the mail this week, the Farmers Market cookbook from Gooseberry Patch. I sent in a recipe and they used it. I love going in the Cracker Barrel, getting down their cookbook from the rack and seeing my recipe in it!

Ice storm is coming our way, so maybe tonight I'll bake another pie!

SG

Robert E. Lee's Birthday

Today is the birthday of Robert E. Lee, West Point graduate, Virginian, husband to the grand-daughter of George Washington and Martha Custis Washington. Commander of the Confederate Army. True Southerner...And above all, an honorable man.
Some people think that secession and war were about slavery. Here is a quote from R.E. Lee:


"So far from engaging in a war to perpetuate slavery, I am rejoiced that Slavery is abolished. I believe it will be greatly for the interest of the South. So fully am I satisfied of this that I would have cheerfully lost all that I have lost by the war, and have suffered all that I have suffered to have this object attained."
General Robert E. Lee, May 1, 1870

Happy Birthday General Lee.....

We get wedding pictures!

Last weekend we got the cd with our wedding pictures on it. I was home with the stomach virus on Monday and Tuesday, so I amused myself by putting them on facebook.

My niece Stephanie took them. She is a great photographer. I'll post a few here to amuse you...

The Wedding was on October 24th at Gaylord's Mountain Cafe.

Here were the centerpieces...incorporating some of our favorite things...lavendar, cotton and moon pies. The moon pies were our favors.

Here is the artsy picture of the rings ... We used a copy of Washington's Farewell Address to the Troops and other writings, instead of a pillow.


We had several different cakes instead of one. This one had a Mayberry theme:















In keeping with the southern theme, the other was this....

We loved him, I named him Art...he was eaten later on. It was sheer carnage....

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In keeping with Outdoor Wednesday, here is a BW of my grandson and great-nephew outside at the wedding...We think they are adorable...

After Christmas lull

Wow, Christmas is over and my youngest has moved back into the nest. I am liking this having her here again. I wish the grandchildren would come visit more.
We went out today and had a nice lunch and were going to go to the movies. The snow is almost all melted away, and I didn't take pictures. I can't get used to having a digital camera in the house now! We ended up coming home after a cruise through BB&B, but we will go to the movies tomorrow.
This year was the first white Christmas since 1975. I remember that one! We drove from Ft.Smith to Clarksville to my grandmother's on I-40...one lane down the middle. I wouldn't do that today...It was a pretty snow, and it melted off the streets by afternoon, so we went to a movie, Sherlock Holmes - along with a lot of other people! It was a nice relaxing Christmas, and ended it with a pot of chili.

I am already dreading going to work on Monday!

Love and Happy New Year,
SG

Friday...

It's finally Friday, and I am looking forward to it! When I left this morning the cable guy was there to install the cable, so now I will have cable tv and internet at the house...hooray!
Shaun fixed the wall in the bedroom and the one in the ceiling in the living room, so I can paint them on Sunday. I am so glad to get that done!
My spider bite/staph thing is getting better, it must be healing because it is itching like crazy!

This weekend I will start putting up Christmas decorations, maybe even post some pics on here.

Happy Fabulous Friday to everyone!

Love,
SG

Moving Day is over....

Well, moving day has been accomplished. I couldn't have done it without all the help from my sister, my daughters and my cleaning wizard. They are all such a blessing in my life.
Now we live with boxes, but today we had to have the rotor-rooter man out, having only the low-flow toilet flushed for a month, no showers or such, created a slow-down in the sewer line, but now its flushed, and Shaun is fixing the wall. I'll probable be able to paint it on Sunday.

I'm glad to be back home and that the house is all clean again.

SG

Veteran's Day

This is my Dad in WWII. He was 18 when he went to Italy with the 10th Mountain Division, US Army. Thanks to all the Veterans and active military for what you did and continue to do.

Work goes on...

Work continues at the house, maybe I can get some pictures this weekend. I finally got Racheal over there and I think she actually enjoyed herself. I think if I am there with her and we make it a together thing, she will be more cooperative.

And I have found someone to clean...so that will be great. We are going to do some work before he moves his things in, so I am really happy about that!

The weather is beautiful here, and its a football weekend, I love those. Of course I'll be working at the house, but its always a fun time in town, everything is so busy and upbeat and so much going on!

Have a happy weekend...
SG