I’m just popping in to wish you and yours a very happy Thanksgiving. We celebrated what we call “Merry Thanksgiving” with my side of the family last night. Since I already have all of my Christmas decor up and don’t ever host Christmas dinner, we have a holiday mash up. Mother prepared the entire meal,… Read More
My mother and mother in law prepare most everything on the table for our Thanksgiving feasts. This year I only needed to bring an appetizer and dessert for Honey’s side of the family and set the table for mine. :-) I thought I’d share two favorite “comfort food” recipes that I’ve made for almost twenty… Read More
It’s almost impossible to believe that this young man celebrated his fourteenth birthday today. I describe him at fourteen much as I did at four. He’s driven, hard-working, kind to others, a leader, easy to befriend and a model citizen. He follows the rules and pushes himself so hard that we don’t have to. Middle… Read More
I share this every year only because it is one of the things I get asked about most frequently in the history of the blog!! For Christmas, our family goes by a four gift rule from Santa. The best and most anticipated gift of our Christmas is always the “DO” gift. It has involved everything… Read More
Our cold, rainy Halloween festivities kicked off with Whit’s 5th grade class party. The other room moms and I had the BEST time planning and executing this simple, fun event – a Deranged Dentist Tooth Buffet. First things first, we got into character and surprised the class by storming in looking for great tooth specimens.… Read More
My mother in law, affectionately known as JuJu for the last fourteen years, celebrates her 75th birthday today! We tossed around many ideas on how to celebrate this milestone and just kept coming back to the same thing… taking JuJu on her very FIRST trip to Disney World. We invited her to a birthday dinner… Read More
Last year for every season I did a spread on this long pine board that doubled as a dessert/appetizer and centerpiece! Our club’s annual adult Halloween party was last night and I was excited to dig it out for a little pre-party at home. These are our neighbors and friends that know us the best,… Read More