Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a good, uneventful Thanksgiving Day!
The family was all gatherered around the table!

The weather was beautiful and the kids got to play outside!

We blew bubbles and watched them go "high in the sky"

I rolled Aaron around in the yard in the tube! It was great fun!

Sarah and GPop!

All in all it was a great day!

Busy Day!

Well, yesterday was an absolutely wasted day. Gene was sick with the stomach virus and I was in bed with a headache. Today is better. Gene is on the mend; still not great, but much better. He was able to eat a bowl of soup today. I am fine today, thank goodness.

We are getting new carpet today! It's about time. The other carpet has been down in the family room for over 20 years. I wanted to change it before the holidays, so that all of my family that has allergies might do better. I changed the color from blue to beige, so the room looks a lot different! It is hard to get pictures of carpet colors, but here goes....

All done, only damage was to my pocket :)

Thanksgiving Dinner

I should have just picked my turkey from the ones in the driveway!

What's for Dinner?

Last night we were watching Paula Deen and she made a dish that sounded so good that I just had to make it tonight. It was bacon cheddar grits with grilled pork chops. It was so good, we were stuffed after we finished. Of course, since I love grits, I guess this was a no-brainer!

Gene sure seemed to love it!

Today was also a day for spending money.....first I had to go pay all of the property taxes.. never a fun thing...then I went and bought some new carpet for the family room and I tried to buy a new dish washer, but the store owner was never in the store when I stopped by. Then I went to the grocery store and spent some more money; then I had to make a little stop by the crafts store to get a new embroidery to work on. I am sure getting a lot of needlework done, since Mom and Dad go to bed by 7:00 pm. I try to be quiet, so I put on my headphones and listen to an audio book and work on my needle work projects.

Close Encounter

At 2:00 am I heard a noise outside. I got up and looked out the window on the door and it was a Black Bear...a really BIG Black Bear. He was in the garbage. I watched him for a while (he was about 3 feet from me) and then i made a noise and he started walking off. He stopped for a moment on a little hill about 20 feet from me and was silhouetted against a beautiful sky; it was wonderful. So I ran to get my camera, and must have scared him off, because he was gone when I got back. It was awesome.

Here is what we woke up to this morning.....

I took this thru the screen, but you get the idea!

I hate cold weather!

I hate traveling in the winter...this is how the mountain looked on my way over here today.

I also hate winter clothes. It is so nice to just be able to throw on a pair of capri's, t-shirt and flip flops. I hate wearing long pants, socks and coats.

Listening to my audio books, sure makes the trip go faster and keeps me from thinking about what lies ahead....On the trip today I really wanted to ride around for about 30 more minutes so I could finish my book, but decided to come on to the house.

I sure hope the bears stay out of the trash this weekend. I really get tired of cleaning up the yard after them, they drag the trash everywhere.

Welcome Kash Brandon McKnight

After a very long day of labor, Kash finally arrived. 7lbs 7oz. The labor was tough and the cord was wrapped around his neck, but he and his mother are both fine.

Gotta love the smile on the new dad!