Thursday, December 25, 2008

I hate walls

Not all walls, but most of them. Hate ém. They are so blatant about restricting your view and excluding you from the room on the other side of the wall. They just seem so unfriendly. Often when I visit someone's house, I am looking at all the walls that I wish I could tear down for them and free them from being so restricted. I grew up in a house in which I desperately wanted to knock down some walls, but my dad was not brave enough to do it. He didn't see the possibilities like I did. I would mention it to him often, but he always said it couldn't be done. Whatever. I can't live like that, at least not anymore. I am finally staring down a wall that must come down and free me from being told I must cook in a lonely kitchen while my family plays on the other side. I can hear them, but.......

Do you have any walls in your life that are keeping you from your full potential? Tear ém down, hun. The freedom will make you sing, maybe even dance! I guarantee (with my best Justin Wilson accent).

Merry Christmas Ya'll!











Just wanted to wish ya'll a Merry Christmas -- I hope you had a great holiday with your family. We had a very nice time at home with lots of good things to eat, we are all healthy and we each got a nice gift or two. Santa was slightly skimpy this year, but no one seemed to mind. It seems the couple of gifts the kids received were exactly what they wanted. Andrew got his first gun from Paw Paw Bill - a .22 caliber rifle. Chris got a speaker for his I-pod, Michael got an MP3 player and James got a very cool nerf gun. We had an abundance of good attitudes and fun was had by all. I got a really cool rooster for my fridge top, so I'm happy too. And poor Keith got a new wallet but no money to put in it. Merry Christmas!








Thursday, December 18, 2008

Rain, Rain, go Away!

You would think after a two year drought we wouldn't mind a little rain, but we have had rain and grey gloom for over a week now, with no end in sight until Monday! I feel like I'm in Butler, PA. And it's not cold either, which makes me feel like I am in Louisiana. Can someone please return our perfect Georgian climate to us? We all miss it and want it back.

Monday is going to take forever to get here.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Honoring our Soldiers


On Saturday, Chris, Andrew and Journee, along with their squadron and a few other groups, braved the 20-ish degree weather and laid beautiful Christmas wreaths on over 1,000 graves at the Chattanooga National Cemetary. There were many decorated military men and women at the ceremony and it truly gave you that huge patriotic feeling. All 3 kids talked about how they were so glad they did this wonderful act of service for their country and how proud they felt. They had to salute each grave as they lay the wreath; that's a lot of saluting. Truly, it was a wonderful event, but more importantly, these kids are learning how to honor those who have fought to keep us free. I am very proud of you guys!


Look Who had a birthday!

Happy 15th Birthday, Chris! Hope you enjoyed it! We made venison lasagna, deep, dark chocolate cake with caramel frosting, homemade eggnog, and meringue cookies. I cheated and bought some really great artisan bread from a local organic foods store. It had the perfect amount of celebration and it was very nice to have Journee to enjoy it with us. Here's to many more, Chris!

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

It's not like me to be this quiet........

....but I sure have been. I guess I am busy doing many productive things and have been aborbed in it. Ever since I moved the sewing machine to where I can actualy use it, I have literally been sewing constantly. I've made tote bags, pillow cases, table runners, an apron, and a tree skirt. You can't have a naked tree! Many times I am just using scraps, thus not spending tons of money but still accomplishing something. Gotta love that!

The businees has been, um, busy. And that's a good thing! But I fear it is a short lived busy and it will slow down again once all the partying is over. People still party, you know, even in a downturned economy. Not me, though. I think every day should be a party, so I find a way to be festive every day. Just ask my kids who think I am a nut. I love to cook with foreign accents, shake my behind to Jingle Bell Rock and well, many other things that we try to keep within the family walls...... I've paid them lots to never tell. They should be able to go to Harvard no problem.

I hope you are enjoying this festive Christmas season, and if you're not, well come on over and we can surely find something fun to do. That is, if you don't mind me calling you Mario as I toss pizzas......

Men in Uniform




We all love men in uniform, don't we? Well check these guys out!