Since We Last Met

              It has been an unexcusably long time since I have posted anything! I am not going to attempt to catch you up on everything going on since Thanksgiving but here are some highlights of my life since we last met!

              In January I was inspired to sew my very own dress! I spent many pain staking hours on it. It was a fight! From sewing a pocket closed to pricking my finger with needles, the battle was evident! I persevered none the less. How many other people can answer the question: " Hey! Where did you buy your outfit?" Me: "Oh this? I made it myself!"

     

          What an accomplishment! Hah!!

          Oh, how I love my church. It is the highlight of my week and I look forward to every service! I am thankful for men of God who hold steadfast to truth and preach it! Thank you Pastor and thank you Bro. Kevin!

          More has gone on but I will not cram it into one post. This for the sake of both you and me! Here is an inspirational quote!

       Thanks for visiting, Gotta run! 

Operation Crafts ThanksGiving

This year was not a normal Thanksgiving! Why is that you ask?Let me tell you!!

I cooked an entire Thankgiving dinner for the first time! .....Yay!

It took up much of my time..

My dog proved to be more anxious and hungry than my family was...

I forgive you little pup..

My dog thinking up another way to get her grub on..

Southern creamy mashed Russet potatoes.. Yummy!!

Here's my dad's plate. Look at that beautiful peice of Cajun Turkey! No. I didn't cheat and buy pre made spicing or gravy. I managed to make my own from scratch!

The orange you see on the plate is Carmalized Butternut squash! My first time cooking this veggie and absolutely not my last!  

This is a Lemon Meringue Pie. I ate a peice and my dad finished the rest off that night!

.. In the end, everything proved worth the time!!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

School shoes

School seems to have snuck up on me this year. Yesterday, I found out school starts next week..  I thought it started two weeks from now!!! Yikes! :0  

                                      I will surely miss you summer of 2013. *sob*

Today I went shopping with a friend of mine! Both of us bought new school shoes. Unfortunately, I don't have a pictures of hers. 

Here's mine:

 ~ I can at-least look forward to wearing these!!  Haha

Thanks for visiting!

Blessed

They way God deals with man is .. Simply told.. Amazing! How can a God be so strong yet so gentle. Sometimes I can't get over the fact that he loves his people so much! His timing is always perfect. His strength is perfect. He is patient despite the fact he has the ability to get what ever he wants when ever!! How can I not brag of Jesus? :D He always wants the best for me even when I make a mistake or a foolish decision. I am blessed beyond anyway of expression!! Anything I can say right here....  Is little compared to how much I've been given. I serve a GOOD GOD.

     - A thought of mine 

   -Recently-

  I couldn't get to sleep the other night and for some strange reason and I woke up exceptionally early...like 5 o'clock in the morning early! I suppose waking up at the break of dawn isn't so bad after all... My heavy eyes quickly vanished as I jumped into decent clothing and ran into my front yard to take pictures of the beautiful sky!

 

        *sigh* Just look at those colors!

  I am also stepping out of the normal Monday night meal to try something new.. 

          Cawslaw!!

This is simple and so yummy. A perfect side dish!

 (Sorry, this doesn't look as good as it tasted)

If you have any recipe recommendations why not comment below.

    Thanks for visiting! 

Embroidery & Shout Outs

I've finally decided to take up the long procrastinated project of embroidery! It doesn't look bad if I do say so myself!

     Ah, the little joys of life! ...

 Here's a shout out to this years graduates and two of my best friends, Leonae and Leanne! 

And a..

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Weed or not to weed!

...The title is the first thing that came my mind..
Anyways, today is one of those strange days I go outside and take pictures. As I roamed my back yard I came across funny looking weed or root of some sort. Out of my own curiosity, does anybody reading know what it possibly is?

Holidays

I spent this past Thanksgiving in Pigeon Forge,Tennessee. Instead of the traditional home made turkey at the family table, sandwiches in the Smokies defines a vacation hard to forget!! From car trips through the mountains to stores in Dolly Wood, I wouldn't call it anything less than pleasant!

I took about 600 photos throughout the one week vacation.. You don't think I over did it, right? I couldn't figure out how to write captions underneath each photo with this new device, so here is where I leave you.
Enjoy!