I made it!!!!

my mother called the other day and said that grandmaw had given her some muscadines.. she asked me if i wanted them to make jelly.. well, you know it!!!! so, i spent one whole afternoon last week making this scrumptious stuff.. it was real tart and tasty.. i loved it.. and it makes you feel good to know you made it!!!! thanks mother for the fruit!!!!!! i always love canning and preserving when i have the time to do it!!!!!!!

what will i cook??

next week is Thanksgiving.. this year, i will be working:((.. my holidays this year are thanksgiving and Christmas eve.. but i still will be preparing something for our annual feast.., but i am not sure yet, what that will be.. last year, i made deviled eggs and a krispy kreme bread pudding, and boy, was it yummy!!!!! some of my family will not be there this year, they will be out of town, but we will still have a good time, and i am sure they will too..

i look forward to my grandmother's homemade cakes and her homemade biscuits.. they are always a big hit. i really wish i had the day off, but i will join them when i get off at seven..after that, i, along with other family, will hit the malls for some great shopping. i always look forward to that, even if i do not buy anything, just being there in the middle of it, and sharing in all of the excitement, it is really something.now, i am hungry thinking about all of the good food i know we will have!!!!!!

seasons change

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven.. Ecclesiastes 3:1

i love the fall of the year.. i love the sights, smells, and the things that i feel in my heart, especially this time of year. i always try to be thankful, but sometimes, i am not thankful enough.. i take so many things for granted, everyday. i love to see the beautiful array of colors the LORD has given us this year.. and they are right all around us.. we don't even have to go the mountains to see it. this time reminds me also of all of the wonderful family traditions.. things i hold dear to my heart.. like going on our annual thanksgiving morning hayride, going down to the parker house, having a wonderful meal at my grandmas, and our annual thanksgiving praise service at church every year.. we have been blessed so much, and i thank the LORD for HIS blessings on me and CHRIS everyday.. we can't thank HIM enough. He has been so good. i am thankful we have different seasons..it , to me, is GOD'S WAY of displaying all of HIS beauty to us.. sometimes snow in the winter, beautiful flowers and budding in the spring, beautiful ocean in the summer, and awesome leaves and colors in the fall.. and even though the seasons do change..i am so glad to know my GOD NEVER CHANGES...!!!!!! PRAISE THE LORD!!!!