Ta-da

Playing with my new toy that I got for Christmas/Birthday was very exciting. After reading the instructions (yuk) and watching the intructional Flash movie (yea) I have completed my first embroidery!

Pretty soon, even our undies will have our name in them.

Meanwhile, back in Georgia

On the 24th, 25th & 26th we had lots of fun with family. We got hugs, kisses, food & good times.

Stayed in my old basement apartment at my sister's home.

They even let the smelly hound dog stay. Most everyone was healthy. Some of our family was very under the weather so we said prayers and gave thanks.

We celebrated the birth of our savior and many of my thoughts went to the events of that faith ful night. Peace, joy and grace.

Niece on the radio

My youngest niece's school chorus was on the radio this morning. Listen below.

EC on radio

Christmas decorations

Sweetgum Studio ~ the blog

So I followed the advice of my husband and made a blog just for paintings and art projects. I'm going to try to keep life updates and thoughts on this blog site. Please check out my new blog Sweetgum Studio!

Thanksgiving in O.B.

Hope everyone had a fantastic Thanksgiving. We did. This was a first for us. a right of passage - I guess. We decided to brave the holiday here in our new town instead of trying to get home and back. We sure did miss our family, but we got to see them via video chat. I even experienced the love from my BIL, they got to harass me a bit. Felt a little like home.

The night before TG, I dreamt of cooking the turkey. I guess it was like they tell a pro sports player to "envision your goal". I walked myself through the pre-game press and then the game itself.

We had a lovely couple that Bear knows from OK training and now he works with him out here. They are really far from home and were not traveling either. It was nice to have company and be able to prepare food for others.

Here are some highlights from the menu including The Bird.

Elsie Mae's pan dressing:

Mom's Apple cake:

We are beyond blessed with the love of our Savior, family & friends. We are thankful.

Leaves

We found a couple of parks to explore last Friday. The leaves had already peaked, but we still found good color to see.