Snowmen

It's beginning to look a little like Christmas here...



These cuties were made by Joan. I love them! They are adorable, and will store easily to be pulled out and enjoyed every year. Instant decorating. Check.

A red bow is on the front door wreath. Check.

Next out will be a small fiber optic tree (hopefully it still works). Add some Christmas hand towels and I will be done. The theme for this year is simple.

Who is joining me?

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Ponderism, Part 2

11. How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

12. Who was the first person to look at a cow and say, 'I think I'll squeeze these dangly things and drink whatever comes out'?

13. If Jimmy cracks corn and no one cares, why is there a song about him?

14. Why does your OB-GYN leave the room when you get undressed if they are going to look up there anyway?

15. If quizzes are quizzical, what are tests?

16. If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, then what is baby oil made from?

17. Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?

18. Does pushing the elevator button more than once make it arrive faster?

19. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Never regret anything that made you smile.

Have yourselves a ginger peachy Sunday.  We are going to get a little culture this afternoon by seeing a play.  I'll let y'all know how it goes...and if the culture takes!

Mud, and more mud!

Poor MM. He needed the bobcat from the other side of the cove over here on this side, and the only way to do that is by an earthen dam he left when he deepened the cove 20 something years ago. Unfortunately, he did not hit the right spot, plus the waters have shifted and silted and rearranged. He was a few yards off the mark.



So he had to go get more "iron" to push and pull. He has big toys.



He got the bobcat out, then smoothed up the mess he made...and picked up logs washed ashore and took those over to the fire pit.



Next up was a good hosing down to rid the bobcat of all that mud...followed by a hot shower to rid the machine operator of HIS mud.

It was just another day in Mayberry. MM was asleep by 9:30! Poor baby.

Hello, December! The lake bottom will be drier in a couple of weeks, so maybe he will try again then. Life is never dull.

Avoid the mud...and have yourselves a ginger peachy day, y'all!

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Ponderism

Part 1


1. I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes.

2. There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.

3. Life is sexually transmitted.

4. Healthy is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

5. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

6. Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing.

7. Have you noticed since everyone has a camcorder these days no one talks about seeing UFOs like they used to?

8. Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

9. All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.

10. In the ‘60s, people took acid to make the world weird. Now the world is weird and people take Prozac to make it normal.

Try to have yourselves a "normal" ginger peachy Friday.

Life is good, y'all!

Hello, sun!

We are happy to see you this cold morning! Those dark spots on the L bank of the cove are 6 mallards that are regular visitors to our cove.


Of course when I went out onto the deck, my two assistants had to go out as well. At 25 outside, I expect their adventuring will be short.

So Haley wants to know what I made with my waiting chicken. I had to hold the process after realizing last night was MM's bi-weekly BNO (boys night out). Translation: no cooking for me!

Chicken is now in the crockpot, but not even for tonight. I decided to make Brunswick Stew, so I am cooking the main stuff today so I can cool and debone the chicken before continuing with the veggies...tomorrow...or Saturday. Whatevah. I regroup quite easily for whatever comes along. That's just the way we both roll.

I downloaded from Amazon BSP sista Sally Berneathy's book 3 in her chocolate series,The Great Chocolate Scam, and started reading it last night. She is such a snarky writer that, of course, I didn't want to put it down and actually go to sleep...but I did. I will get some stuff done, and reward myself with reading more. Discipline...I has it. Sometimes.

Life is good, y'all! What would you RATHER be doing?

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Mayberry Wednesday

KC thinks he can play dominoes.



Bless his heart, he wants to be in the middle of everything...and usually manages to be there.

I have to get motivated to get my desk seriously cleaned off so I can then work on Christmas cards, gifts and check my list. Twice. We have another overcast day, so I might as well stay inside and git-er-done. KC sure can't help with any of those projects, but he'll sure try.

But first...I need inspiration before breakfast on what to do with chicken in the crockpot.

It's just another day in Mayberry. And it is good, y'all! Hope yours is, too.

Is your Christmas shopping finished?




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Gingerbread house and other stuff

Brasstown Valley Resort has a beautiful display of gingerbread houses each Christmas season.  Here is the official blue ribbon winner.  Pretty and amazing!

Sorry the light wasn’t great for this photo of the train display.  It was also filled with more gingerbread houses:

Today is overcast after the early rain shower.  At least it was rain, and not that white stuff.  I am definitely not ready for that, even with November rapidly marching on to December.  Where has the year gone???  Sheesh.

This is a perfect day to do those jobs that I have been putting off, mainly cleaning off my desk and taking care of business, then filing all that stuff.  Blech.  There is no such thing as going totally paperless.

At least supper is ready to be heated, so I don’t have to play Betty Chopper today.  I made a big pot of ham and potato soup while preparing last night’s dinner, so if anyone wants to join us, come on!  There is also some mac ‘n cheese…that needs more cheese added.  The recipe I used needs tweaking some more; it was good, but not great, although the wee boys ate three helpings!  They’re easy.

Life is short...forgive quickly, love truly,
laugh uncontrollably...
and never regret anything that made you smile.

Hoping that if you don’t have sunshine today, you at least have smiles…and a ginger peachy Tuesday!