Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all of you!!!
I am very thankful for my precious family!!
I spent the early part of the day with my mom, sister, and aunt celebrating my mom's birthday today!! Happy Birthday Mom!!
We shopped at the mall and had lunch at her favorite restaurant, The Olive Garden....yahoo!!! She and my aunt ate Chicken Fettuchine and my sister and I ate spaghetti and meatballs. Amazingly good!! What a great time we had.
Looking forward to spending the day with my family tomorrow for Thanksgiving Dinner!! Today I made our amazing Cranberry Salad and my husband's favorite banana pudding.
God Bless you all!

Cranberry Salad

1 can Jellied cranberry sauce
2 boxes raspberry jello
3/4 cup crushed pineapple
1/2 cup chopped pecans

*Mix the can of cranberry sauce and jello together, add 1 cup boiling water and then 1 cup cold water, stirring with whisk.
Add nuts and pineapple,(reserve the juice from pineapples)
stir and pour into a 13 X 9 inch pan or two small pans
Place in the refrigerator to gel.

Cream Cheese Topping
When the salad has jelled add topping
Mix together the
8 oz. cream cheese
&
1 carton cool whip with 1/4 cup sugar
If too thick add a little of the pineapple juice to thin
so you can spread without tearing the jello.

Without Him

1.Without Him I could do nothing; Without Him I'd surely fail.
Without Him I would be drifting
Like a ship without a sail.

Chorus:
Jesus, O Jesus,
Do you know Him today? Do not turn Him away.
O Jesus, O Jesus! Without Him, how lost I would be.

2. Without Him I would be dying; Without Him I'd be enslaved.
Without Him life would be hopeless; But with Jesus, thank God, I'm saved!

Chorus:
Jesus, O Jesus!
Do you know Him today? Do not turn Him away.
O Jesus, O Jesus! Without Him, how lost I would be.

"I am the vine, you are the branches, He who abides in me,
and I in him, bears much fruit;
for without me you can do nothing."
John 15:5

Walking Tour

We are blessed to live in a gorgeous area with lots of
wonderful history.

This is a picture of the

Historic Covered Bridge Downtown
Elizabethton, TN



We took a Historic Walking Tour
of our local downtown area a couple weeks ago.
It was fun and very interesting to read the
history behind the houses, landmarks, and some of the
businesses. There are around 30 homes and it
took us about 2 hours.

This is one of the houses, named the
Doctor Bowers House, built around
1906 by Dr. E.E. Hunter and his wife.
Dr. Hunter also operated the drug store in the city,
served for a short time as Postmaster, and oversaw the
construction of the Covered Bridge.

Not sure why....but the current owners of this home
painted it purple???
This house is believed to be the first house in the city in 1892

Sycamore Tree
Cut down in 1987 after many efforts to save it, the story behind
the tree is that the first republic established west of the
Appalachians was the Watauga Association, which was formed in May 1772 under the
shade of an old Sycamore Tree, located on the banks of the Doe River.



This is the Hunter Cottage, built by Dr. E.E. Hunter
for his children. Originally it didn't include
a kitchen since his daughter and her family were
expected to take their meals at the "big house."

OOOOHHHHH.......
is that my quilt????
How did that get in here??

This is my sister's 40th Birthday Gift!!

Fall Colors

Beautiful Fall colors.......
and quilt colors too!!
We are playing catch up here at home. So much has been going on with my dad having surgery and my dd1 sick last week with that nasty flu bug!!
We are looking forward to this week!