Blue Monday - Guest Room Pictures

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These are prints that I had matted and framed for our home over thirty years ago. They're now in the guestroom. This is the largest. You see it just inside the door. I choose the mat to match the slash of blue in the print.

I used to have the larger one hanging in the center of these, but now they're separated. These hang on the wall at the foot of the bed.


I'm showing you them separately so that you can see the pretty framing.





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Fall Arrangement

This little joke reminds us that Thanksgiving Day is coming. We have much to be thankful for EVERY day.





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Pink Saturday - Christmas Palace Shopping

Beverly at How Sweet the Sound hosts Pink Saturday. Stop by her Pink place to see the many other Pretty Pink items that Precious Pink Participating People are sharing.
When I started this meme, I thought that I might last for a month, but now I'm finding Pink everywhere I look!
For instance, Johnny and I went to a special store to shop this week. It's called Christmas Palace. Perhaps you have one in your area. They are jammed packed with everything Christmas. What's that in the back corner? Do you see some Pink?



Pink dolls! All kinds of dolls dressed in white and pale pink. What a beautiful display!



Here's more pink. This time it's ornaments of many shapes and sizes.



Look at the tree loaded in pink and gold. I took a close-up so you could study the decorations.



Happy Pink Saturday!

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My Thanksgiving Meme

First Pilgrim Unbuckles After Overeating at Thanksgiving

I found this meme from the 2006 archives of Amy at Ink, Paper, Yarn - Oh My! I've changed a thing here and there to make it my own. Here are my answers:

1. Which do you like better: cooking at your house, or going elsewhere?

These days, I prefer going. I’ve spent many Thanksgiving days cooking at my house, but the past years I’ve smiled as my daughter-in-law does the cooking. She’s a good cook, too!


2. Do you buy a fresh or frozen bird?

My favorite has long been the Butterball frozen.


3. What kind of stuffing?

I like what Mama made, and it’s what I always made. However, I eat whatever is on the table, as long as not too much sage is used.


4. Sweet potato or pumpkin pie?

Pumpkin pie AND Pecan pie.


5. Do you believe that turkey leftovers are a curse, or the point of the whole thing?

Never a curse! The whole idea of Thanksgiving dinner is the wonderful turkey, lettuce, and mayonnaise sandwich later on.


6. Which side dish would provoke a riot if you left it off the menu?

Candied sweet potatoes


7. Do you save the carcass to make soup or stock?

I used to save the carcass to make soup. Throw in some vegetables, add some noodles or rice and yum!


8. What do you wish you had that would make preparing Thanksgiving dinner easier?

A new back when mine aches.


9. Do you get up at the crack of dawn to have dinner ready in the early afternoon, or do you eat at your normal dinner hour?

When I cooked, I’d get up at the crack of dawn and get the turkey in the oven early so we could eat during halftime. This gave Johnny an additional thing to be thankful for.


10. If you go to somebody else's house, what's your favorite dish to bring?

Pumpkin Pie


11. What do you wish one of your guests would not bring to your house? What would you like them to bring?

Wine; I'd like autumn flowers.


12. Does your usual mix of guests result in drama, or is it a group you're happy to see?

We’re all thankful to be able to spend the time together.


13. Is your cranberry sauce fresh or canned? Whole or jellied?

canned jellied


14. What's your absolute favorite thing on the menu?

Turkey with some cranberry sauce on top. Johnny would say mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie with whipped cream.

14. Share one family tradition.

Before saying grace and eating, we go around the table with each one telling what they are most thankful for this year.

Booking Through Thursday - Why Buy?

Even if you are a die-hard fan of the public library system, I’m betting you have at least ONE permanent resident on your bookshelves in your house. I’m betting that no real book-lover can go through life without owning at least one book. So, why that one? What made you buy the books that you actually own, even though your usual preference is to borrow and return them?

If you usually buy your books, tell me why. Why buy instead of borrow? Why shell out your hard-earned dollars for something you could get for free?

My Response:
The first and most precious book I own is the Bible. Obviously, I wouldn't want to check out and renew a Bible constantly, since it's a book I try to read daily. Of course I have reference books: dictionary, thesaurus, book of quotes, Shakespeare's works, and other titles that have been given to me as gifts.

Other than that, I have a collection of John Grisham. A friend loaned me The Firm. When I finished that, I checked out A Time to Kill from the library, and I was hooked! Here is an author who can write: no run-on sentences or sentence fragments. He tells a good story. He's contemporary. Profanity is dramatically reduced. I began buying his books as they were published. My family loves to give his newest release to me as a gift. His is a book I'm proud to own.

One year, I even assigned The Street Lawyer for a summer read to my incoming tenth grade Gifted students. It's one of Grisham's few titles that has not been made into a movie, and it deals with the homeless. Although I've not cared as much for some of his latest publications, I still consider John Grisham an American treasure.

What's your answer?