tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18994180872789185512024-03-17T22:59:20.489-04:00Spatulas On ParadeLife's a parade, sometimes you stir the pot, sometimes you just march along.
Photography, Recipes, Crafts, Creative Writing, UpholsteryDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.comBlogger1379125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-4232879405601785932021-03-07T11:26:00.001-05:002021-03-07T11:26:53.832-05:00Savings Sunshine and Memorials - Mosaic Monday 121<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy March and Mosaic Monday (I post on Sunday)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What a whirlwind of a week. I can't believe I've been working full time for two weeks now. Wow, time has flown by and just in case you're wondering... I absolutely love it! Plus, each night the sky is a different color from fire red, brilliant orange, cotton candy pink, purple, I really have to concentrate driving due to the gorgeous colors. I want to just sit and stare. I do snap a few shots each night. Trust me the picture doesn't do it justice sadly, it is amazing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2LR3XdZr8t4EQqgGHt6p4esoYjSGMS1I2iYcFrZlfEGtQMHvyjzvClMoQSsIxJipHdJvXbsjhGdpHGmxGo43uezJejFh2QnZ6_vXtAZWSKIVXIzURd1ePVwMvA2hXTIvtzHzUOoHJaQ/s2048/3521EVV+sunset+mm121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz2LR3XdZr8t4EQqgGHt6p4esoYjSGMS1I2iYcFrZlfEGtQMHvyjzvClMoQSsIxJipHdJvXbsjhGdpHGmxGo43uezJejFh2QnZ6_vXtAZWSKIVXIzURd1ePVwMvA2hXTIvtzHzUOoHJaQ/w400-h400/3521EVV+sunset+mm121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do pass this one billboard that makes my weird sense of humor come out and chuckle. I mean...is it just me?</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I do understand what it means, it just strikes me as funny. NOT meaning to offend anyone.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1MRRTtxKwNAcRXfeIKSSYsQqJIoIwgtS6HP8tQe6ZzhTn_GfeHgfwPwSxqhl9hM9lfUi0XdCaRz3elSaLeDNXKSUuzXgYQ9T1jRRRkUoQ8O4kq3swGNjlZ6s8Rx8tOGp3wzGBz4p2Kg/s2048/cremation+mm121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib1MRRTtxKwNAcRXfeIKSSYsQqJIoIwgtS6HP8tQe6ZzhTn_GfeHgfwPwSxqhl9hM9lfUi0XdCaRz3elSaLeDNXKSUuzXgYQ9T1jRRRkUoQ8O4kq3swGNjlZ6s8Rx8tOGp3wzGBz4p2Kg/w300-h400/cremation+mm121.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Saturday, after a few cups of coffee, we went to breakfast. After that I headed to the post office to mail a package and make a return to Kohl's. I'll be so glad when we can try on clothes again instead of having to buy and return due to the fit being incorrect. Ugh! I mean, if I can buy clothes, try them on at home, in an environment that you have NO idea about and then return them, WHY can I not try them on in the store???? It makes no sense to me. Any who</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After that my husband and I went out to find a few stores some of the ladies at work had clued me in on. WOW!!! Do y'all have a Meijer????? I'm in love, dang, it's like Wal-Mart on steroids but so much nicer. We also went to Gabe's. Think Ollie's but for clothing. Similar to TJMaxx but good googly goo so much cheaper! I found a Columbia hooded weather proof jacket, regular priced $130 for $24. My jaw about dropped off the bottom of my face. OH YEAH I'll be back.</span><br /><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyGkORwIb0wryj2aq4FklcLssz4GE6kYASXcNH7MRV-CFfQPAF01gsRfrM-187BCi9ht7DB9e9hI_xey_LHXCGIeFwS9EG6LXSAQtqXWwO5VmfBIKZQbkr4JCp2oWtT7Fu900blFCkVE/s1333/meijer+finds+mm121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsyGkORwIb0wryj2aq4FklcLssz4GE6kYASXcNH7MRV-CFfQPAF01gsRfrM-187BCi9ht7DB9e9hI_xey_LHXCGIeFwS9EG6LXSAQtqXWwO5VmfBIKZQbkr4JCp2oWtT7Fu900blFCkVE/w225-h400/meijer+finds+mm121.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After all of that fun, shopping, tons of walking, we headed to the water front. The Ohio river is over ten feet above flood stage right now. It did not stop the local residents from enjoying the river walk and sunshine. We've all been cooped up for far too long. Taking advantage of the sunshine while it's here, forecast is for rain rain rain this coming week. I'm thankful it's not snow. hahaha</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwtyiyx5ANzYvIpWBsxEj57Z19h4pDJuq2MGKg8biFu3BBB0bDaQtk5q0bjOZgrVlRbA_BVp_sEbxsGg_gDnLmgZhgnSwUoOihApPgKJ47H3eNyPOs8DnKxvzw6vf-Sxf3CHb57IUTr0/s2048/3621+ohio+EVVS+flood+stage+mm121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwtyiyx5ANzYvIpWBsxEj57Z19h4pDJuq2MGKg8biFu3BBB0bDaQtk5q0bjOZgrVlRbA_BVp_sEbxsGg_gDnLmgZhgnSwUoOihApPgKJ47H3eNyPOs8DnKxvzw6vf-Sxf3CHb57IUTr0/w400-h400/3621+ohio+EVVS+flood+stage+mm121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Above you'll see the bottom two shots are from the walkway facing the EMTRAC which is the train museum. EMTRAC gives the early 1900s history of the river, railway, aviation and street transportation. There is a steam engine, club car and caboose, seen above.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few weeks back we found so many historic buildings downtown that I felt each needed a highlight post. Today I'm including the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum. It is a beautifully architected building across from the majestic courthouse.<br /></span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5hyphenhyphenFB31CIj67QcV0Z1qZFDa56hfEr8KTe-grM1mrMxVqPDE8uSJMq-f6ZpgOIYoAeKhhozAER5gHOWVA4UmhplyPiFS-ebYXdsm67elcHgLmN2Y_fT6LHA_O48Io2hfahTWpTDprv0M/s2048/soldiers+sailors+memorial+coliseum+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD5hyphenhyphenFB31CIj67QcV0Z1qZFDa56hfEr8KTe-grM1mrMxVqPDE8uSJMq-f6ZpgOIYoAeKhhozAER5gHOWVA4UmhplyPiFS-ebYXdsm67elcHgLmN2Y_fT6LHA_O48Io2hfahTWpTDprv0M/w400-h300/soldiers+sailors+memorial+coliseum+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.celebrateevansville.com/evansville-coliseum/">The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum - Celebrate Evansville</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">**Info taken from their link**</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7GPBrN1DSO6Yhyphenhyphen8qPX7QfTC7XhDirqf-G_ybFY9ZzlI7lXyRssLreJmSMycPGvovt1MWx31bVyD04mO-mMaOuaGaOa4Sfdoxoft8TpPY0sUjblpvfi3-NQngu0FF2IF2znGDyfpsGIg/s2048/soldiers+and+sailors+mem+mm121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo7GPBrN1DSO6Yhyphenhyphen8qPX7QfTC7XhDirqf-G_ybFY9ZzlI7lXyRssLreJmSMycPGvovt1MWx31bVyD04mO-mMaOuaGaOa4Sfdoxoft8TpPY0sUjblpvfi3-NQngu0FF2IF2znGDyfpsGIg/w400-h400/soldiers+and+sailors+mem+mm121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); border: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Quattrocento, serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Coliseum, a 66,000 square foot neoclassical facility at the axis of Fourth and Court streets, was erected in 1917 as a tribute to Vanderburgh County's veterans of both the American Civil and Spanish-American wars.</p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); border: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Quattrocento, serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Also known as the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum, the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the Evansville Coliseum, this venue can still seat 2,400 visitors (more than 4,000 if they're standing).</p><p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.85); border: 0px; color: #202020; font-family: Quattrocento, serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once hailed as the premiere events location in Evansville, the coliseum began to fall out of vogue with the community after the completion of the now demolished Roberts Stadium. These days, however, The Coliseum regularly opens its doors to the community for sporting events, plays, exhibitions, weddings, and other community events such as roller derby!</p></div></div></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last weekend we drove over to Mount Vernon. I love the swings and war memorial there plus the buildings are in a similar gothic French style.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWamzR0T2AzpS_Wi2QMRvGNr-SKgAVY0Jg6a1Whi20nYAH7ELYrIsOWP1uPpVoOGlWdXDEJdzlntHUii83CSR6OyT0NEzsKOEWU8QTasV3LebVwkUSKdIU47fCIwYNu-HoBLl-kCflnM/s2048/MTVernon+park+mm121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWamzR0T2AzpS_Wi2QMRvGNr-SKgAVY0Jg6a1Whi20nYAH7ELYrIsOWP1uPpVoOGlWdXDEJdzlntHUii83CSR6OyT0NEzsKOEWU8QTasV3LebVwkUSKdIU47fCIwYNu-HoBLl-kCflnM/w400-h400/MTVernon+park+mm121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">3 Chicks Fudge was closed. Poo! Maybe next time.</span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMFEMSUqADTWcnyMmELW7gPZoGRrqQYMoPuCOJaKY981Kzfs8Iya7C6lMyunQSQb6l5J87xtZ0olw0Jh3fnCqKFv3e4ir1xfGbCMmRr_q_qBo6hS4JUJUzc8P76hQWbon-Ls7p1bmXu8/s2048/MT+Vernon+bldgs+mm121.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqMFEMSUqADTWcnyMmELW7gPZoGRrqQYMoPuCOJaKY981Kzfs8Iya7C6lMyunQSQb6l5J87xtZ0olw0Jh3fnCqKFv3e4ir1xfGbCMmRr_q_qBo6hS4JUJUzc8P76hQWbon-Ls7p1bmXu8/w400-h400/MT+Vernon+bldgs+mm121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a statue/memorial for each war around the square with a tall eagle in the center. Also there were painted old bikes all along the wood line. No idea what that is about.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRnTzpmNmAul-j7xRqeSPhtz4L2kJabA7dlLXHeY3U9aTpSS8_kO67_O7H1qQoQwtViOtPod9XPrXJuT3xEDO9bX3Z1GG_tnP0PlrZVVrClC2eH0E71gYqf01vwUvIgy7Z3i8Ytc8sUY/s2048/MTVernon+war+memorial+mm121.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirRnTzpmNmAul-j7xRqeSPhtz4L2kJabA7dlLXHeY3U9aTpSS8_kO67_O7H1qQoQwtViOtPod9XPrXJuT3xEDO9bX3Z1GG_tnP0PlrZVVrClC2eH0E71gYqf01vwUvIgy7Z3i8Ytc8sUY/w400-h400/MTVernon+war+memorial+mm121.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for this week. I did manage (however late) to visit and comment on the last two weeks post.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">See y'all over at <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie's and Mosaic Monday 121</a></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-26994061586039424982021-02-28T17:40:00.003-05:002021-02-28T17:40:31.337-05:00Whirlwind Week - Salvage - Food and Mosaic Monday 120<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Man oh man it has been one whirlwind of a week! Snow, rain, sunshine and temperatures from the teens to the sixties! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I completed my first week on the new job and I can say this with great certainty, I LOVE IT!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, the balancing act between working 45 hours, taking care of my domestic duties, bills, blogging and such, that is another matter. I'll find a balance. Just this week was full of figuring out when, where and how everything would fall into place.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I apologize to those of you who commented last week, I did not get around to visiting BUT I will catch up! I will be commenting on last weeks post and this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last weekend we celebrated by going to several new places and finding three wonderful places to tie on the feed bag. It felt like a four day weekend instead of two because we packed it all in. This weekend was much more laid back but I'll tell you about that later.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Saturday we split up, my wonderful husband did laundry while I went to the grocery store. In the bottom collage you'll see in the middle right photo a picture as I was leaving our complex. The bottom right was the HIGH pile of snow at Wally world.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The top left, Joann Fabrics superstore, we needed a few things, a super store!! I'd never seen one, it was fabulous!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The top right is...well I'm not sure but it was cool looking. Middle left we stopped at the river just to see if there was still ice on top. The bottom left was where we were parked, the car belonged to a gentleman who was fishing. The wind was bitter even if it was a sunny day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb0ewDTK9qRY8oqorysrpbmuIMCFCB9TpAw6gr51oiCeNHhiYqgMqEyH4Y2s8oLxvYi9uSI4URasiSwzt5fjCVhY_Jip0WHr5z9S1hq9lefoZdeQG-EsopzBtD0ujCY7hSh4WdVHTovQ/s2048/snow+around+town+22021+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdb0ewDTK9qRY8oqorysrpbmuIMCFCB9TpAw6gr51oiCeNHhiYqgMqEyH4Y2s8oLxvYi9uSI4URasiSwzt5fjCVhY_Jip0WHr5z9S1hq9lefoZdeQG-EsopzBtD0ujCY7hSh4WdVHTovQ/s320/snow+around+town+22021+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We love to go antique shopping/looking and junkin'. A few weeks ago we had gone to His and Hers flea market, last week we found Salvage Candy. OH MY! We were in heaven. I seriously took about 150 photos but here are just a few. There are thousands of unique items, antiques, junk, household items and truly one of a kind. There were a few other places we had planned on visiting however when we left SC we followed the road to see where it would lead.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, it led us to Kentucky! No lie. The road ended on highway just at the entrance ramp to the interstate and the sign read Welcome to Kentucky. I turned left and it said Welcome to Indiana! LOL so all roads do not lead home.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTukfaQV32gF1rfCDIyAWBB5hXKgOMxVi_J0fU5gvr6JBq_Q4YPe3bYO_Ht0mdaqE15KOmME8T_PyFXRvoeWkHBgW_xztkZZQv0mTYfV0KOu6zHU2iSrk2FVl5cdSBVZmAV52vPFrywE/s2048/candy+salvage+2+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaTukfaQV32gF1rfCDIyAWBB5hXKgOMxVi_J0fU5gvr6JBq_Q4YPe3bYO_Ht0mdaqE15KOmME8T_PyFXRvoeWkHBgW_xztkZZQv0mTYfV0KOu6zHU2iSrk2FVl5cdSBVZmAV52vPFrywE/w400-h400/candy+salvage+2+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">More items that caught my eye.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RQsqf-8jbKxdaIyl8TMZfCs4RqK6CDvy5FD9O2F4LKYSzrqsPIwByswLVEAyufAHMopDMExRjCvvDjzrVPQdA7EMgcBt8TGm-SoS2HjwJxip53e7ezq11JgD3Ud8pjz5sZdgBq6HYas/s2048/candy+salvage+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_RQsqf-8jbKxdaIyl8TMZfCs4RqK6CDvy5FD9O2F4LKYSzrqsPIwByswLVEAyufAHMopDMExRjCvvDjzrVPQdA7EMgcBt8TGm-SoS2HjwJxip53e7ezq11JgD3Ud8pjz5sZdgBq6HYas/w400-h400/candy+salvage+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This diner, wow...such a cool thing. Very small and originally set up in Wichita, Kansas</span>.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL75NS3btexc-aMGyikq2VHtNDnOnxEvdlajVg4HRiFiTCq10BVC3wGKL7bJRd0_rv1wjbzmx7TWoJiosYU8WPtMlZkrQYyN1WnCJXiA9a9o-IUdy8w8G-iABZL2cTVITJgn0hFdZ3mM/s2048/diner+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL75NS3btexc-aMGyikq2VHtNDnOnxEvdlajVg4HRiFiTCq10BVC3wGKL7bJRd0_rv1wjbzmx7TWoJiosYU8WPtMlZkrQYyN1WnCJXiA9a9o-IUdy8w8G-iABZL2cTVITJgn0hFdZ3mM/w400-h400/diner+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a gold plate for authenticity and he has a certificate showing this was used in the Star Wars movie. NOW that is a unique find. AND pricey I might add.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimf3kYCEBkRDFgDM6n9KKJ971jeSq02U1PhS9qzNco_pc1DHw7cpXsBmJ3AG_FiPJWBMOsAEbFffOxLtZu2q0H4ohDWzoQDwQmuOi8bwtdgSehYj4Oi1Nug-Mo14180mmQ_nA4cWTTnSM/s2048/SW+movie+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimf3kYCEBkRDFgDM6n9KKJ971jeSq02U1PhS9qzNco_pc1DHw7cpXsBmJ3AG_FiPJWBMOsAEbFffOxLtZu2q0H4ohDWzoQDwQmuOi8bwtdgSehYj4Oi1Nug-Mo14180mmQ_nA4cWTTnSM/w400-h400/SW+movie+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Top row and bottom right Parlor Donuts...there are no words. Layers upon layers of flaky goodness. Butter packed, light, airy, crispy, chewy, okay maybe there are words. The pizza was from Turoni's which has been around forever it seems according to the locals. BEST thin cracker crisp crust ever.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAxEgaDcaG7uQwLx8gTVmsErbQxJZBEZrJOQZ_p3sLChLtNwP4JVEsPm564ET1aFNlFI-TgcLhPV28CpPUa_X04WyJZQ0kyZc_Sh4qygXlybNYxasxbePUZZt9wLyojEDHFXdyipDfrk/s2048/food+22021+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvAxEgaDcaG7uQwLx8gTVmsErbQxJZBEZrJOQZ_p3sLChLtNwP4JVEsPm564ET1aFNlFI-TgcLhPV28CpPUa_X04WyJZQ0kyZc_Sh4qygXlybNYxasxbePUZZt9wLyojEDHFXdyipDfrk/w400-h400/food+22021+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunday afternoon I spent prepping for the week. Chopping veggies, fruit and making meals for the week. I knew I'd get home late each day but wanted to have quick/easy meals. It worked like a charm so I repeated that process this week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">THANK YOU all for visiting and next weeks post will be more entertaining, educating and fun. See y'all over at <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/2021/02/mosaic-monday-120-february-thrills-and.html" target="_blank">Angie's for Mosaic Monday</a></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-28455117238114301122021-02-21T01:30:00.086-05:002021-02-21T20:30:10.523-05:00Historic Downtown Part 1 - Mosaic Monday 119<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">How is everyone? Buried eyeball deep in the snow?? We are. Oh my gosh! We've had over a foot of snow with temperatures averaging in the low single digits and wind-chill in the double negative digits. As cold as it is and as out of my element as I am, still not complaining. My friends in Texas, from all four corners, were hit with awful weather and no electricity. My friends in the New England area have been buried in snow for weeks now. I'm thankful that I haven't had to get out, we've had electricity and food. Feeling very blessed. It is beautiful to watch and I've done so by the window. I did however venture out on Wednesday for a....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">JOB INTERVIEW </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was wonderful. The manager and I really hit it off and before I left she sent HR an email with my info. I'm anxiously awaiting an official offer letter. As soon as that arrives I'll know my start date. SUPER excited.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Update! I start 2/22/21!!<br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On to this weeks post...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On February 7th I told you about our adventures of downtown and then again on the 14th. If you recall I mentioned that several post would be upcoming about those adventures because there was just soooo much to tell you about. Well, here is part one of the historic buildings. Today I'm focusing on the Willard Library. But first a brief glance of several other incredible buildings. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIsaH2cbONgFEONabFqw39zTsD1qkNf-oYu6susgF8nJpnVwidGKhkdfDVP0OCiLlQ4HczBte8wR_AoNk68siPTSaEM1NH-JzdSww-25lOpY-p7DY8fz2t80WjB9vORq7UgP2cL8LAzI/s2048/historical+bldg+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimIsaH2cbONgFEONabFqw39zTsD1qkNf-oYu6susgF8nJpnVwidGKhkdfDVP0OCiLlQ4HczBte8wR_AoNk68siPTSaEM1NH-JzdSww-25lOpY-p7DY8fz2t80WjB9vORq7UgP2cL8LAzI/w400-h400/historical+bldg+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the first collage you see the following:</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Top left: Formerly the Greyhound bus station, now a restaurant called the Bru</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Top right: formerly the NABSICO company plant, now the bottom is an Asian restaurant and the top section has luxury apartments. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Middle left: Willard Library </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Middle right: courthouse</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bottom left: Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Coliseum</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bottom right: formerly post office</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BJiCseIGbn4NE_CUlIu1rIuwJ9cAvwuI-Y2yYFFbCVPSSAAbsMZGWoZiBx7k7FVFKIsbPLEkOt1QHuxIkFoGyC4EoU25pXw3lZEzv6MntpYVyvKBIx804MEpy0FCWbVgsSgnsskZyEw/s2048/library+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4BJiCseIGbn4NE_CUlIu1rIuwJ9cAvwuI-Y2yYFFbCVPSSAAbsMZGWoZiBx7k7FVFKIsbPLEkOt1QHuxIkFoGyC4EoU25pXw3lZEzv6MntpYVyvKBIx804MEpy0FCWbVgsSgnsskZyEw/w400-h400/library+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The second collage is the Willard Library. When I saw this building I almost drove in the wrong lane, thankfully no one was around because I did a quick stop and turn into the driveway that I almost missed. This building sits on the corner right by the on ramp to the expressway. Such a breathtaking building and being an avid reader and book lover of course libraries are a favorite place of mine.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDJDVQl0r8U0jSFjcO_Q9ynAOAtNt-Ze3Yzgilb_zmCb47gS-j0VPGxMFnYZf-ud7TE3cJYV7yB-uOsiBacztBNHQb7Qt-M_KiUE0DacSFn1HGF2KxszvHTqcR-_fhO_Zx6JR2VetZ2E/s2048/willard+library+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMDJDVQl0r8U0jSFjcO_Q9ynAOAtNt-Ze3Yzgilb_zmCb47gS-j0VPGxMFnYZf-ud7TE3cJYV7yB-uOsiBacztBNHQb7Qt-M_KiUE0DacSFn1HGF2KxszvHTqcR-_fhO_Zx6JR2VetZ2E/w400-h300/willard+library+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you click on the picture of course it will open up and you can see all the detail. Just marvelous. If you follow this <a href="http://www.historicevansville.com/site.php?id=willard" target="_blank"><b>link </b></a>it will take you to the historic page with all the details about the library. Below I'll tell you some interesting facts that I've learned.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC3Jat-9yPwVPb7ws8mkR2I9jEZGWeEdw7BdSt-rG4PO61qucn6zVkEOqk0FJNUnGfUFY3_cXWRUDIZ11d7PaEsBxVIMJsXQFA5xj_2n5MwHis5UM9OC7bfkN5NaaAN2yc6wvH9J1YLQ/s2048/library+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzC3Jat-9yPwVPb7ws8mkR2I9jEZGWeEdw7BdSt-rG4PO61qucn6zVkEOqk0FJNUnGfUFY3_cXWRUDIZ11d7PaEsBxVIMJsXQFA5xj_2n5MwHis5UM9OC7bfkN5NaaAN2yc6wvH9J1YLQ/w400-h400/library+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here you see the front doors, a statue with a small amount of information about the library. The bottom left photo is a newer section built on the back, as an owl lover I love this pair owls guarding the entrance to the architecture section.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The library was built in 1885 in the Victorian Gothic style and was designed by the Reid brothers. Ground breaking began in 1877 but due to depression was halted until 85. Folklore says the library is <b><a href="https://willard.lib.in.us/about-us/ghost" target="_blank">haunted by the lady in gray</a></b>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was Willard Carpenter's dream to have a university that would be open to all people no matter of the color of skin, race, religion or origin with no discriminations. This was a very forward thinking man in the 1800's. The university idea became a library.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As it was Saturday and close to closing time we did not venture in but of course you know I had to return. My original plan was to return that week and go inside, however, due to the ice storm and then tons of snow, I have not made it there, as of yet but I will. I have read about the inside and can't wait!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In a future post I will revisit the library topic and post photos of the inside. I did see a few but refrained from searching more not wanting to ruin the awe when the inside comes into view for me the first time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope you are all well, bundled up and enjoying a nice hot cup of joe or tea.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">See you over at <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie's for Mosaic Monday</a></b>!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-22184318730453064612021-02-14T01:30:00.014-05:002021-02-14T01:30:01.852-05:00Howell Wetlands Nature Preserve - Mosaic Monday 118<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome back!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">February 14, Valentine's day, the day that retail establishments have decided to cash in. I'm not cynical really, just wise enough to know that any other day I can buy roses for $20 or less EXCEPT for 2/14 and then they start at $50. We choose to show our love everyday and refuse to wait in long lines to pay more for food. We normally go out the day before or after. This year we are staying in because our weather hasn't been over 25 degrees in several days now with more snow expected momentarily. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moving on to last weekend. It was such an adventure packed two days that I am breaking it down into several post. I don't feel you'd stick around for 75 photos and commentary on a dozen place all in one post. I could be wrong.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday night we discussed what we wanted to do, where we'd go and in what order. This all hinged on the weather of course. Checking the app to see, it looked like a nice day was in the future. Excited we went to bed and Saturday woke up to temperatures that were not inviting for walking/hiking in the unknown. Poo!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you've been around here any at all you know I don't do cold. I don't like being cold or wet but here I am in the Mid-West where it rains for two days, sunny for a day and then snows. This has been the normal for the last three weeks. Temperatures haven't been all that bad, but when you're used to 34-50 degree average temps and all of a sudden the average is 30, well, that's a big deal.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had a nice hearty breakfast and just kinda lounged around until around ten thirty. The sun had come out and we thought, let's go!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First stop Rural King, yes it is the new Wal-Mart in our lives. LOL</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next was a drive by a park but it was closed, so off to the next one. Howell Wetlands Nature Preserve. Disappointing but due to all the rain most of the trails were flooded and even one of the bridges was covered in water. The wind was fierce and bitter but we braved a short walk around.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2q9RiG1nvi2CUj1Bso0ujewV0Kv_iq84Tlpv5pWqBUDGlKx85TM7xQf27B4A4PA8WNE41XFnDX-EnPXdZQvVvwzjNaidPZAdgKPEJiES_2F2h0-5XGeESQg2NTEFD2JslLMDUMPzWlk/s2048/wetlands+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis2q9RiG1nvi2CUj1Bso0ujewV0Kv_iq84Tlpv5pWqBUDGlKx85TM7xQf27B4A4PA8WNE41XFnDX-EnPXdZQvVvwzjNaidPZAdgKPEJiES_2F2h0-5XGeESQg2NTEFD2JslLMDUMPzWlk/w400-h400/wetlands+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here you see one of the walk ways over the lake is under water and the other is covered in poop. Canadian goose poop to be exact. It was like a mine field so we turned around and went the other direction only to find it underwater.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Off to the next stop.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mesker Park and St. Joseph's cemetery. Now before you going judging me, realize that we are huge history buffs and a cemetery holds a lot of history about an area. I learned so much about the area and people while walking/driving around this massively huge cemetery but that will be a post all in itself.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mesker Park is located next to the Zoo and Botanical gardens. This park is full of rolling hills, pavilions, picnic tables, hiking trails and disc golf.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3tQSU9QG_X1RkRqGzrrl9U9_RNLrEyIlOUD5DZEq158zh5U9nxRqW7lCz_5NzZ0X2mSjabHIKwp-AzQVneDWM5P_XEhOJ6rumq2t_83D5IycOr6_UQABDUjXTTuqTey9QSNkxtAuXgx4/s2048/Howell+wetlands+bridge+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3tQSU9QG_X1RkRqGzrrl9U9_RNLrEyIlOUD5DZEq158zh5U9nxRqW7lCz_5NzZ0X2mSjabHIKwp-AzQVneDWM5P_XEhOJ6rumq2t_83D5IycOr6_UQABDUjXTTuqTey9QSNkxtAuXgx4/w300-h400/Howell+wetlands+bridge+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We took several twist and turns around town. I've past the His N Hers Flea market several times and finally decided to stop in. Soooo glad we did. What a treasure trove of unique antiques, gifts, household items, old tools and dishes galore! I was in heaven. I love junkin'!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvBWP3ymgfWm7Ly2fUWR9CQt5kH2d0tIR631QDUsmM0opiCafNNnkVL883vDv2bKjefWy5PqVBlY5rpUa2FaKpKkYQZAjuhA8ikwEU0BoGXSj9PlaBkTAOop95LixVUn6gLmEFNKkaB8/s2048/HNH+rusty+truck+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKvBWP3ymgfWm7Ly2fUWR9CQt5kH2d0tIR631QDUsmM0opiCafNNnkVL883vDv2bKjefWy5PqVBlY5rpUa2FaKpKkYQZAjuhA8ikwEU0BoGXSj9PlaBkTAOop95LixVUn6gLmEFNKkaB8/w300-h400/HNH+rusty+truck+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our only purchase was these cute little soup crocks. $4 oh there was quite a few items we could have purchased but having just downsized we are a little more thoughtful about purchases. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRFvHAgbrySqiLHAVy2g9vwvaCG4qTnIRk_5lYpZmm2K-7vPqNNisRDDxBmoCCmjaOjpmO94bSjz3tzbqqrd0pZ3IbQS2LyK2NlJQltHYrE48moVGFaSnts6W_u4grA_mB1QuTArWTvw/s2048/soup+crocks+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlRFvHAgbrySqiLHAVy2g9vwvaCG4qTnIRk_5lYpZmm2K-7vPqNNisRDDxBmoCCmjaOjpmO94bSjz3tzbqqrd0pZ3IbQS2LyK2NlJQltHYrE48moVGFaSnts6W_u4grA_mB1QuTArWTvw/w300-h400/soup+crocks+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXrNwPFQZaxaHW9wmvJ7cu6Q30E9TgkQg4H3XI5wkb6ZeT3DyYdByGvDnARV3HeML3viCL9klaj3MnTj_aSFc4zmbTbncB2qcKFbfdXU66PNVm86KE4Knxf_An8xTCD3Aj88lP-joYwg/s2048/HisNHers+Flea+Market+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXrNwPFQZaxaHW9wmvJ7cu6Q30E9TgkQg4H3XI5wkb6ZeT3DyYdByGvDnARV3HeML3viCL9klaj3MnTj_aSFc4zmbTbncB2qcKFbfdXU66PNVm86KE4Knxf_An8xTCD3Aj88lP-joYwg/w300-h400/HisNHers+Flea+Market+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I really love the dresser here, bottom left photo, but no room for it. Whoever restored it did a fabulous job because the painting looks like it could have been original to the time period.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH1M4LZlImOHIGh8IiEtY_byuStDssRauO_zMozLDUjrD1G3_26ouXZpfWVuPKNsuQ4kqCHt2bdOsUmpFwb5KghrbpogZjxS8yRvhfzXpIpXfE6K4ieaZUCG9mzu6HY6Jd7KrXtmBoLA/s2048/flea+market+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKH1M4LZlImOHIGh8IiEtY_byuStDssRauO_zMozLDUjrD1G3_26ouXZpfWVuPKNsuQ4kqCHt2bdOsUmpFwb5KghrbpogZjxS8yRvhfzXpIpXfE6K4ieaZUCG9mzu6HY6Jd7KrXtmBoLA/w400-h400/flea+market+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the flea market we headed downtown. That will be another post as well. The amount of historical buildings and breath taking architecture is mind boggling. I was like a coon dog chasing a squirrel. Every where I looked there was another building that oooooh I had to see, turn, jump out, photography, look around, oooh, another building, turn turn, where to park, stop in the road, jump out, photography and on and on. I'm sure if anyone was following me and watching they thought this poor lady must has been locked away in a cave and hasn't seen daylight in years. She's batcrap crazy! ROTFL I had such a fun time though. I just can't even tell you.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After all of that we went to lunch at another local place, we are determined to only eat at local mom and pop places and forego the tyranny of corporate America. After lunch, more adventures and finally home. Exhausted and happy.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunday was a stay home day due to the snow. Late Saturday night, after nine p.m. it started to snow. Thankfully not a lot but 3 inches and waking up to temperatures that felt like -1 was more than enough reason to stay home and relax.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now that I've talked your ear off so to speak. I'll head over to <a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie's and Mosaic </a>Monday, drop my link and see what y'all have been up to. See ya there.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-12700877830011260342021-02-07T10:29:00.000-05:002021-02-07T10:29:16.345-05:00Love The Pig - Mosaic Monday 117<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well it seems that Southern folks are not the only ones that "love the pig" aka pork. lol Last weekend we went back over to Rural King. Just look at those names will ya! Hysterical and I didn't take pictures of half the stuff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wait, let's back up. If I didn't explain Rural King to you, or you're new here, let me give you an idea of what it is. Think Tractor Supply meets Home Depot and HD daddy was a local feed store and mama was the state fair canning champion. Now TS his daddy is Ace Hardware and his momma was a gardener. TS and HD went into farming. THAT is a RK store oh wait, with some clothing thrown in the mix. You know like Browning and Carhart type clothing not Prada.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So anywho...we go to RK because my husband needed some new jeans for work and what better place than RK. Jackpot! Carpenter jeans, heavy duty fabric (they call them dungarees, which I thought was an old Southern term for jeans, it's what my grandmama called them and only men wore them) what deal. They sell them for $9.99, NO JOKE!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then we just meandered around, looking at literally everything in the store. I wanted to bring home some chicks (that's baby chickens y'all) so bad but no way to care for them in an apartment. Oh I miss my girls aka chickens. We used to have 8 and I loved them all. So comical at times and each with their own personality.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Okay I digress. What does this all have to do with pork? While walking around I noticed a theme LOL here's a visual for ya.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the South we don't buy bacon grease, we save it up. Every good cook has a can sitting on the stove full of bacon drippings. Those drippings are added to greens when cooking or in the cast iron prior to pouring in the cornbread batter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't do that I promise, I stopped that back in the early 2000's when my health became a huge issue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now who wants some Ogre sauce?? Not sure about that, I kept thinking Shrek snot to be honest, eww.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We also found some nice flannel shirts on clearance for $6.47.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4_lxvi8gkY-tK6c-ZTWMKUPfh_sry_gHs4sDNtjESHU8ZE3N9uDqhF1s4tMfKoY-pQpb07paDbzvUZjVw1AT-Sx6Utf8ZPHipZ334WjMVoKIiAId88zaQiTtYVAczFicEjKC2p7guXs/s2048/Rural+King+finds+%2523MM117+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD4_lxvi8gkY-tK6c-ZTWMKUPfh_sry_gHs4sDNtjESHU8ZE3N9uDqhF1s4tMfKoY-pQpb07paDbzvUZjVw1AT-Sx6Utf8ZPHipZ334WjMVoKIiAId88zaQiTtYVAczFicEjKC2p7guXs/w400-h400/Rural+King+finds+%2523MM117+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After leaving RK we decided to check out that side of town. Found another park, because if this city has anything it's parks and by the dozens! I love it.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This park is dedicated to the Hispanic community, signs, paintings, soccer fields, a pavilion with a snack area. No one was around of course, it was drizzling rain. There was also a lake with a walking path all the way around. I'm looking forward to going back in the spring time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first thing I noticed about the lake was the sign..."NO SKATING ON ICE" wait, what??? It gets cold enough here for the lake to freeze??? Well fast forward to this morning and I can confirm this! It is currently -1F as I'm typing this! YIKES</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVf7qAVnwoP2G627m_sj1nD7qRIWlAUS5w4eUjllYLyVMeoJmZABe79LQZD-fRYvWklTDunmJd74MicxFJ9-MKqXiD4B6iHFO55-ZPIFHZY_YfynetzPfJ__jnG1P-8O3UdN8bb88T8M/s2048/adventures+%2523MM117+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVf7qAVnwoP2G627m_sj1nD7qRIWlAUS5w4eUjllYLyVMeoJmZABe79LQZD-fRYvWklTDunmJd74MicxFJ9-MKqXiD4B6iHFO55-ZPIFHZY_YfynetzPfJ__jnG1P-8O3UdN8bb88T8M/w400-h400/adventures+%2523MM117+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Tuesday when I was out and about I turned right instead of left at the light. Just for giggles. I like to explore and why not. It's not like I had anything else to do. Coffee in hand, music on and away I went. Well, less than 4 miles down the road I realized that the expressway ends! Where does it end??? At the University Of Southern Indiana. Well...that's not what I expected. HUGE campus and very nice.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh wait, I jumped ahead. After our adventure to the lake/park last weekend, we continued to check out this area of town. Around 2-3 we it started to sleet and snow. We thought it might be a good idea to head home plus we were getting kinda hangry, you know, hungry angry. I saw the sign. The Cross-Eyed Cricket. I wanted to check it out, we previously had not because we thought it was a bar. I mean come on, with a name like the Cross-Eyed Cricket wouldn't you think it was a bar?? </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's not. It's a nice sit down family restaurant that's been here for ages with almost all of the customers being regulars. It took a long time for our food but it was worth the wait. The staff was super friendly and we enjoyed the homey atmosphere.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I ventured out on Tuesday and found a new (to me) coffee place because coffee is the elixir of life. LOL this little joint is called The Purple Cup and all the drinks are purple something. The Purple Way, the Purple Dream and so on. I chose the Dream. Espresso, steamed milk, caramel and white chocolate topped with whip. Oh my!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Friday I became official. Yep, going and braving the lines and long list of required documents in hand I applied for and received my Indiana state drivers license and registered to vote in the State of Indiana. So it's official. This East coast Southern girl is now a Mid-Wester. eeekkk Now it's the hubs turn. Next we have to register the vehicles and switch tags. None of which can happen until you have your license. There is so much to do when moving to a new state.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday was a HUGE adventure day and I'll tell you all about that next week. I need to edit photos and create some collages/mosaics.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Until then, bundle up and see ya over at <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie's for Mosaic Monday</a></b>!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-51925081500240080002021-01-31T01:30:00.064-05:002021-01-31T01:30:05.126-05:00Scouting The Area - Mosaic Monday 116<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wow, the last day of January 2021. I don't even know! I am really starting to believe that we are in a time warp and time is going by faster than we think. I know I sure feel like it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Seriously, who else is loosing track of days and you blink, BAM, another week is gone?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">lol</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Okay, so...finished up my first week here in the Mid-West and I have to say I'm enjoying it. We live in a very pretty place. I can't wait to see it come spring time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last weekend we went exploring. We found 2 very large parks not far (2 miles) from the apartment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are a few shots from Burdette Park. 170 acre park with a BMX park, water park, mini golf, lots of water access, cabins and chateau to rent, playgrounds, soccer fields, baseball fields, fishing, and more.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcTREv71NRhYIK6CstPUKG6U5kgqlEYN4tOegqXhyphenhyphenppcVAQ5PQmDzlYKsTzyk0ZxbOHRsdog0dgFkgnU5xEmfW92OcyZwfxxiYbWf5-OAXOq98K-N_6tZip6WwYGuiTQBXWtGZRjC7aY/s2048/entrance+to+park+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcTREv71NRhYIK6CstPUKG6U5kgqlEYN4tOegqXhyphenhyphenppcVAQ5PQmDzlYKsTzyk0ZxbOHRsdog0dgFkgnU5xEmfW92OcyZwfxxiYbWf5-OAXOq98K-N_6tZip6WwYGuiTQBXWtGZRjC7aY/w300-h400/entrance+to+park+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love this wacky little house.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_pGwe3xSmYcw0zn1xCZ9mC6lu1bwBQ7TzliGD0HzWx_aiZ7bPm_al7LlGTTuuJMOUUpoILQajxbVozfr4qr3ocYed8wz6arWH6jH2ekBoF7Ntz_dcQuH1EsRUJVB9C4kcGd4PdLHq1o/s2048/funny+house+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia_pGwe3xSmYcw0zn1xCZ9mC6lu1bwBQ7TzliGD0HzWx_aiZ7bPm_al7LlGTTuuJMOUUpoILQajxbVozfr4qr3ocYed8wz6arWH6jH2ekBoF7Ntz_dcQuH1EsRUJVB9C4kcGd4PdLHq1o/w400-h400/funny+house+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Driving through the industrial area and down by the rail yard we saw this 'remote' engine. Pretty cool as long as it doesn't go rogue.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8b5eSQqpvpFSIvrjmQYQqnAwpe4dsyfY_FDL41rxluqHqtQy_SxN3y6LTm_Lpp2G-qjebYUxTk4BymHy9iLhCf053zKkjHj2sPZcMUzp8wI3CA7peB7sbbCR0NqUSTvBKoa8SZZHM5Sw/s2048/remote+train+engine+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8b5eSQqpvpFSIvrjmQYQqnAwpe4dsyfY_FDL41rxluqHqtQy_SxN3y6LTm_Lpp2G-qjebYUxTk4BymHy9iLhCf053zKkjHj2sPZcMUzp8wI3CA7peB7sbbCR0NqUSTvBKoa8SZZHM5Sw/w300-h400/remote+train+engine+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Several buildings in the area to include the first electric/power company building.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz7abHk9mvn9bUvAgglVPOJtZ1LF4qWpF-6iFhahiIiZX_hBPh2j6IYyBb6BLJjimpkbMw6EDvSaHOtxbDevYf9cjsjD1ZDw1qz4TzUxYXwrDRioHZ0wYtG6ul83nJEqPU879_Py8jmo/s2048/industrial+area+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgz7abHk9mvn9bUvAgglVPOJtZ1LF4qWpF-6iFhahiIiZX_hBPh2j6IYyBb6BLJjimpkbMw6EDvSaHOtxbDevYf9cjsjD1ZDw1qz4TzUxYXwrDRioHZ0wYtG6ul83nJEqPU879_Py8jmo/w400-h400/industrial+area+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the next park as we were walking along the trail we came across a random bag of ice just sitting there. Uhmmm no clue but I can tell you, it's been a week and I'm sure it hasn't melted!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTb_SiRLJW8OHZ5Z_MyI5-QrtkHGPOczdaLQSpaQI_VM0O4sM9MgxDINlZTssqWk_LZ3F-YBOXv3Qk4hfWfNE-lJojqfVvBkTEq-3H1thjX27G5xhCcJhRt0_iGiZVG8adpWYTgQSzrGk/s2048/random+ice+bag+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTb_SiRLJW8OHZ5Z_MyI5-QrtkHGPOczdaLQSpaQI_VM0O4sM9MgxDINlZTssqWk_LZ3F-YBOXv3Qk4hfWfNE-lJojqfVvBkTEq-3H1thjX27G5xhCcJhRt0_iGiZVG8adpWYTgQSzrGk/w300-h400/random+ice+bag+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As we rounded the corner, there was a skate park and a ...shoe tree? No idea why there were all these shoes up in the tree but I'm guessing it has to do with a trick or accomplishment with the skating park.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCelDCqY3cBvMzmVwOSXS3tHPfm3gCxTFaAECYcRY2nEIED9PCyUxfhIW0N_vlDnz-4wwLVbpCEu7JkXJDrw2GJskNDCObpu5PnIs38-zXh5YRkp6EHSsE_7M-k9dVH4V7Y14B2mwpMY/s2048/shoe+tree+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFCelDCqY3cBvMzmVwOSXS3tHPfm3gCxTFaAECYcRY2nEIED9PCyUxfhIW0N_vlDnz-4wwLVbpCEu7JkXJDrw2GJskNDCObpu5PnIs38-zXh5YRkp6EHSsE_7M-k9dVH4V7Y14B2mwpMY/w300-h400/shoe+tree+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This area used to be called Shanty Alley, it was full of little shanty homes until the mayor came in and cleaned it up, turned it into a park and built small homes near by.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaLbbywvvj6kTW5ygT8mL8zthgPUJnGLjDW47_Sd1kpDe3MJGfNvkZO_ZO8x574LQl8t9gWH7__ESbsLOA-Sp02I3y7BiNZ-zMDhl21vS7yqfSRAD_wT4-tO4jk_zMZ3p3Jm4yhBXNAA/s2048/park+bridge+Lamasco+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaLbbywvvj6kTW5ygT8mL8zthgPUJnGLjDW47_Sd1kpDe3MJGfNvkZO_ZO8x574LQl8t9gWH7__ESbsLOA-Sp02I3y7BiNZ-zMDhl21vS7yqfSRAD_wT4-tO4jk_zMZ3p3Jm4yhBXNAA/w400-h300/park+bridge+Lamasco+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0tPFIS4ZJ6culgYzG-pOR4lN50MTBVbXc537TnUnv7LyKq8uaCG0t_PsTlBHAqSf041FdZF2TJINmFh0W-NQR1Sg0HuBhh-wSX-lwIwlIToOTlA5lwG8buaOvFvg9BYqdYtTF9ui4Fk/s2048/pigeon+park+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq0tPFIS4ZJ6culgYzG-pOR4lN50MTBVbXc537TnUnv7LyKq8uaCG0t_PsTlBHAqSf041FdZF2TJINmFh0W-NQR1Sg0HuBhh-wSX-lwIwlIToOTlA5lwG8buaOvFvg9BYqdYtTF9ui4Fk/w300-h400/pigeon+park+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">During the week I went to the local grocery store. I had never heard of it, upon looking it up online I found it is only in 5 states, started in the 30s in Missouri. I saw these cute coffee cups there, y'all know me and coffee LOL</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIHb9z0ccub34WFofrkFpM2lqaGl0exeyz5IiUjqJJL4F7hTLDsCde2K3-CzbkdC2cMco9JMIYoz4xDtUEYP7LrEWjv4HojRLBfwjTcGlfSo6XUDZC1CDE1cdrHipwZKtrEukbUwddd4/s1333/coffee+cups+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghIHb9z0ccub34WFofrkFpM2lqaGl0exeyz5IiUjqJJL4F7hTLDsCde2K3-CzbkdC2cMco9JMIYoz4xDtUEYP7LrEWjv4HojRLBfwjTcGlfSo6XUDZC1CDE1cdrHipwZKtrEukbUwddd4/w225-h400/coffee+cups+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of coffee! LOL we updated the coffee bar by hanging the mugs on the wall to give us a little more storage space. I love it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMOWNm9jkzhgVY7SayniGgivSeApRkkiPwniBlLvvZpLBukpeoZNRjTyaoGx8LpPloOlKF-s-qTEe4R9w2E7vQ7e0gdY5RttsyL40lNjNp5MrAkY349U3XNvYHcgnsmH-PN3qytbLMHs/s2048/coffee+mug+rack+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaMOWNm9jkzhgVY7SayniGgivSeApRkkiPwniBlLvvZpLBukpeoZNRjTyaoGx8LpPloOlKF-s-qTEe4R9w2E7vQ7e0gdY5RttsyL40lNjNp5MrAkY349U3XNvYHcgnsmH-PN3qytbLMHs/w300-h400/coffee+mug+rack+%2523MM116+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We had our first snow this week, well first for me since arriving. It's been mostly rain. Yesterday we were out and about, in the rain, and it turned to sleet/snow so we headed back to the safety of the apartment.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been out a few times exploring on my own, figuring out where the necessary places are, the bank, grocery, Dunkin' LOL ya know, important stuff.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next week I'll tell you all about this weekends adventures. Stay tuned!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">See ya at <span style="background-color: #fcff01;"><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie's Mosaic Monday link up.</a></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-47593449034098410222021-01-24T00:30:00.001-05:002021-01-24T00:30:03.563-05:00Lots Of New - Settling In - MM 115<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hey howdy hey!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mosaic Monday time and so much has happened. WOW!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm here, in the Mid-West. Settling into our new place, unpacked, organizing and finding space for everything. Even with downsizing and purging, there are still things that we have no room for. I have WAAAYYYY too many photos and kitchen stuff for this little abode. That's okay, I'm finding creative ways to store/stash/hide things. lol</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With kitchen space being extremely limited we've had to be creative. One way is this great dresser. It was just sitting in the storage waiting for the trash man. My husband sanded it down , painted it and now it is part of the kitchen/storage. Works great and all it cost was a little time as we had the paint already. Now that's a win in my book.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0SptyEWqHyVd2POKHjed5AIdCoKK1s3ltIxSJXsUTTX2WUiCOomuhvI8ukgGajqfwoRwn6lpjg4jgQ2j4JDezfmxUn1c25l4HHa59fuOVqNoy4gfFw3HpRqBTbrUNzxzt_GH5B9X0Gs/s2048/kitchen+dresser+before+and+after+%2523MM+%2523SOP+115.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj0SptyEWqHyVd2POKHjed5AIdCoKK1s3ltIxSJXsUTTX2WUiCOomuhvI8ukgGajqfwoRwn6lpjg4jgQ2j4JDezfmxUn1c25l4HHa59fuOVqNoy4gfFw3HpRqBTbrUNzxzt_GH5B9X0Gs/w400-h400/kitchen+dresser+before+and+after+%2523MM+%2523SOP+115.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I drove up on Monday, five days early, with Wednesday looming I didn't want to get "stuck" in GA. The weather was fantastic, traffic wasn't bad and I made record time. Since I was driving alone and the law is handsfree, I only took a few photos. From the dash by the way. This helicopter is in KY.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Sn0KhV4WwrHD4_E1N69Rx-vsQrXLg9tY9PgvEOG8qNoDf5mQsuGOkebgyqdRLNue3yipqZ0dqUxN-CCOfS4PBAIuXYR32jU5HPdokDbggwYhiYHZgeKt10cmPBOnlx30UNbhDlhnnzk/s1844/Henderson+KY+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1647" data-original-width="1844" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Sn0KhV4WwrHD4_E1N69Rx-vsQrXLg9tY9PgvEOG8qNoDf5mQsuGOkebgyqdRLNue3yipqZ0dqUxN-CCOfS4PBAIuXYR32jU5HPdokDbggwYhiYHZgeKt10cmPBOnlx30UNbhDlhnnzk/w400-h358/Henderson+KY+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two weeks ago we added to our family tree with the birth of two little girls. A great niece and a grand daughter. This week we added to the family again. A new daughter in law.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">After unpacking for 3 days I decided on the fourth day to head downtown and check out the area. Main Street was my prime target as I had seen several cute shops I wanted to investigate all located there. I wasn't disappointed. Also I wanted to see the tallest building in town. 18 stories but it will be demolished in Feb. due to the fact that code enforcement deemed it no longer fit for inhabitation. It was pretty easy to find. I was disappointed that access to the parking and pavilion were closed but I could still see the river, so I'll go another day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIbvSPfcqt6nbDE7nyMqIuly5KNmQsprmQHxlLlkoZbKwEwW9zW9XgZYzsdXx3wdarEie1HfBzo2Nuc16zGZaKUmW75oau7C05TURYdpNyl2OY8sEHK55M2f_VLOKLRi1Qa0yJ6VWPys/s2048/dtevv+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaIbvSPfcqt6nbDE7nyMqIuly5KNmQsprmQHxlLlkoZbKwEwW9zW9XgZYzsdXx3wdarEie1HfBzo2Nuc16zGZaKUmW75oau7C05TURYdpNyl2OY8sEHK55M2f_VLOKLRi1Qa0yJ6VWPys/w400-h400/dtevv+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Self (e) Alley...love all the murals downtown too.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiDmJeADJ1edAHRh1Rh2Z3KJkSw1VunTwxuvELv-S7WZac5byFtrQ9iRsOZMZ3WrRMPpTr3fXHLbGP5aCXkiiUwW2YTvqzxKpphQm48i55me2_ueNyOdl3ZNb2ZpAJZs4qMUvQFOm4Ls/s2048/self+e+alley+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoiDmJeADJ1edAHRh1Rh2Z3KJkSw1VunTwxuvELv-S7WZac5byFtrQ9iRsOZMZ3WrRMPpTr3fXHLbGP5aCXkiiUwW2YTvqzxKpphQm48i55me2_ueNyOdl3ZNb2ZpAJZs4qMUvQFOm4Ls/w400-h400/self+e+alley+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tallest building.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJa4FSJn4GiFmWDxMru9JV18WV9LK7M7KFmkUAgkeGOIOsFWaHDzMhU3CndLvsJAkj0l9c3hiWbXA_KUr2LoNyc35ZyHewNfEAyzn5zSQ5bO7GIMNg5yPqs8k0sWSVQ7ta3KnGxCz2kF8/s2048/18+stories+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJa4FSJn4GiFmWDxMru9JV18WV9LK7M7KFmkUAgkeGOIOsFWaHDzMhU3CndLvsJAkj0l9c3hiWbXA_KUr2LoNyc35ZyHewNfEAyzn5zSQ5bO7GIMNg5yPqs8k0sWSVQ7ta3KnGxCz2kF8/w300-h400/18+stories+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love the balconies on this historic building, the second and third floors are apartments.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cr24mr5wMLVCmzLKQRkCO180BSSylkbsjNm02YpAZrL_FaQsAvMVG7Pc6cbUkoSPCMTuB2e4gb213meW8jeIrGHMM6Z016NNOI8tBvFve20AcjJAIX2A66PiAo6yoY8KbTVSvv9s9z0/s2048/apartment+living+dtevv+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Cr24mr5wMLVCmzLKQRkCO180BSSylkbsjNm02YpAZrL_FaQsAvMVG7Pc6cbUkoSPCMTuB2e4gb213meW8jeIrGHMM6Z016NNOI8tBvFve20AcjJAIX2A66PiAo6yoY8KbTVSvv9s9z0/w300-h400/apartment+living+dtevv+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My friend Josie posted this picture of her friend's dog. I cracked up because I "feel" this so much.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dog tired!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi670AA9PS28Qp2hAi7w17wZMUIXfzJ0IV9IPhO63kmLdndY4Qi0SkJfbQMXkBb8iDC3inzEPqNtFC0JVdwdBeHbe782rQcuwalIGX8YL-UCwOhphks8ffite4kGsXlA7yg_mx1xVYzHJE/s960/dog+tired+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi670AA9PS28Qp2hAi7w17wZMUIXfzJ0IV9IPhO63kmLdndY4Qi0SkJfbQMXkBb8iDC3inzEPqNtFC0JVdwdBeHbe782rQcuwalIGX8YL-UCwOhphks8ffite4kGsXlA7yg_mx1xVYzHJE/w300-h400/dog+tired+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm sure I've mentioned before that my cousin Rusty is a OTR driver. He finds/sees some of the most interesting things. Like this Camaro a few days ago. Wow just wow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbm6N6QZmIAEdnRIdjW3K2MtiURuo5AA2PYECp9PTPdBxFQ9WBo0BD-tjrz-v7tg9aPz3NOMzfr8CkiANmwGpc43ppGT5pTtxth8MSyo7_gB6Qjomwj9GLRk2Q_cu4SxPrgopNJ4-OPQ/s1080/gold+chrom+Camaro+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEbm6N6QZmIAEdnRIdjW3K2MtiURuo5AA2PYECp9PTPdBxFQ9WBo0BD-tjrz-v7tg9aPz3NOMzfr8CkiANmwGpc43ppGT5pTtxth8MSyo7_gB6Qjomwj9GLRk2Q_cu4SxPrgopNJ4-OPQ/w400-h300/gold+chrom+Camaro+%2523MM115+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So that's all the excitement from my neck of the woods. I'll be popping over to check out all the participants for <a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday at Angie's blog</a>. Hope to see y'all there too.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-37711538029367817612021-01-17T00:30:00.051-05:002021-01-17T00:30:06.450-05:00Treats Baby and Pets - Mosaic Monday 114<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Happy Mosaic Monday!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been a busy and emotional week. Last Sunday after a long and scary labor/delivery, the newest grandbaby arrived. I'm so thankful for a doctor that paid attention, otherwise it could have been a very different ending. Baby and mama are both healthy and doing well. Little girl arrived weighing in at 7 lbs 3.8 oz and 18 inches long. I'd love to post a ton of pictures but at my son's request that will not happen. Trust me, she's adorable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are a few photos of family/friends pets. The horses are from a therapy farm that my friend's son attends.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKzFrVkm0SZshZdf0u21qidXlq_WQsbaP3XTo0W3j3H-F3exJMYXLhpbCzbNEmXvkAIBPYIjcLGZHdxSBaZ3Op-vugkQBafS9QrL0Pj3rVnFALYKJWYFt40lUi2YkGy_MunHWNj3LRs0/s2048/Jan+2021+pets+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoKzFrVkm0SZshZdf0u21qidXlq_WQsbaP3XTo0W3j3H-F3exJMYXLhpbCzbNEmXvkAIBPYIjcLGZHdxSBaZ3Op-vugkQBafS9QrL0Pj3rVnFALYKJWYFt40lUi2YkGy_MunHWNj3LRs0/w400-h400/Jan+2021+pets+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Friday I was out running a few errands after my "treat morning", more on that in the next photo, when I saw these two (in the same shopping center). I had to stop and grab a few pictures. Larger than life handy man and Wonder Woman. Based off of the height of the building and sign I'm guessing these two are around 20-25 feet tall.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLyQ2vzA_QZuFCgrXhScbMy0DGrcoqD4iYuPbpS3z3RlWdyltG6Ing-j-KbdPZpPdof_8u3IiB0yjeQ-15tQk8QcIQ-sugEY3z4iAZXVBNZT_mf3CvLev1fz43n0Pjj2BVkVmBjwe1VA/s2048/larger+than+life+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLyQ2vzA_QZuFCgrXhScbMy0DGrcoqD4iYuPbpS3z3RlWdyltG6Ing-j-KbdPZpPdof_8u3IiB0yjeQ-15tQk8QcIQ-sugEY3z4iAZXVBNZT_mf3CvLev1fz43n0Pjj2BVkVmBjwe1VA/w400-h400/larger+than+life+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">For 2021 I have several plans, one of them is that once a month I will treat myself. It might be a fabulous coffee, maybe a donut (because who doesn't love a donut) a manicure, or a nice walk on a pretty day to find a quiet spot to sit and reflect. Whatever it is, I will not feel guilty about taking care of me. 2020 was rough and my mental/spiritual sides took a beating. In 2021 I will take better care of myself in ALL aspects. So...Friday I started. I had a fabulous frozen coffee drink AND I did the mani/pedi ,the yogurt bowl is something I do several times a week but it's so good you don't think about it being "healthy". Confession, I had never had a professional pedicure so let me tell you this, I LOVED it and plan on repeating this wonderful experience. The salon took every precaution to keep their clients safe. Work stations were moved farther apart with plexiglass in front, all tools are sanitized and sealed between customers, liners, mask, you name it they did it. I felt very secure.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5203_sD2QUpJJT3-PQixlyAQsc3X6i3kCQWBWoTnqBq9oS4_lJ-zCFhGN1gFirqd1aa4alcw5XmJjDsAxgcUmWHc5n9as0d6LMOKsLNKA9WARrbT2AsZ7RWNvJmdHbOqeeuKvohc8DA4/s2048/treat+day+1152021+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5203_sD2QUpJJT3-PQixlyAQsc3X6i3kCQWBWoTnqBq9oS4_lJ-zCFhGN1gFirqd1aa4alcw5XmJjDsAxgcUmWHc5n9as0d6LMOKsLNKA9WARrbT2AsZ7RWNvJmdHbOqeeuKvohc8DA4/w400-h400/treat+day+1152021+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday was my last day at work. It was bitter sweet. I love my job, customers and manager so leaving is hard but I'm exciting to get to my new home, see my husband and furbabies, then start exploring our new city! Let the fun begin!!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope you all had a wonderful week, have a great weekend and I'll see you over at Angie's for Mosaic Monday!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-55748044470415047302021-01-10T00:30:00.004-05:002021-01-10T00:30:00.203-05:00The Waiting Game - Mosaic Monday 113<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello hello, well here I am in Georgia playing the waiting game. Hub and the kitties are all settled in the Mid-West and I'm in limbo on baby watch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm hopeful that by the time this post goes live I can "update" with the arrival of the newest grand but only time will tell.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It has been an eventful week. Work, resting, feeling out of sorts aka limbo, waiting for the babe, several trips to the hospital (only for her to be sent home with false labor) lots of rain, unseasonably warm weather and then severe drops of temperature. 2021 is making a statement. She said "oh you think 2020 was something, here, hold my beer while I show off". Oy!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">BUT</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In all of this madness, I'm thankful. My boss and her family have been amazing, generous and so extremely kind to open their home and welcome me in during this time. Thank you will never be enough, washing dishes every night and trying to tip toe around while they sleep and I head off to work, early early in the mornings, will never be enough. I pray that God will bless them in abundance for all they have done. It gives you hope that there are wonderful loving people still in the world, when you watch the news and see all the madness going on and feel so disappointed in mankind, I can look across the room and see these sweet genuine loving faces. I have hope.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you chosen a "word" for 2021? I know so many who do this and I started it in 2019. For 2019 and 2020 my word was "intentional". I wanted to be intentional in my life and I feel that I was but for 2021, continuing with the theme but also searching deep, I came to the following conclusion...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8u-2pCu_UxrdiZe2E0P2OuvdFTYrLpnE8xODQy9U3M00FtoBdIPbpQnUvYL9cb3vhWlzLO-Uc3QpzLo6a1pftrzzs81JXav0sxmG1cmI-DMRi5hwptU2OTnAJPy824jTyppbPPb6OPh4/s2048/2021+words+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8u-2pCu_UxrdiZe2E0P2OuvdFTYrLpnE8xODQy9U3M00FtoBdIPbpQnUvYL9cb3vhWlzLO-Uc3QpzLo6a1pftrzzs81JXav0sxmG1cmI-DMRi5hwptU2OTnAJPy824jTyppbPPb6OPh4/s320/2021+words+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I want to be more focused and mindful about what I'm doing, seeing, watching, reading, listening to and how I live in general. I want to be more balanced because I am far too sporadic about things like exercise. Simplicity, well, after this move we are definitely that. We had to downsize from almost 2800 square foot home to a 982 square foot apartment. YIKES </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Prioritize - I will find things to do when avoiding things that "need" to be done and then at the last minute get it done. That is a horrible habit that 2020 and being "at home" created. I want to end that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you see, choosing one word did not happen but a group of words that will create a better 2021 in the end. Did you pick a word? How about a goal? Let me know in the comments below I'd love to hear about it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Speaking of focus, coffee, yes coffee helps me focus in the morning and below is a photo that I'll explain...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd3xbSLgfYS_wcGqvz1_7GT4duiqURUZ6tMbpHkFl2Kaq1-DvF3KR_cP0KcGi7CyfLXTXmjmlnjMNQBR3gDkVFA3m3S-hm9KN48RQwHz6FNgoVTDkinEG8Q7_n9cksOpHsPJuKlJTIl4/s2048/mishap+banana+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDd3xbSLgfYS_wcGqvz1_7GT4duiqURUZ6tMbpHkFl2Kaq1-DvF3KR_cP0KcGi7CyfLXTXmjmlnjMNQBR3gDkVFA3m3S-hm9KN48RQwHz6FNgoVTDkinEG8Q7_n9cksOpHsPJuKlJTIl4/w300-h400/mishap+banana+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fixing myself a nice hot cup of coffee and grabbing my morning banana. I sat it down on the butcher block, not looking down or paying attention (lack of focus) I grabbed the squash and just before I bit it...I saw it was NOT my banana! LOL it gave me a good morning chuckle and immediately brought focus.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaXcjkheBHblCcIfmAWkR9Nlw2EsutkBIVFNJam44dtB5zK7pm1ypQsOIJpNiGSnIzysQeQiSGnxEMjiy32U8OHHn56uWJLc01nYbj6g85WLqgLk1xNMuxFmYln8T4HYB7QXdCq5N0Vw/s2048/Bandit+1082021+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisaXcjkheBHblCcIfmAWkR9Nlw2EsutkBIVFNJam44dtB5zK7pm1ypQsOIJpNiGSnIzysQeQiSGnxEMjiy32U8OHHn56uWJLc01nYbj6g85WLqgLk1xNMuxFmYln8T4HYB7QXdCq5N0Vw/s320/Bandit+1082021+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This big beautiful guy, Bandit, had distracted me from my banana. Here he is running from the room. He had been sitting so nice until I started to take his photo. He said "OH NO lady, I'm a private guy and I'm outta here!" he is such a sweetheart. I miss my kitties terribly but this big love bug has helped me not be so lonely.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLnrS5qsi7m_lBS5l81VjykzQm2FQj4cI0NtVdHC_7eHnn_L09FhsKzpzzcsSlj1c4EoWEPEorl4Thf-qgA-zriRekvTfX8vfNiYfh8py0UMj8Wv1e3UV3RqpJDyTTRdNyaogMRbW6rE/s2048/being+watched+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlLnrS5qsi7m_lBS5l81VjykzQm2FQj4cI0NtVdHC_7eHnn_L09FhsKzpzzcsSlj1c4EoWEPEorl4Thf-qgA-zriRekvTfX8vfNiYfh8py0UMj8Wv1e3UV3RqpJDyTTRdNyaogMRbW6rE/s320/being+watched+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then there are the girls. Five of them. First thing in the morning they come round to the front door, peering in, waiting for a treat aka the squash I almost bit! lol</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">While editing and sorting out photos from my quick trip to the Mid-West I found this lovely. I forgot to share last week. Tell me Tennessee...just WHAT goes on that every 5 miles I saw this sign ALLLLL the way through your state?? I guess Tennessee whiskey isn't the only thing they enjoy ROTFL</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYKia4QEl1A8sGZn48c42DLaBWTGJhyphenhyphen1sMIOc4ebqTexX8fbhiEjHf3cGGej-ioEsW0ffGhg93nI43Ty0tlrYY5iiY428QbNK1C-LeqcIFvfZewV-hnMDL5F6Zxom_jJ-dAalc-q8Tsc/s2048/TN+Buzzed+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHYKia4QEl1A8sGZn48c42DLaBWTGJhyphenhyphen1sMIOc4ebqTexX8fbhiEjHf3cGGej-ioEsW0ffGhg93nI43Ty0tlrYY5iiY428QbNK1C-LeqcIFvfZewV-hnMDL5F6Zxom_jJ-dAalc-q8Tsc/s320/TN+Buzzed+%2523MM+%2523SOP+113.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As always I pray you have a lovely week and are blessed beyond the mess we see around us. I'm linking up with Angie over at <a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ten Toes In The Water</a> for Mosaic Monday. See ya there!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-50839013911397571382021-01-03T14:42:00.006-05:002021-01-03T14:42:59.034-05:00Relocation and Travel - Mosaic Monday 112<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy New Year!! 2021... none of us knew when 2020 hit that it would go by in a "stay at home" blur, so many celebrations, holidays, birthdays and anniversaries spent alone and unable to gather. It was a difficult year but at the same time it was full of blessings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdIs_Zh_U_bgTcXZlN-o9My0AuxghXHKc5cQDG0FoLJnf_1NX-v5bFkoR0FD5o7-FEvct2eCRiU0lmn5E2SSamfuJiEH6FlNxTLqI3uGJ515oj-lwbuV9-ci7ckj_ZBu6sQwZ65XagB8/s1280/new-year-4656853_1280.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="724" data-original-width="1280" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZdIs_Zh_U_bgTcXZlN-o9My0AuxghXHKc5cQDG0FoLJnf_1NX-v5bFkoR0FD5o7-FEvct2eCRiU0lmn5E2SSamfuJiEH6FlNxTLqI3uGJ515oj-lwbuV9-ci7ckj_ZBu6sQwZ65XagB8/w400-h226/new-year-4656853_1280.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lemon or lemonade. </span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since my last post we have traveled to South Georgia to see the family and bid them a farewell, at least for now. We have travel North 4 states, toured our new city, signed for our new tiny home, traveled back, packed and loaded a U-haul.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My husband is in our new home with my fur babies. I for now am on baby watch, grandbaby number 11 is "hopefully" making her appearance this week. Once she is here and settled, I'll join up North.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This photo, we were headed south to see family, thankfully the traffic jam was headed North.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphzd4zqKlc2p1LPVbkgwoMcmcW3piVdG4yMsm5vw_EHvta3NamIcguxnlRBWZZc9ucTgfz_ogI__QlW0f0ATaWs14T0iW_-ZCTMFhtNenhaPEIybx9O_7kQ8rcUaufnI3gVbRx72okbI/s2048/ATL+traffic+1226+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphzd4zqKlc2p1LPVbkgwoMcmcW3piVdG4yMsm5vw_EHvta3NamIcguxnlRBWZZc9ucTgfz_ogI__QlW0f0ATaWs14T0iW_-ZCTMFhtNenhaPEIybx9O_7kQ8rcUaufnI3gVbRx72okbI/s320/ATL+traffic+1226+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is a strange time. No home, living out of a suitcase, still working, waiting on the baby, missing my husband and kitties but so very thankful, grateful and overwhelmed at the goodness of God.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was in our 'new city' for 24 hours but fell in love with the place. I'm looking forward to moving, settling in, exploring and sharing with y'all all the new places, food and things. Look out Mid-West, I'll be there soon!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1h8ngRGOImswTSeyu3P7bosK7D0EnD3MkwZfFovgOqys_LGqdizm7xit_zpZWWch2BMHjAPaw2bANWdTUpUAOEvIpzrK_MT4Csea5V3TkRJezexpWi5Z3YKHitssRLXMBlIsuhWfXbGM/s2048/bridge+going+in+to+Eville+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1h8ngRGOImswTSeyu3P7bosK7D0EnD3MkwZfFovgOqys_LGqdizm7xit_zpZWWch2BMHjAPaw2bANWdTUpUAOEvIpzrK_MT4Csea5V3TkRJezexpWi5Z3YKHitssRLXMBlIsuhWfXbGM/s320/bridge+going+in+to+Eville+%2523SOP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgGP1RcWXvKro0KBELiMZYET2CPJ96cv8eEi3_orwz6_PDSN872NG-JUIlui5wR0a9UNQOh0_m4DD3P6oVPMNLAjGzcI8ttTG0c5sONqzJxpfloEKNhiqNT2e9hz7xxRyRher-_9UItM/s2048/Evansville+sunset+Dec2020+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlgGP1RcWXvKro0KBELiMZYET2CPJ96cv8eEi3_orwz6_PDSN872NG-JUIlui5wR0a9UNQOh0_m4DD3P6oVPMNLAjGzcI8ttTG0c5sONqzJxpfloEKNhiqNT2e9hz7xxRyRher-_9UItM/s320/Evansville+sunset+Dec2020+%2523SOP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Christmas gifts. We had agreed on no gifts due to moving and limited funds...my husband did not listen. Bless him. He spoiled me and I stuffed his stocking with his favorite homemade candies and cigars.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFevcyqTGfSftxDNaMn5GC3BWpqdtCNMkTTofCn-q_MeZx2PSHWYOaxzYT4M5Y8WYjRNaMpWk1478YL4z6b8_fmYmplixBggcN16T_erKZk-jkxQ021wb0sCP0RM37u8sMKGfgNnSnYko/s2048/christmas+gifts+2020+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFevcyqTGfSftxDNaMn5GC3BWpqdtCNMkTTofCn-q_MeZx2PSHWYOaxzYT4M5Y8WYjRNaMpWk1478YL4z6b8_fmYmplixBggcN16T_erKZk-jkxQ021wb0sCP0RM37u8sMKGfgNnSnYko/s320/christmas+gifts+2020+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVchE8o2xrUUPb-a5InI20myMJwDtpJhlwgaxvzRImGHlUsfbqq2dqgUcCYRtm5l38wkJCVhm9nblyAegs1nrVBLP5Iu2pEcIDbOtxyBldA1bxgSXOiNfsMHrQUVshE6DTld3CEXq1Co/s2048/gifts+2020+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirVchE8o2xrUUPb-a5InI20myMJwDtpJhlwgaxvzRImGHlUsfbqq2dqgUcCYRtm5l38wkJCVhm9nblyAegs1nrVBLP5Iu2pEcIDbOtxyBldA1bxgSXOiNfsMHrQUVshE6DTld3CEXq1Co/s320/gifts+2020+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivAW2vNkTU0lv1yxmne1xpwCYbgo4PyGfEKLjMK9U1DcO8vBnw16sPNc4RZ2gBRoptAEMiwipKFUTI11Svy0RnjZiABIa0QnK_kMFq6MMTT3N3LAxRASoWyrnOMNa2w3FfpFNzsRjOh4/s2048/Hayley+ornament+2020+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiivAW2vNkTU0lv1yxmne1xpwCYbgo4PyGfEKLjMK9U1DcO8vBnw16sPNc4RZ2gBRoptAEMiwipKFUTI11Svy0RnjZiABIa0QnK_kMFq6MMTT3N3LAxRASoWyrnOMNa2w3FfpFNzsRjOh4/s320/Hayley+ornament+2020+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few shots during our travels.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fy6kYbaetP8lugD_C31UkSeyP2J0b2HOh6doV1oynpOB_S5S2SCHt7IvUxCxDG-KdNePvpuz8fh6fecJ1Hbh_5WG9uk5vsYMY-iZYFIjhjyUMONHTIeVkZmJoQYjnw5kvZOdBam2ods/s2048/travel+sites+1220+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9fy6kYbaetP8lugD_C31UkSeyP2J0b2HOh6doV1oynpOB_S5S2SCHt7IvUxCxDG-KdNePvpuz8fh6fecJ1Hbh_5WG9uk5vsYMY-iZYFIjhjyUMONHTIeVkZmJoQYjnw5kvZOdBam2ods/w400-h400/travel+sites+1220+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was shocked to see alcohol in Wal-Mart!!??? In NC alcohol is only sold at ABC stores which are run by the state. In GA the stores are independently owned and you can find "drive through" shops. Which took some adjusting. NOW??? I'll be able to pick up something at Wally World??? whoa AND there's a dog track, not sure how I feel about that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBOysf1P0kUhFZ7xtwz0HJSHw-P4ZyVvrywC_GgpxwTV8A7UrfDZgFsEDPebVViKK2UL3PO6C4xTCs7-vkbBotxRS9zJri4LhGQ4ucpk0ecgpHR4x4843U8sCV5YBeJYj5mKmfWC7u9I/s2048/alcohol+at+walmart+IND+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1535" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBOysf1P0kUhFZ7xtwz0HJSHw-P4ZyVvrywC_GgpxwTV8A7UrfDZgFsEDPebVViKK2UL3PO6C4xTCs7-vkbBotxRS9zJri4LhGQ4ucpk0ecgpHR4x4843U8sCV5YBeJYj5mKmfWC7u9I/s320/alcohol+at+walmart+IND+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Driving over to my managers home, where I'm currently staying, bless her and the family!, I saw this beauty!! The McLaren, bottom right, we saw in Nashville. I read online that it is a $2.6 million Euro !</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then I had to laugh, in GA, our local city, I see this (bottom left) broke truck hauling cardboard. What a contrast to put them in a collage together.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6q5QYQxE1MnBUH3Li2ADsjnhllWW3k5HgpYuUUAsJniuzvXXNbH6J_A06mX598Sl5cRTdQ1nwheplXAPuADGiToqSPJLMcEYS0rfwbZ4y_tYkheFBlyDYHLymPSKvT9qNa5toIr_KUk/s2048/cars+1121+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx6q5QYQxE1MnBUH3Li2ADsjnhllWW3k5HgpYuUUAsJniuzvXXNbH6J_A06mX598Sl5cRTdQ1nwheplXAPuADGiToqSPJLMcEYS0rfwbZ4y_tYkheFBlyDYHLymPSKvT9qNa5toIr_KUk/s320/cars+1121+%2523SOP+%2523MM.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last night at our house, empty, Sugar was looking a little worried. He's fine now, he's with Daddy setting up the new place. Beau is upset and pouting.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLZ6Dx7s6BFy2ITnxARvv_eNdt42BWb3Wzua4y_kZ6_AIze_Kv5dJC8_Nr9QRVRFT9Cl8ZD5fgn_7Ei5NM-BWNtggKt1KBtkyEkmBtCFK4Rr4RdOKyzaxkKRnuNRBdE9z9V7TPf8xu8s/s1333/Sugar+dec2020+move+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwLZ6Dx7s6BFy2ITnxARvv_eNdt42BWb3Wzua4y_kZ6_AIze_Kv5dJC8_Nr9QRVRFT9Cl8ZD5fgn_7Ei5NM-BWNtggKt1KBtkyEkmBtCFK4Rr4RdOKyzaxkKRnuNRBdE9z9V7TPf8xu8s/s320/Sugar+dec2020+move+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What have you been up to? Here it is only Jan. 3 and my entire world has changed since Dec. 28, less than a week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I missed y'all last week and plan on visiting my Mosaic Monday pals.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">THANK YOU Angie and <a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/2021/01/mosaic-monday-112-more-family.html" target="_blank">Ten Toes in the Water</a> for this group, link up, incredible community.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings and Happy New Year!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-29672541120700335892020-12-20T00:30:00.001-05:002020-12-20T00:30:04.024-05:00Big Changes - Mosaic Monday 110<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hello hello my friends!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh my gosh, what a whirlwind of a week. BIG NEWS!! We are relocating. Yep, never thought I'd say it much less do it, but we are leaving the South East and heading to the Midwest. In winter time no less! Oy! Y'all pray for me. This good ol' Southern girl is NOT a fan of cold weather or snow.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But God...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Those two words, six letters, have saved me, redeemed me, provided for us and given us hope when we thought there was none.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Earlier this year, March, just as the nasty "c" hit the US, my husband lost his job. It was a good job, no a great job, no a fantastic job! He really had planned to retire from this one. Then they shut down, unexpected, closed, gone, no more job. What a shock for us and a huge stressor.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But God...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He provided for us, we never went without our needs being met. Our bills were paid and we had food to eat. I even have worked during this time when so many have been seeking employment. Then another job for my husband came along. It was an easy job but no where near the pay we needed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But God...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We never went without. I know I said that but it needs repeating. Little blessings here and there, extra hours, side jobs and my part time job have carried us through.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fast forward through 2020 and Monday hit. A job offer, better pay, a free place to live and starting...January 4th! A relocation needed and moving 3 vehicles AND a U-haul...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49xlNaJBrQYhDFrBs6KUUZGPAOXHeIrz6_jCEFMU1Vw9EQMBhPLDtIgEr5JTz022yCTbtt9DT77mGDtY-H1rGzKwZNU65eXBPFY21jqEXyg1OE1D7JJi5ERDh4ABFVwxFf6MR1u8qcII/s2048/preparing+to+move+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49xlNaJBrQYhDFrBs6KUUZGPAOXHeIrz6_jCEFMU1Vw9EQMBhPLDtIgEr5JTz022yCTbtt9DT77mGDtY-H1rGzKwZNU65eXBPFY21jqEXyg1OE1D7JJi5ERDh4ABFVwxFf6MR1u8qcII/s320/preparing+to+move+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Preparing and sorting for the move...bottom right. Who still has a calculator??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But God...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you see the theme here?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I may or may not miss a week or two. I hope not. My blog is truly an outlet and a lifeline for me. It keeps me stable.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He pulls out on the 30th and I will stay behind for the month of January. We have another grandbaby due in just a few weeks and NO WAY am I leaving here that close to the birth. So once she is here, yes it's a girl, and everyone is settled, I will head up. My manager, God bless her, has offered for me to stay with them until I leave.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings upon blessings.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Never give up hope! As long as there is breath, there is hope.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now any advise for a Southern girl moving to the Midwest???? I bought a coat and a pair of boots, because I had neither. Funny. I bought them BEFORE we knew about all of this. Again...God knew.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have a four wheel drive Jeep and I lived over seas, Germany, for 3 years. So I do know how to maneuver in the snow and ice.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's a big move and we are downsizing...a lot. We are going from (I'll miss this house!!!) 2800 sq. ft. to just a tad over 900!!! Good thing we like each other, in quarters that small. LOL So we are currently going through things, selling and putting things aside that will go in storage.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">ALL this while working and doing life. Never a dull moment here and if there is, I am reminded that it doesn't last long.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZISXBytfv8PGkOAi_yG7x5XUAExcVUummm879WdAGWd9jkNOf3jg4Pt0o-F03Qi7vwQY1duowGGgTh8EL8XRo0hAtkORiwFfFJJbhjgI2tbNnldahvEyCP5e1-eBofhiiAI3otCURao/s2048/coffee+sign+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxZISXBytfv8PGkOAi_yG7x5XUAExcVUummm879WdAGWd9jkNOf3jg4Pt0o-F03Qi7vwQY1duowGGgTh8EL8XRo0hAtkORiwFfFJJbhjgI2tbNnldahvEyCP5e1-eBofhiiAI3otCURao/s320/coffee+sign+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sign at work.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh yes, we had our company Christmas party of Friday. Here are some of the handmade truffles and the ornament I received. Pretty cool that it is the state of Georgia and we are leaving.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdBKizRGOoGjv2qYpomwqnLDN6m2A6csWYxtIlOtlHCAlw0fLFl46zHzu4ce4XFc32M2GHZZ5L8yt4djIXb56WZkmx8lmt09tx62pdb1JCSlEQLA0M7JhIz3sObqpbgBT7VBqfALK2Uw/s2048/party+snacks+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBdBKizRGOoGjv2qYpomwqnLDN6m2A6csWYxtIlOtlHCAlw0fLFl46zHzu4ce4XFc32M2GHZZ5L8yt4djIXb56WZkmx8lmt09tx62pdb1JCSlEQLA0M7JhIz3sObqpbgBT7VBqfALK2Uw/s320/party+snacks+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Driving home from work each night, it looks so late but it's only 6 p.m.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCm-hv4iHaJALyh8gHM27W44hJ9wK3JZ5coX2-wESBOqZJ39LsIfSDqfP8t5eBSJzYmWd1ZQMQVHKFLLiN8svbcNwtiy740xnaT-R8Rx-dbQKC4DeR_dsuBjMJASMAsYw6R_nMPACuvvI/s2048/dark+driving+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCm-hv4iHaJALyh8gHM27W44hJ9wK3JZ5coX2-wESBOqZJ39LsIfSDqfP8t5eBSJzYmWd1ZQMQVHKFLLiN8svbcNwtiy740xnaT-R8Rx-dbQKC4DeR_dsuBjMJASMAsYw6R_nMPACuvvI/s320/dark+driving+%2523SOP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for me this week.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our middle son turns 29 on Wednesday, HOW is this kid almost thirty???? AND he is about to become a daddy again.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Christmas will be here in the blink of an eye and I'm busy packing boxes and sorting through things wondering just why I have some of them. Trash, sell and donate, piles everywhere. That's how it goes when you move several states away.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Y'all have a FANtastic week. A blessed Christmas and I'll see you over at Angie's for <a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Mosaic Monday</a>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-78114882512064836922020-12-13T12:45:00.003-05:002020-12-13T12:45:29.621-05:002020 and changes -Mosaic Monday 109<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm sure that I can't be the only one who is trying to figure out just <i>WHERE</i> 2020 has gone. When I started writing this, setting the schedule date, it hit me, the middle of December! Did we just not finish February and were looking forward to Spring. Now here we are, the end of the year, a long long year but gone in a flash, trying to decide what exactly the next year will look like.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reflecting back, it has been a hard year, rough in many ways but it has been a year of growth, understanding and seeing the goodness of God. Yes, we lost a wonderful job, great pay and benefits, we struggled, felt overwhelmed and even in great despair at times. However, we did not loose everything, we did survive, we are still standing, also jobs were provided. We have had everything we "needed" even if we didn't have everything we wanted.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can be a "glass is half full" or "glass is half empty" but as I've said in the past, I have decided to be a "the glass can be refilled" person.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I saw this flag I felt like it represented 2020, my life and our country, tattered and worn. However, still standing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NkUJC-gYSg6ptQsDRnw6RKa4ybXfiUJ1igt0anLr8qzbheVLOKw7xtNHa4FjtKR7etJMT-dtdMW-UdY3nSMI7mW-qrNt7paZiSh58Dz7zPHI2PBGPwOYWkL_Y6v9__CJzncD_1ROuqs/s640/independence-day-2471052_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="434" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3NkUJC-gYSg6ptQsDRnw6RKa4ybXfiUJ1igt0anLr8qzbheVLOKw7xtNHa4FjtKR7etJMT-dtdMW-UdY3nSMI7mW-qrNt7paZiSh58Dz7zPHI2PBGPwOYWkL_Y6v9__CJzncD_1ROuqs/w271-h400/independence-day-2471052_640.jpg" width="271" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have written this post 3 times now. I keep rereading and deleting. There is not much happening here except work. I do enjoy my drive home in the evenings, it seems more homes are decorated than last year. We all need some holiday cheer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anxiety has been high this week and looking through my phone for photos I found that they only ones I had were for work. Maybe that's my problem, I wasn't doing what I enjoy this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-WGbZQppBgxxfYDuaMARxeB4tp85Mv0rHG_msE1RWzJ6kFZ5clBJRmEiaQb8vwmVxS1lMbMRhw4QBCILhpUj-hK5bVK4JOICdtNhKFHVfpoDq3PiYfmGgVpx_cp-69suEYokEZXJqKg/s2048/park+photos+11820+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-WGbZQppBgxxfYDuaMARxeB4tp85Mv0rHG_msE1RWzJ6kFZ5clBJRmEiaQb8vwmVxS1lMbMRhw4QBCILhpUj-hK5bVK4JOICdtNhKFHVfpoDq3PiYfmGgVpx_cp-69suEYokEZXJqKg/w400-h400/park+photos+11820+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>So these photos are from the past year, 2020 and ones that bring me joy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMQZ7HTM2Dc-_08-qOu-uo8CWun_HAPbcAuGlcK8Bvu9NqgjqNcZYITShVC_79rUg8ETNoD5aNJpv-cYOjgW6OZAbIdjjbVC-ddJc5tye4XFI3lTaR_dODoYcOrjT2RyuAP3gQ0okE-Q/s2048/waterfall+june+1+mm+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZMQZ7HTM2Dc-_08-qOu-uo8CWun_HAPbcAuGlcK8Bvu9NqgjqNcZYITShVC_79rUg8ETNoD5aNJpv-cYOjgW6OZAbIdjjbVC-ddJc5tye4XFI3lTaR_dODoYcOrjT2RyuAP3gQ0okE-Q/w400-h400/waterfall+june+1+mm+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">See y'all over at Angie's link up for Mosaic Monday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-90373459469620559602020-12-05T00:30:00.129-05:002020-12-06T09:28:46.430-05:00Attitude Adjustment, Spoons and Baking - Mosaic Monday 108<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome back you brave souls, dedicated readers and faithful blog buddies!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a much better week. COLD but better. My husband has been steadily improving and work has returned to it's normal schedule. My manager is back so I'm not working all day every day. YAY</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The little town where I work had the official tree lighting ceremony, virtual. That was Friday night and on Saturday, the coffee shop where I work, we had our Christmas Open House. Complete with a hot cocoa bar, cookies, Santa and story time. Open house was a success.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfClvMeR5av5MPakkR8iP70uYq8jvKI1pr_ZjKsYvFp4WvUtqemywQfuDfE0jqTXTDwgt-lW_tHFI4cafOw3Wm4ys0UzD4pjHqmzpKByuIwe0aSLJ8sWYvJmnIInnn5_P6Sh29a_fQA8w/s2048/Todd+as+Santa+at+Open+House+1252020+%2523SOP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfClvMeR5av5MPakkR8iP70uYq8jvKI1pr_ZjKsYvFp4WvUtqemywQfuDfE0jqTXTDwgt-lW_tHFI4cafOw3Wm4ys0UzD4pjHqmzpKByuIwe0aSLJ8sWYvJmnIInnn5_P6Sh29a_fQA8w/w225-h400/Todd+as+Santa+at+Open+House+1252020+%2523SOP.jpg" width="225" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's go back. During the week, on Monday we had SNOW!!! Not a lot and no accumulation, thankfully but we did have some. Tuesday morning we woke up with the "wind chill" temperature of 19. YES 19 in South Georgia!! I am not, I repeat, NOT cut out for this. Brrrr</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Thursday, seeing that the temps were going to continue like this for a good week, I braved the hoards of shoppers and bought myself a winter coat. Something I haven't had need of in many many years. I also found a pair of water proof boots on sale. It seems both will come in handy this year.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIEYqTEQi9Cp33OD7_8zMiOoTC61K8lYa2bq5AXWazLWBntpgr2rnpSBG1lpmcgqu6yNwLuvizTgVazyLvvHUwYZDLxz-yt93pfqnKo69-YWaUZ02oVgwZjCFtwxPMeoJq8ViLVbxiXE/s962/December+1+2020+temp+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsIEYqTEQi9Cp33OD7_8zMiOoTC61K8lYa2bq5AXWazLWBntpgr2rnpSBG1lpmcgqu6yNwLuvizTgVazyLvvHUwYZDLxz-yt93pfqnKo69-YWaUZ02oVgwZjCFtwxPMeoJq8ViLVbxiXE/s320/December+1+2020+temp+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday since it is "Taco Tuesday" and we always have some sort of Mexican or TexMex dinner, I decided since I had the day off to make homemade enchilada sauce. Here's the recipe if you're interested:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8L8jqWDu9kh32jghyphenhyphenpLWCPs2xgyXpx4icRFglFZf-7SW3OVLZgf5sl_ws84AeHCHN9Ttb2rLAJf0euWI9nBiyaVWWbkp-MMaYqNP4ejNI6WXWOUQror92pQrQs1FEGD6jgLClqRNx6o/s2048/enchilada+sauce+ingredients+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8L8jqWDu9kh32jghyphenhyphenpLWCPs2xgyXpx4icRFglFZf-7SW3OVLZgf5sl_ws84AeHCHN9Ttb2rLAJf0euWI9nBiyaVWWbkp-MMaYqNP4ejNI6WXWOUQror92pQrQs1FEGD6jgLClqRNx6o/s320/enchilada+sauce+ingredients+%2523SOP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Enchilada Sauce</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3 TBSP butter</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 TBSP all-purpose flour</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 TBSP smoked paprika or regular if you don't have smoked</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 TBSP chili powder</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 1/2 tsp Cumin</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tsp onion powder</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tsp minced garlic or 3/4 tsp garlic powder</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/2 tsp oregano</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/8 tsp cinnamon (just a pinch)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 cups beef broth</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 can low sodium tomato sauce</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwDW-BQfFyKAmQzdWaS652R2aXXOjgs5ECRGXiJNbil8PrGKj1QkUDrQoxe5vRQAT8e_pPxw77oPFbT-Vfavw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Over medium heat in a sauce pan melt the butter then whisk in the flour, cook on med./low for a minute. Then add in the spices and mix well. Whisk in the broth and the tomato sauce. Simmer 10 minutes and you're ready. I cooked mine on low for about 20 minutes. Let it set and then used later. It was nice and thick. I made a 13x9 pan of enchiladas and still had well over a cup of sauce left. I really could have used even less.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzk-8OkYWraWMGv0Kj3gcKvAKpiLUQ7WyzkP_Gr9iHs61PR57aeMjaj_P7MrH9a6evssRhhuVU00ACYXwps3Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">For the enchiladas, it was very simple. I used my home taco seasoning and cooked lean ground turkey, then added 5 TBSP of the enchilada sauce. Mixed it well. Added a can of pinto beans which I drained and rinsed. Using low carb tortillas I placed a large serving spoonful of the mix in 8 tortillas. Rolled and placed in the pan. Topped with the sauce, cheese and baked for 15 minutes. DEElicious!!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJF6QDBcU85XWC4vIf0wt9aVMSX8J7zXr2x4vFBGBS23jJrULYA4Tg0vwe53zp1Yxv6XoZpiCQ0bJlTIUr0LeiJHc1hlRO9teVu4LF67Mj-kOdjYwkD_fCTcMBc40mt77V7eVAFyOgNI/s2048/enchiladas+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkJF6QDBcU85XWC4vIf0wt9aVMSX8J7zXr2x4vFBGBS23jJrULYA4Tg0vwe53zp1Yxv6XoZpiCQ0bJlTIUr0LeiJHc1hlRO9teVu4LF67Mj-kOdjYwkD_fCTcMBc40mt77V7eVAFyOgNI/s320/enchiladas+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was feeling in the baking mood, so then it was clean up and blondies! Since I have to limit my intake of chocolate, blondies are a great alternative. Now, I also have to be careful with the sugar, hence, I don't bake two or three times a week any more like I did for years. Here's the blondie recipe</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegY4NO1Gt9LXg6UGivf2X9QQnGSgqJsbtZmcuHI-R8xh1tSFS-HazPnc3koU40kAmFpmcu_x2xhSRrhM2UtfoPRmQ-Yagi5p0U1hGOE9lx8XoVY-__BRN3g4gzkz9-C4qAua8bY_dZo0/s2048/blondies+%2523MM108+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegY4NO1Gt9LXg6UGivf2X9QQnGSgqJsbtZmcuHI-R8xh1tSFS-HazPnc3koU40kAmFpmcu_x2xhSRrhM2UtfoPRmQ-Yagi5p0U1hGOE9lx8XoVY-__BRN3g4gzkz9-C4qAua8bY_dZo0/s320/blondies+%2523MM108+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Blondies</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/2 cup melted butter, unsalted</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2 large eggs, beaten and at room temp.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 tsp vanilla</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 1/2 cups all purpose flour</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/2 tsp baking powder</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/2 tsp salt</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1/3 cup mini chocolate chips</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Grease a 13x9 pan and preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl combine the brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla. Mix the flour, baking powder and salt, then add to the sugar/butter mix, lastly stir in the chips. Don't over mix it. It will be thick.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Spread into the prepared pan and bake for 18-20 minutes, be careful if you cook them too long as it cools the edges will become very hard. Cool and cut into 24-36 pieces.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">While writing out my Christmas cards I took a break, stretched and glanced over at the wall. My big boy Beau was on the end of my desk, of course never far away, and there he was...bigger than life on the wall. I thought it was cool looking so I snapped a pic.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4xiwoVasAToDV6mY0_ZcZy8Y22ximQgXKu7-xlp4Js3FD3z-7aK0DOBcZUDxvjczg6af1p6nwBvMhfJZxcqWhxmtyTxFiqzvKogponAhy0tWHZCWqqD4Nm41HBZpB2iI6SdtmI7KV2I/s2048/Beaus+shadow+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir4xiwoVasAToDV6mY0_ZcZy8Y22ximQgXKu7-xlp4Js3FD3z-7aK0DOBcZUDxvjczg6af1p6nwBvMhfJZxcqWhxmtyTxFiqzvKogponAhy0tWHZCWqqD4Nm41HBZpB2iI6SdtmI7KV2I/w300-h400/Beaus+shadow+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here are the stamps that I used for sealing the envelopes. I don't normally do this, but this year has been so difficult for so many, I decided we all needed a little extra holiday cheer.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFAlN-8Jg7qdIGuhGfb0KIY8HNntHpHdMgJJGJxuHUSl1vFjdxNKK879jxCBw4Ybd0gl9rY13XF61C60fApq3Wp6bhPm4hncNj1gC0nV8VyQ4sCG3HpvmdEYCs2Nz2vCOLSS5jfWqWcQ/s2048/stamps+for+Christmas+cards+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjFAlN-8Jg7qdIGuhGfb0KIY8HNntHpHdMgJJGJxuHUSl1vFjdxNKK879jxCBw4Ybd0gl9rY13XF61C60fApq3Wp6bhPm4hncNj1gC0nV8VyQ4sCG3HpvmdEYCs2Nz2vCOLSS5jfWqWcQ/w300-h400/stamps+for+Christmas+cards+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Passing the time on my days off, I found a box of rocks from 3 years ago that I was helping with. It was really big in Atlanta at the time. Painting rocks, hiding them and then looking for others. We had a Facebook group where we'd post pictures of ones we found and then re-hid. With the pandemic even this simple act of kindness has stopped. Everyone is so afraid to go out. The rocks were a reminder of happier days and also a reminder of just how sad and scared our country is today.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I didn't realize until I snapped the picture, but they are a beautiful Mosaic all on their own.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">AND I'm going to drop them off in various places this week. I hope they bring a smile to whoever sees/finds them.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIs2sGeVudgBr1eAatk7uqLFgBYq_Ges0ol5G6wsX9PscdJ4B4Y-bGoqUxrnZqvSsrdclNyrB9nNTUiu59IF7DVo0LPgNPiMaaNvMdNpLPqHJyGFRxEPFwALTl36QBAaDPCTt-Z5WgS4o/s2048/painted+rocks+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIs2sGeVudgBr1eAatk7uqLFgBYq_Ges0ol5G6wsX9PscdJ4B4Y-bGoqUxrnZqvSsrdclNyrB9nNTUiu59IF7DVo0LPgNPiMaaNvMdNpLPqHJyGFRxEPFwALTl36QBAaDPCTt-Z5WgS4o/w300-h400/painted+rocks+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My husband has been hard at work hand carving more spoons. The first one is a serving spoon and a gift for a co-worker. The bottom one is a skinny scraper/spatula or stir stick of sorts. It was leftover wood from the previous spoons. After the carving is done, sanded a million times, it is then rubbed down with flax oil to protect the wood. This needs to be done about once a month. He's doing a great job. Biggest thing is he is enjoying it and it helps with his PTSD, he is a war Veteran.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H9ApascOJBS68gOZeM3xF4aWGfuHtMBNrU4ZwcBT0SFn4VI1IuHGRrkaVoU5wDxOLgYDAgPJgOpbUV4bEafJNYy_VDQ6QNSbMSDnDiVUbr3xdRfs0WcwezDtIKKG4_X5Ta1aM9mnsMY/s2048/hand+carved+serving+spoon+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0H9ApascOJBS68gOZeM3xF4aWGfuHtMBNrU4ZwcBT0SFn4VI1IuHGRrkaVoU5wDxOLgYDAgPJgOpbUV4bEafJNYy_VDQ6QNSbMSDnDiVUbr3xdRfs0WcwezDtIKKG4_X5Ta1aM9mnsMY/s320/hand+carved+serving+spoon+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4YGU5n_MZCPZwDyddoorjBDbwxkyJkXdvmm6CpM7NYhAaGbK1mRRLV8QsL1tlE58l9thuPG2myAFJHQTz7l0ikbDiXbslD34QaHJtXRjkJxtilY6zhnWIKqRyemR3K7z3-_s6oqSTg0/s2048/hand+carved+skinny+spatula+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4YGU5n_MZCPZwDyddoorjBDbwxkyJkXdvmm6CpM7NYhAaGbK1mRRLV8QsL1tlE58l9thuPG2myAFJHQTz7l0ikbDiXbslD34QaHJtXRjkJxtilY6zhnWIKqRyemR3K7z3-_s6oqSTg0/s320/hand+carved+skinny+spatula+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for me this week. I'm feeling better, hubby is feeling physically better and we are determined to keep our spirits up.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I hope you all have a blessed week and join me over at Angie's for Mosaic Monday. <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-9809695294803264712020-11-29T10:45:00.000-05:002020-11-29T10:45:22.807-05:00Sick Tired but Thankful - Mosaic Monday 107<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, if you decided to read this post after the title, thank you, you are a brave soul, curious or feeling it too. 2020 has been a kick in the face. I could list ALLLL the things that have happened, all the upsetting, depressing, overwhelming thigs BUT I will not.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm not a "glass is half full" kind of person. I'm a "the glass can be refilled" kind of person. I grew up as the "glass is half empty" but thankfully grew out of that.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's been a rough year, a rough month and a rough holiday.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">BUT...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm thankful. Why?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Because I have faith and there is no point in sitting around miserable when I can't change one thing that has happened. Nor can I fix any of it, change it, repair it, "make it better" so I choose to move on. Head up, eyes forward, move ahead.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With that being said, there are days I just can't. I feel upset, down, overwhelmed, and weepy. I hate weepy. Down right hate it! It is not me, it is not how my Daddy taught me to be and it serious "p"s me off when it happens. That's when I have to go in prayer, confess my feelings about wanting to control it all, let go and walk on. Deep breath, head up, and just keep on going. I can only control so much, which isn't much to be honest. So I have to let go of <i>allll</i> the stuff I can't control. Focus on the positive.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm thankful for my faith, family, kitties, wildlife, home, electricity, vehicle, job, friends, internet friends, books, cooler weather and on and on. When I focus on the positive, the negative is still there but it is no longer the focus so it's not as big.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The last 2 weeks my husband has been sick. During this time he watched some YouTube video about hand carving spoons. He decided to give it a go. So far he has made 2 coffee stirring spoons, a teaspoon and 2 serving spoons. He has been using "green" cedar. Which means it is wet inside, not cured or dry. Once the carving is complete, he dries it in the microwave, something else he saw on YouTube. He tried using dry wood first but it was so brittle he kept breaking it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the latest. I love it. The color in the cedar is beautiful. No stain, no dye, all natural wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCbyzhbLNOgi8hi26va9MDoMOHSP_nPSkUU6wJBqNPv12j1drtYOmckt_FyQYBV98GKbe6dIJXZ936lVmSavS8X5kC0VbJEZUDJKnimAzNTgl4tBXr9IQxTOkQwN44P8SPtIVI3EW4GM/s2048/hand+carved+spoon+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCbyzhbLNOgi8hi26va9MDoMOHSP_nPSkUU6wJBqNPv12j1drtYOmckt_FyQYBV98GKbe6dIJXZ936lVmSavS8X5kC0VbJEZUDJKnimAzNTgl4tBXr9IQxTOkQwN44P8SPtIVI3EW4GM/w400-h400/hand+carved+spoon+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Since I mainly post photos of Beau, because he's my love bug shadow. This week, Sugar has been on me. Because daddy is sick. So here are a few pics of Sugar. If I didn't tell you, you might not know the difference. Some say, they're both black, and yes they are, but there is a big difference. Their personalities, their noses and eyes, even the shape of the face. Sugar is the baby, he's 10 but goodness he is such a baby. Just look at that face!</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhNDmrJqLpsbJCf66-JJY93gcng2YJGcyet3xeZQKM2jIvS-3MP3_EHpx5hVeuc1kZdOiSdEk6HXZFrnNlu5cXDHMQ9B5lgm3EcC_iEbmsWvvR9oz3o442MKe4ArktsJriQ6dnc3VKgg/s2048/Sugar+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBhNDmrJqLpsbJCf66-JJY93gcng2YJGcyet3xeZQKM2jIvS-3MP3_EHpx5hVeuc1kZdOiSdEk6HXZFrnNlu5cXDHMQ9B5lgm3EcC_iEbmsWvvR9oz3o442MKe4ArktsJriQ6dnc3VKgg/s320/Sugar+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've worked everyday except Thanksgiving, but y'all know I worked then. Cooking and cleaning. Yes, even though it was just the two of us, I cooked the entire shebang! Turkey, stuffing, rice, rolls, cranberry sauce, yams, greens, pea salad and a pecan pie-which I did buy this year. No kids, no grands, no family, no friends, just hubby, myself and the kitties. It was stress free and drama free so it wasn't all bad. LOTS of leftovers.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, any who...on Tuesday night when I went to the chiropractor, the sun was setting. Such lovely colors, the sky reminded me of cotton candy and it made me smile. After a long day, that's what I needed and God knew.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qND3ZJyl90-ZYHlqcmH8b4tFnmCdvpRx51PJtH-hg6NZbGIJP0tG2C-Snwzm0YIssV2w7eUMHnvoclWgxROFY7fS4YOP1VKpDA16vfy6p2ZiaIXPfH7toao-ebbDfxcXlA0l0_EwdXY/s2048/sunset+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qND3ZJyl90-ZYHlqcmH8b4tFnmCdvpRx51PJtH-hg6NZbGIJP0tG2C-Snwzm0YIssV2w7eUMHnvoclWgxROFY7fS4YOP1VKpDA16vfy6p2ZiaIXPfH7toao-ebbDfxcXlA0l0_EwdXY/s320/sunset+%2523SOP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">More decorations have gone up in town and the tree lighting service is Friday, however it will be virtual. It is looking so lovely. Tonight I plan on driving through town and looking at the lights. I may do this several times before Christmas.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My tree is up but not decorated as of yet, that's coming. The mantel is decorated and the snowflakes are on the porch.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have you started decorating?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for me this week, short, sad and hopefully a little sweet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings to you all!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">See you over at Mosaic Monday with Angie <a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-59975444599662698542020-11-26T10:19:00.000-05:002020-11-26T10:19:09.436-05:00Superhero, Who Me? TAD with Rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome to another episode of Thursday Art Day with Rain, I'm Dawn if you're new here and I'll like to join in with the real artist.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">First things first...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Rm3IJQIjmSbf-15SVIYiqj8J6GJt_R0gU3_Dahd6hE9iGxivJW2NN9Zba51WnL5hrx715RGsz7qG6j6s95cvICQ9KUKKPu6ahmi1vxTV96Q2uSQFEQGVfpya2R2gM9qCigW004j8HPg/s640/happy-1060140_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="640" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3Rm3IJQIjmSbf-15SVIYiqj8J6GJt_R0gU3_Dahd6hE9iGxivJW2NN9Zba51WnL5hrx715RGsz7qG6j6s95cvICQ9KUKKPu6ahmi1vxTV96Q2uSQFEQGVfpya2R2gM9qCigW004j8HPg/w400-h283/happy-1060140_640.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week the theme is "you as a superhero". I had NO clue what to do with this at first, then I had several ideas but failed to get any finished enough to share.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So here is my compromise. Instagram filters. LOL</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll do better next week.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn7EVgLYNLLK1D3Y3MepkmovUa5rxXiWtzT9nQ9CmIKjpKMWBEPsKTNpcZeiEpGDyQPGkhpaq4j9r5xgBLdKuArNGHIcHPB3oXaxnnZgT6yA1MCTBImZUthj9kMTEAxvuttacpdxc0GA/s2048/superhero+TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwn7EVgLYNLLK1D3Y3MepkmovUa5rxXiWtzT9nQ9CmIKjpKMWBEPsKTNpcZeiEpGDyQPGkhpaq4j9r5xgBLdKuArNGHIcHPB3oXaxnnZgT6yA1MCTBImZUthj9kMTEAxvuttacpdxc0GA/s320/superhero+TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">After giving it some thought. My heroes are all around me. Our nurses, fire fighters (which my oldest son is one) doctors, police, military and anyone who volunteers their time to help others. Teachers, moms, dads, anyone who is fostering a child or animal, the list really goes on and on.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So to all the unsung heroes out there, THANK YOU and God Bless!!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My grandkids love Super Heroes, here are a few pics.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVZUwQr-uaJeqIp4tsFOmBfC8TEMZJtXF1KfonSwe6AWekcx5eMdMaHiKliwFeVE5eyO5n7JWnanSbL8z2K2E1WMuQXNVG4m17Ft5IvDsj7l-TWOvRUJE4ISAKlwdkenLJcxDCRPFjyE/s2048/grands+and+halloween+2020+%2523sop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVZUwQr-uaJeqIp4tsFOmBfC8TEMZJtXF1KfonSwe6AWekcx5eMdMaHiKliwFeVE5eyO5n7JWnanSbL8z2K2E1WMuQXNVG4m17Ft5IvDsj7l-TWOvRUJE4ISAKlwdkenLJcxDCRPFjyE/s320/grands+and+halloween+2020+%2523sop.JPG" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a blessed day!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-29112173061791762102020-11-24T00:30:00.005-05:002020-11-24T00:30:02.258-05:007 Comforts - Mama Kat's Writing Prompt<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is my first contribution to the Mama Kat's writer's workshop, <a href="https://www.mamakatslosinit.com/2020/11/our-last-party/" target="_blank">prompt</a>, I read about it on another blog of course however through a different link up.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I participate in Mosaic Monday with Angie over at Ten Toes in the Water. Rain of Rain's Garden does as well. Once I visited her page I found her link party for Thursday Art Day. While visiting the weekly TAD links I learned about Mama Kat's weekly prompt. I love the blogging world. There is so very much to discover, learn and grow with.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So this week, my first, I chose the prompt of "List 7 Things that bring you comfort". Here we go...</span></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztOLayilrd5FHKzsMitNS4AiyNPoN2qGUgMLZ4ifG2fkWejBa_paMKXsgGk9il3oE44E-xiTX7GxwF0apB-dfKHwhVG_w_idV0oKnKvUboxLuKucRaoGK-S4tHAeZWu2Kmx3apgj6Bno/s2048/Beau+looking+down+from+stairs+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiztOLayilrd5FHKzsMitNS4AiyNPoN2qGUgMLZ4ifG2fkWejBa_paMKXsgGk9il3oE44E-xiTX7GxwF0apB-dfKHwhVG_w_idV0oKnKvUboxLuKucRaoGK-S4tHAeZWu2Kmx3apgj6Bno/s320/Beau+looking+down+from+stairs+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><center><br /></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>7 Comforting Things To Me</b></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">1. My faith. My faith brings me comfort knowing that I don't have to have all the answers nor can I control every outcome. However, the One who loves me most and best can and does have ALL the answers and control.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">2. My family. My family (husband, children, grands and sisters of the heart but not blood related) this family of mine is loving, supportive, encouraging, challenging and comforting. Not in a bad way, but like an old pair of slippers. They fit just right. They bring comfort when needed and can make me smile at the end of a long day.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">3. My kitties. Oh my...if it were not for 1 my faith and my big boy Beau there have been many times in the last several years that I surely would have just given up. Quit. Walked away from life itself. He loves me, knows when I need a hug and is purrfectly (see what I did there) content just to be with me no matter my mood.</span></center><center style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWuqXlPf7NJ4s026M4NujtZ_OoM9GjRsb4qB7swooL28qFSh1AQUVyRnpVzOKtymzh4nIMbEzSGfJgKENZPgfiyUs-ksVYfNQqciFaymmD-13T_EaGKEGKb4rudlya4vdFqTy2sHwetg/s3072/Beau+Sugar+MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3072" data-original-width="3072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbWuqXlPf7NJ4s026M4NujtZ_OoM9GjRsb4qB7swooL28qFSh1AQUVyRnpVzOKtymzh4nIMbEzSGfJgKENZPgfiyUs-ksVYfNQqciFaymmD-13T_EaGKEGKb4rudlya4vdFqTy2sHwetg/s320/Beau+Sugar+MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div></center><center><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">4. A hot cup of coffee. That comforts me every morning. lol</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dY6_v5SDhH-WiKzXUHyYSrd5Ed4_vRc8bSRy75z76rv1RBp7BLdHllvfeikBYp5qPQjCDQp6_jA0EsxEEbNmNhls_Bp2lhKTxqabVqcLnzbBU_FGwKtqul6jdHpvz8-tpira14qFghY/s1333/mosaic+mugs+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2dY6_v5SDhH-WiKzXUHyYSrd5Ed4_vRc8bSRy75z76rv1RBp7BLdHllvfeikBYp5qPQjCDQp6_jA0EsxEEbNmNhls_Bp2lhKTxqabVqcLnzbBU_FGwKtqul6jdHpvz8-tpira14qFghY/s320/mosaic+mugs+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">5. The water but it has to be moving. Not a stagnate pond or a man-made lake. The river, a creek, the ocean or gulf coast and when nothing else is near by a fountain. I could sit all day by the water, breeze blowing, eyes closed, sun on my face and wind in my hair. My worries will melt away. I grew up on the coast and water has always been my escape. When life was too much, when I felt I wasn't enough, tired, sad, lonely, needing a moment, the water was where I would go.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZaM4z5KDcc_DifOEicbJ5AUx_tLrXTN8rf9VJrIupnfQvO-XMzcSp1I9fDHOU3CtK_YSotzOjQIE6Djxn6IR8YI_c3quB68_HRHkOZ06GLrbtxO0TodyBZ1vN4NHCWouHj5GvIjB80g/s2048/AL+waterfall+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZaM4z5KDcc_DifOEicbJ5AUx_tLrXTN8rf9VJrIupnfQvO-XMzcSp1I9fDHOU3CtK_YSotzOjQIE6Djxn6IR8YI_c3quB68_HRHkOZ06GLrbtxO0TodyBZ1vN4NHCWouHj5GvIjB80g/s320/AL+waterfall+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; text-align: left;">6. Food. Food used to be a comfort for me and I turned to it far too often. I have learned in the last few years that as much as I love food and at the moment it does bring me comfort, over the years it has not served me well. If I was sad or upset my mom would fix chicken and pastry, homemade biscuits, fried potatoes, cake and ice cream. I thought that was normal and healthy, eat your feelings, feel better, moan and groan then move on. It's not healthy and it took years for me to admit that I am an emotional eater. Food is comforting but it should not be the first and only thing you turn to.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">7. Fall, yes Fall is comforting. The cooler temperatures, crisp breeze, crunchy leaves under my feet, a cozy blanket, warm mittens, a brisk walk and a roaring fire/fire pit/bon fire all bring me comfort.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY7aFyir8sG_2-EZBbLaj989S3f0IxEA_hTICCgVATWseVGYTDH0aScKrEfVlKER87QNQF3cIqkmKH8lcEQHK4RUbrDeUaZR1Flq6Vpyt5Cup9ReXbSSQ6Ll22onBwCR3Isp-NkDwfYs/s2048/bon+fire+celebration+of+life+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmY7aFyir8sG_2-EZBbLaj989S3f0IxEA_hTICCgVATWseVGYTDH0aScKrEfVlKER87QNQF3cIqkmKH8lcEQHK4RUbrDeUaZR1Flq6Vpyt5Cup9ReXbSSQ6Ll22onBwCR3Isp-NkDwfYs/s320/bon+fire+celebration+of+life+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for now. I may give this another try next week. Thank you to all who visit.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div><center><a href="http://www.mamakatslosinit.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Mama’s Losin’ It" src="http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac331/mamakatslosinit/workshop-button-1.png" /></a></center></center>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-40011970478357969522020-11-22T00:30:00.103-05:002020-11-22T00:30:01.957-05:00Anniversary Lights Fire - Mosaic Monday 106<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome back to another week of Mosaic Monday. Man I tell you, I blink and another week has flown by, but while I was in the midst of it, it felt like several weeks. Do you feel that way? 2020 has definitely been one for the record books and I do wish I could say it's been a delight but far from it.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Trying to stay positive and focused on gratitude, we celebrated our anniversary last Saturday the 14th. We have been together for 31 years. Some of those were full of wonder, excitement and joy, others were full of heart break and some very difficult lessons but together we have weathered them all. Some with more grace than others.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We went to The Olive Tree, a local Greek/Italian restaurant by where I work. It came highly recommended but let me tell you. They did not recommend it enough. My good gracious, best food we've had out in a long time. Top left was our appetizer, Greek bruschetta, I could have eaten the entire plate and a small salad and gone home a happy woman. Top right was my lasagna complete with homemade sauce and noodles. Bottom left, my hub had spaghetti with meat sauce, sautéed mushrooms and meatballs. Large soft luscious garlic rolls, I had a bite. Right was his dessert. Baklava served warm with drizzled honey and a sprinkling of cinnamon. We ate right after I got off work since I had only had a banana all day and that was all we ate for the rest of the day, yes we took home a doggie bag with 3 containers. Worth every morsel and mouthful.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX4xvueJyQWdP3nsYsquczhbpQE25ySQrhg9FHZipnCs4jSNHsl-ROUFs4Kgs1eM1v-QDzcb_7heHxM_p1ihfv5WNYl3ilB8CMncJCd30n0SKmIn4Qf9tl-Xe2313f-jJV9SloKLjLbE/s2048/anniversary+dinner+%2523MM+SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHX4xvueJyQWdP3nsYsquczhbpQE25ySQrhg9FHZipnCs4jSNHsl-ROUFs4Kgs1eM1v-QDzcb_7heHxM_p1ihfv5WNYl3ilB8CMncJCd30n0SKmIn4Qf9tl-Xe2313f-jJV9SloKLjLbE/s320/anniversary+dinner+%2523MM+SOP.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> Top left May 1991, top right June 1991</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYowgv4M_0ocxTlQSZ4radt7dR_5Jr_Qk1vIbHDbMZ3vhlOGxdgQkCPPjlMVeZSfGNPCR9nZHay-AnLFTlYOssly3HHNh8GIK6h2OMF_yHzMfLuk0DZdpX07ThuePbY9pEiIka0gFvOM/s1179/111420+anniversary+%2523MM+%2523SOP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1179" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYowgv4M_0ocxTlQSZ4radt7dR_5Jr_Qk1vIbHDbMZ3vhlOGxdgQkCPPjlMVeZSfGNPCR9nZHay-AnLFTlYOssly3HHNh8GIK6h2OMF_yHzMfLuk0DZdpX07ThuePbY9pEiIka0gFvOM/w255-h400/111420+anniversary+%2523MM+%2523SOP.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0 0 0 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;">Bottom left 2017 and bottom right October 2020</blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The small city I work in put up the decorations and lights on Monday. Not very clear as I snapped the pictures as I was leaving work. I'll try to get a nice shot one night this week.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The bottom photos are our white board. Yes, we're at it again. lol</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaP-K3guyyQ8l4gvZ1Naoo6VbmMTPmSNHNRgZXxymxkAAWt_ScfTQCtQUBiU4DWSH0IysDbAgLQDXAUXeiTV19UL0vK8Hxgs69s066U4py86WuW1OYMR_XWIGqqrfhknO09HUQV3eJ1c/s2048/Christmas+lights+and+white+board+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuaP-K3guyyQ8l4gvZ1Naoo6VbmMTPmSNHNRgZXxymxkAAWt_ScfTQCtQUBiU4DWSH0IysDbAgLQDXAUXeiTV19UL0vK8Hxgs69s066U4py86WuW1OYMR_XWIGqqrfhknO09HUQV3eJ1c/s320/Christmas+lights+and+white+board+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Also on the way home Monday night I passed a huge fire, I saw the black smoke five miles before I passed by it. Thankfully it was contained and a brush burnoff. I was concerned it was a business or home and rejoiced to see it was not.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxcsRHpP77p7yfVyov4SLNHrApq9qe6oy6WDGPWDU6UCQi0GooLLtVbWsCaWGSGsoy60JuP7DJQm2pY7p_x5JW-UGNMigz81ODIj6KKc61ZY2B8S2YhRppOlllSmIaE18beb-6cia1VI/s2048/Fire+11162020+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhxcsRHpP77p7yfVyov4SLNHrApq9qe6oy6WDGPWDU6UCQi0GooLLtVbWsCaWGSGsoy60JuP7DJQm2pY7p_x5JW-UGNMigz81ODIj6KKc61ZY2B8S2YhRppOlllSmIaE18beb-6cia1VI/s320/Fire+11162020+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The rest of the week was a blur. Working everyday has totally thrown me off, exhausted me and given me a new found respect (or reminded me) for those who work all day every day on their feet.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">21 November was our youngest son's birthday, hard to believe my baby is 27. Twenty seven??!!!! He's been in the Air Force for eight years, just a few weeks after his birthday he swore in and off he went. Now married with a four (almost five) year old and an associates degree. We are so proud of him. Not just him, all of the kids, yes they are still kids in my mind and heart, but all adults with children of their own. <i>WHEN</i> did I get so old? Oh well, not old. Well seasoned or aged like fine wine LOL or that's what I'm telling myself.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The little town where I work has been busy this week. Saturday, 11/21 when I arrived at work so much had changed. They have decorated the store fronts, put up the tree (the tree lighting is Friday night 11/27) and there are huge lollipops in all the bushes. Oh yes and Whoville is in the process of being built. There is also a box for letters to Santa. It's all very festive.</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBY7rkqv9cA_tFeGDyvtAfA7kDuo0eCZQcXzSP6Cwydr8keEeAVjB3Ok0BPO7J3SwzV6b-bk4roPzlio2Yztr2kHcpCe2pxyvVHvhXt9Cq-vspeIcM40wz7zy_GpF2PJvGvRq734NDuk/s2048/mm+112120.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoBY7rkqv9cA_tFeGDyvtAfA7kDuo0eCZQcXzSP6Cwydr8keEeAVjB3Ok0BPO7J3SwzV6b-bk4roPzlio2Yztr2kHcpCe2pxyvVHvhXt9Cq-vspeIcM40wz7zy_GpF2PJvGvRq734NDuk/w400-h400/mm+112120.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've worked everyday the last week, my manager is on vacation. I have 4 more days to go and she will be back. YAY</span><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We have yet to decorate at home for Christmas. I'm saving that for Friday. I've never been a "Black Friday" shopper and I surely will not be out and about this year.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I want to say for those in the US, HAPPY THANKSGIVING, on Thursday of course. Cheers! May we all remember how blessed we truly are even amidst the 2020 craziness. Do you prepare a turkey, ham or both? We have turkey for Thanksgiving, both for Christmas and ham for Easter. That's my family tradition, however, with it just being the two of us, we may change that this year. Oh who am I kidding?! hahaha we're having turkey!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you all for visiting. Thank you Angie for hosting <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> and thank you Lord for keeping us safe thus far.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-69003032735596292202020-11-19T00:30:00.048-05:002020-11-19T16:51:18.459-05:00Antique TAD with Rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome to this weeks theme of Antique for Thursday Art Day with Rain. I am thoroughly enjoying these days of art. But not as much as I am visiting all the participants, viewing your work and reading about techniques. You are all so truly gifted and I feel extremely humbled to be part of such a welcoming group. In addition to allowing me to join you all, you have been extremely kind with your comments and encouragement. So...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbRU4jlQPIuSnH61e2jk0w67GWnIMKUPls5rXaK3zPc6DWM_4OQeX04EgbQHhPNUlzbN-rdJxVVuS7CL_cRQdi0_vdPnXlPtSdbWeGuYI3AdKgdsHcHphIZImVduTBKigj7fc5daiS4g/s640/thank-you-5077738_640.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJbRU4jlQPIuSnH61e2jk0w67GWnIMKUPls5rXaK3zPc6DWM_4OQeX04EgbQHhPNUlzbN-rdJxVVuS7CL_cRQdi0_vdPnXlPtSdbWeGuYI3AdKgdsHcHphIZImVduTBKigj7fc5daiS4g/s320/thank-you-5077738_640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Antique...well this one threw me. I love antiques but how do I convey that in an artist form?</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">First here is an antique necklace that was handcrafted over 100 years ago. I bought it after an estate sale. I absolutely love turquoise and this was so unique. I'd love to know the back story on it but have no clue. The ring, tiny thing that it is, was my paternal grandmother's ring. We share the same birth month and one day apart from sharing the day, of course many years apart. haha The ring was given to me when I was 7. She passed when my Daddy was only 9 which was over sixty years ago. No one in the family is sure how long she had it. So it is safe to say it is over 100 years old. The boxes my paternal grandfather made. He was a carpenter by trade. He passed when I was only three and he was in his seventies, again, well over a hundred.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbF26Xoy27TtI8M5WHildhQL4vFNzRZbQUN-UOxPI0r7Ra0zKcaHDHBkw7cXrOKGFHHCO4NpylP590mS_qO7IfBC9rhyphenhyphenBsc47LndONp7afT0tpVhGFjbEq3MPsLjvF8At2O5sYie5tp4/s2048/antique+jewelry+and+boxes+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbF26Xoy27TtI8M5WHildhQL4vFNzRZbQUN-UOxPI0r7Ra0zKcaHDHBkw7cXrOKGFHHCO4NpylP590mS_qO7IfBC9rhyphenhyphenBsc47LndONp7afT0tpVhGFjbEq3MPsLjvF8At2O5sYie5tp4/s320/antique+jewelry+and+boxes+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to make a few sketches of some old gas pumps. I guess being the daughter of a mechanic and growing up working with my Daddy, I have grease in my veins. I've always liked antiques, especially cars, gas pumps and old machinery.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLa2kVkd76sXbtcGh16eWSzI5XQ5sQOc0mejrSsww4SL4eCe1ou9ex5WJA1zWh-7NrDMbNQzv-hx83eeefwjA-xPhabDEBjiH5B8n0bGrronM7YGdFkppi5WuQtHTjPtbCZsHw8i28kwE/s2048/antique+drawings+for+TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLa2kVkd76sXbtcGh16eWSzI5XQ5sQOc0mejrSsww4SL4eCe1ou9ex5WJA1zWh-7NrDMbNQzv-hx83eeefwjA-xPhabDEBjiH5B8n0bGrronM7YGdFkppi5WuQtHTjPtbCZsHw8i28kwE/w300-h400/antique+drawings+for+TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtximm-LjyXVE09Ae3c0M-VilrsCz75ICc-Ex72CbYkoOnn0dOHm-MiCVgrLrhGObwW-vF9p_MQDAadpEkigGyENtaYFfFpMdQplgM62x8m32yITDUR5ruoxUx6GYj04Gpgyz_tGmx3A/s2048/gas+pump+green+drawing+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmtximm-LjyXVE09Ae3c0M-VilrsCz75ICc-Ex72CbYkoOnn0dOHm-MiCVgrLrhGObwW-vF9p_MQDAadpEkigGyENtaYFfFpMdQplgM62x8m32yITDUR5ruoxUx6GYj04Gpgyz_tGmx3A/w400-h300/gas+pump+green+drawing+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREwhWv7koVWuEvO8MfyEvAiAKGqUuIeS4zFIUeJYj6ZX1rAIoBcRqagdD2YpddI5oQD3yucsELqqtCb5lk0ZyigF-mdRvH78jcnozBko3by-b8mAsyNQQMqxor0Twh3BECCyFHWtPENY/s2048/gas+pump+orange+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREwhWv7koVWuEvO8MfyEvAiAKGqUuIeS4zFIUeJYj6ZX1rAIoBcRqagdD2YpddI5oQD3yucsELqqtCb5lk0ZyigF-mdRvH78jcnozBko3by-b8mAsyNQQMqxor0Twh3BECCyFHWtPENY/s320/gas+pump+orange+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuFJVteEY6y133FV7om7Eu5Wr9HvQHYWuemOCMh4HNJuYer7j1KyWsT8-CSBk9VaXFnPDrKkkaSg_OhEu9vg2tRYzbSzjb0ZX12jwA_TnVRIBJh5EmXhdNujkvs8DFqNDc7uwcioZ2J4/s2048/gas+pumps+green+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiuFJVteEY6y133FV7om7Eu5Wr9HvQHYWuemOCMh4HNJuYer7j1KyWsT8-CSBk9VaXFnPDrKkkaSg_OhEu9vg2tRYzbSzjb0ZX12jwA_TnVRIBJh5EmXhdNujkvs8DFqNDc7uwcioZ2J4/s320/gas+pumps+green+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The photos I found online as my inspiration.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JT1e6VZm9ePDFW0E1lDqmdqsNeaPnNHA5-WvZ_1N2SifqVQTtnZ5N0iaBMrkuppnO1gFlnyG39pznDz3nEgz5qL_YxGe57MSyZTA1w1ZX_5HuUOVGpYuBnCv1U7MeARDLuL2RBttIWg/s2934/antique++gas+pump+orange.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2934" data-original-width="1072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JT1e6VZm9ePDFW0E1lDqmdqsNeaPnNHA5-WvZ_1N2SifqVQTtnZ5N0iaBMrkuppnO1gFlnyG39pznDz3nEgz5qL_YxGe57MSyZTA1w1ZX_5HuUOVGpYuBnCv1U7MeARDLuL2RBttIWg/s320/antique++gas+pump+orange.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7IRZT4zhGaXB143fr0WhB2_BUYxeEaFW1Qlloht-6HkthTRJGQRTxTKlajM-S8yvCwos6jk9MU2LAkVRZK3FFxOnmrhQ9yOOIL4hoocpSDpuWrGuTVONxvXd3hayn-54ILQ0AHQQQCM/s2048/Old-gas-pumps+highlandscurrent+dot+org.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1636" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs7IRZT4zhGaXB143fr0WhB2_BUYxeEaFW1Qlloht-6HkthTRJGQRTxTKlajM-S8yvCwos6jk9MU2LAkVRZK3FFxOnmrhQ9yOOIL4hoocpSDpuWrGuTVONxvXd3hayn-54ILQ0AHQQQCM/s320/Old-gas-pumps+highlandscurrent+dot+org.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm looking forward to seeing what everyone else has produced this week. There were many other ideas for sketches but this weeks work schedule prevented me from having more time to turn out something I felt worthy to share.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'll see you over at Rain's Garden for Thursday Art Day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-26900540917391317782020-11-15T00:30:00.001-05:002020-11-15T00:30:07.474-05:00The Splendor of Fall - Mosaic Monday 105<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mosaic Monday 105</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiM8L_yPh01ekdVm2t8k7q-tC6aRxq-JQ_Kcz9WvhlzP5VKm9m2eGwnKhwnKqul4oKhBjSPuZhS8WQut6ET_nZ5GROcZZrG3gueD6RkudjDUrkW3asbfmYx1VcoJZLctGXihWu8S3vXg/s2048/park+photos+11820+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXiM8L_yPh01ekdVm2t8k7q-tC6aRxq-JQ_Kcz9WvhlzP5VKm9m2eGwnKhwnKqul4oKhBjSPuZhS8WQut6ET_nZ5GROcZZrG3gueD6RkudjDUrkW3asbfmYx1VcoJZLctGXihWu8S3vXg/w400-h400/park+photos+11820+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">HEY we made it!! We survived Friday the 13th in 2020. Hallelujah!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikutuC5HEU_-kbSs_oR9pgpdFLj38YKOEU6xTd6dEB1U36TGNj_QbYmoy740pSh7urjGFX4Y7OVzmAECuQ8__ADI8UTXCQ8WTiaFoRqm48X15zyi4Ij1h9S_zDCBfmDgOAj0GnMsYCHUg/s640/woman-571715_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikutuC5HEU_-kbSs_oR9pgpdFLj38YKOEU6xTd6dEB1U36TGNj_QbYmoy740pSh7urjGFX4Y7OVzmAECuQ8__ADI8UTXCQ8WTiaFoRqm48X15zyi4Ij1h9S_zDCBfmDgOAj0GnMsYCHUg/s320/woman-571715_640.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">There was a Friday the 13th in March and we all know how that turned out, so the fact that we are here, safe, healthy and some what happen is reason for celebration.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I think the trees are doing just that. The splendor of Fall has decided to descend upon Georgia and not a minute too soon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last Sunday I drove over to the park and went for a nice 2 mile walk. I would have walked longer but the rained decided to join me. An unwelcomed visitor but at least I had made the two miles already.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just look at the color of these trees. Gorgeous don't you think? Also see the top photo collage, photos I took during my walk.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKG6LVcZRfHa2DzyJadGo1kyVOKWQl1Wxk4IJX0C0TF3etE_8yAyV60X7QK6WqPsXR10oOb9NLM6pgxtpB6ZTdYfEJx90ImAP0OK0pNKW4c34gpYCItSEMXq6OSKWhGmH6jNyOeZfYDU/s2048/red+trees+at+park+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIKG6LVcZRfHa2DzyJadGo1kyVOKWQl1Wxk4IJX0C0TF3etE_8yAyV60X7QK6WqPsXR10oOb9NLM6pgxtpB6ZTdYfEJx90ImAP0OK0pNKW4c34gpYCItSEMXq6OSKWhGmH6jNyOeZfYDU/w300-h400/red+trees+at+park+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday I was off and we needed a dessert. Yes, needed. Super simple and delicious. It lasted 5 whole days! That's a record.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Mixed Berry Cobbler</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">1 can of mixed berry pie filling in a 9 inch square baking dish, sprayed with nonstick. I also added 1/3 cup of leftover frozen blueberries to the mix.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In a bowl I added the mixed berry muffin mix, 1/2 cup of oats and 2 TBSP brown sugar, gave it a stir and poured on top of the berry mix. Next I melted 3 TBSP of butter and drizzled that on top. Placed it in a preheated oven at 350 degrees, baked for 20 minutes. Allowed it to cool and topped with some sugar free whipped topping. Oh so good.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTN6fnpzJ7iRWYauJvvNvtodRGuifH_hnTiHTzicEjnbv1WnEXky2cVINlZx99BGgJDQTixuOx5dFyCR3-BTF1EYlz2FYYdnXALYAIvWhY09qp2XwfC8dv28VCPaVxJ7RwnjXlLYYrJc/s2048/mixed+berry+cobbler+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJTN6fnpzJ7iRWYauJvvNvtodRGuifH_hnTiHTzicEjnbv1WnEXky2cVINlZx99BGgJDQTixuOx5dFyCR3-BTF1EYlz2FYYdnXALYAIvWhY09qp2XwfC8dv28VCPaVxJ7RwnjXlLYYrJc/w400-h400/mixed+berry+cobbler+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Driving through my neighborhood, the trees are just lovely. Don't worry, this was hands free photo taking. My phone is mounted on the dash and I just touch the button and it will do a flash...take 10-50 photos and then I'll pick a few I like. Pretty cool this modern technology. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7qqOKUqhp3a_ugnclfcq3dPXOQaHAZlMitp5hcVzBuzjtehQTVACXxPf3StHZ5r0uIivu5yfiACK93Op3v1UphTLoT2eBxSKXhWLHcG-kRiIywRvVz_QaaOtHQ000if_vvy_tUTuCkA/s2048/neighborbood+trees+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7qqOKUqhp3a_ugnclfcq3dPXOQaHAZlMitp5hcVzBuzjtehQTVACXxPf3StHZ5r0uIivu5yfiACK93Op3v1UphTLoT2eBxSKXhWLHcG-kRiIywRvVz_QaaOtHQ000if_vvy_tUTuCkA/w400-h400/neighborbood+trees+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkdiSx7jBnfKGSvwxh83yGigZE5_S3gQw7n3fM9zw0cpLqWG4pWxrSMxAcWOio9WhM1YvKrUpd20xMdZf0w5gUVQ6ezercJ58QpB2iqwKLTc5AU5eSj5NG7k5YNKa_66EEXLDUjd9WFY/s2048/neighbor+tree+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkdiSx7jBnfKGSvwxh83yGigZE5_S3gQw7n3fM9zw0cpLqWG4pWxrSMxAcWOio9WhM1YvKrUpd20xMdZf0w5gUVQ6ezercJ58QpB2iqwKLTc5AU5eSj5NG7k5YNKa_66EEXLDUjd9WFY/w400-h300/neighbor+tree+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Wednesday morning it was raining and foggy as I headed to work. This was around 7 a.m.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s2E_zEeebMkiwyuDWObRhC8ad8UFFand8LAF5F618c2DOZtDi7Q-ExYUatl8k79WoO4BIYy_MCZ0wfBi_us-dobOFPC1dk0rsosXX7TeMalaTh-nukCrxlGwIY14XiYFkYmBgWxOF3w/s2048/foggy+drive+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s2E_zEeebMkiwyuDWObRhC8ad8UFFand8LAF5F618c2DOZtDi7Q-ExYUatl8k79WoO4BIYy_MCZ0wfBi_us-dobOFPC1dk0rsosXX7TeMalaTh-nukCrxlGwIY14XiYFkYmBgWxOF3w/w400-h300/foggy+drive+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday I was off and Beau was quite happy. He plopped right down on the couch cushion and went fast asleep while I watched a movie. He's so sweet. Just look at that face.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHoGXoozmcmgLQW_fIhV8SJmwivfhumrDIPOde0KAAS_-awIGHNC9o6GNMDeh5QA8Zb1Wt9JiZIGYtgyJ4UatiBromrb8MG6JiDE_G2JKA4TKPcX9_UVcA-tTBszFQLmt4IYAhyO9quo/s2048/Beau+couch+sleeping+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOHoGXoozmcmgLQW_fIhV8SJmwivfhumrDIPOde0KAAS_-awIGHNC9o6GNMDeh5QA8Zb1Wt9JiZIGYtgyJ4UatiBromrb8MG6JiDE_G2JKA4TKPcX9_UVcA-tTBszFQLmt4IYAhyO9quo/w300-h400/Beau+couch+sleeping+%2523MM+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Thursday's I've joined with Rain and several extremely talented artist for TAD or Thursday Art Day. If you love expressing yourself in art, which is a loose translation, and like the challenge of a theme each week you should check it out. I'm having a blast. You can see the theme's <a href="http://www.rainfrances.com/p/thursday-art-date-with-rain-2020.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> and this week was Dots and Points which if you're interested you can check out my post <b><a href="https://spatulasonparade.blogspot.com/2020/11/points-and-dots-tad-with-rain.html" target="_blank">HERE</a></b>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's it for this week.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stop by and link up if you're a blogger or visit Angie <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></b> for Mosaic Monday 105.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a blessed week.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-14934764531599850232020-11-12T00:30:00.062-05:002020-11-12T00:30:04.388-05:00Points and Dots - TAD with Rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: verdana;">Hey y'all and welcome to another week of Thursday Art Day with Rain. No I'm not Rain, lol, but I'm joining her and other artist/crafters/talented folks for this weeks theme of Points and Dots. You can point, you can cross your T's and dot your I's but whatever you chose, and however you interpret it be sure to drop by her page and share the link.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I appreciate all the lovely comments and kind words. My creativity really comes out in my cooking and writing. Long ago it was drawing, then I moved to painting (which was awful) next came home interior design, over time it became cooking, crafts and doodles to entertain the kiddos. Lastly and most recently it has been photography which I thoroughly enjoy. Drawing and expressing myself in some form of art had been on my mind for some time when I ran across Rain's blog and this weekly link up. I'm so glad I found it and decided to challenge myself and join in.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have several this week. I truly could not decide on one so decided to go with several different ones.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first is a wall cling in my bathroom. I love the dandelion and dragonflies, made up of you guessed it, dots.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxfPB9ApBCh0o7zv5f_rrf6UYN9oOjSH4Q5JcQ4C59_6g9ZMdh_q702FCTqszZxAX_K4Qcb6YErcXJBmQ637hdm6JkadoAzRq_D4wW7HyCeWpjTSmrAY0He_oyng_QuHqdAlaPTRQOPk/s2048/dandalion+dot+%2523SOP+%2523TAD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvxfPB9ApBCh0o7zv5f_rrf6UYN9oOjSH4Q5JcQ4C59_6g9ZMdh_q702FCTqszZxAX_K4Qcb6YErcXJBmQ637hdm6JkadoAzRq_D4wW7HyCeWpjTSmrAY0He_oyng_QuHqdAlaPTRQOPk/w400-h400/dandalion+dot+%2523SOP+%2523TAD.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">More dots. An index card with a sunflower. Dot center, another dandelion and my carnivorous dotted plant. The plant is on our dry erase board. If you follow me on the Mosaic Monday link up, you've seen the board before. I draw a picture each week and as the week goes by my husband adds little things to it. Silly as it may seem but it's a "thing" for us. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kxFG18EUDj9lO3sIEK44J_mygrm2Wq1pM5IlCJld4h3Sxi4Kl_IQe-Q-bQ6dg7SFJ6KHpiaRsxB3K-P78clU9MeQQUdg-UFgEBWXC43LhSe6JSEmZZ0ehm1_HxHaCHngImn1fcEBCMM/s2048/dots+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kxFG18EUDj9lO3sIEK44J_mygrm2Wq1pM5IlCJld4h3Sxi4Kl_IQe-Q-bQ6dg7SFJ6KHpiaRsxB3K-P78clU9MeQQUdg-UFgEBWXC43LhSe6JSEmZZ0ehm1_HxHaCHngImn1fcEBCMM/s320/dots+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first thing I started with, trying to get my head around the theme.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmWzTTE1YZK28o8a5baXqbyp9onf8yFnXxxYQ4ZulkEyD5GFOVmaqa8njmb1ss0NQFiI9WfUzfcBuquMD0ESZipyIY960Knbh6xzcm-OKziY6cQaxHuS12eE3ZBhuyRP8HpaX5SeFRhw/s2048/dots+and+points+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZmWzTTE1YZK28o8a5baXqbyp9onf8yFnXxxYQ4ZulkEyD5GFOVmaqa8njmb1ss0NQFiI9WfUzfcBuquMD0ESZipyIY960Knbh6xzcm-OKziY6cQaxHuS12eE3ZBhuyRP8HpaX5SeFRhw/s320/dots+and+points+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This drawing is small. 4x3 in size. A little girl pointing up to the sky. The flowers are dots with points.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZer7OMdloVmEa_Mq-_tlCG2O3U3csEktASGx9zP4R7tDDY10mexUj6Tg52BOpsKsetm9m724ZRUof7u3cHZa7dNOYev6Fh_EUfephgennjnWEbR6rYT8ll_1229rNEeL6C_mvKUO1b2A/s2048/mini+drawing+point+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZer7OMdloVmEa_Mq-_tlCG2O3U3csEktASGx9zP4R7tDDY10mexUj6Tg52BOpsKsetm9m724ZRUof7u3cHZa7dNOYev6Fh_EUfephgennjnWEbR6rYT8ll_1229rNEeL6C_mvKUO1b2A/w400-h299/mini+drawing+point+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I tried drawing a squirrel statue that I have on my desk. Not the greatest but it's been years since I tried to draw a squirrel.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvByUdYZ1nIC9GkQzVekFIGNEYx65GA18bo05_UGE5xFRTnrm5N06IKgJrTJBp2Zn4gcJ-mLou728oinmxM48ZzFN04vmkPZTwqVlqxRbFnAsWHS7uGJcbKk7XAewU1DlcamgFbDDhD4/s2048/side+shot+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwvByUdYZ1nIC9GkQzVekFIGNEYx65GA18bo05_UGE5xFRTnrm5N06IKgJrTJBp2Zn4gcJ-mLou728oinmxM48ZzFN04vmkPZTwqVlqxRbFnAsWHS7uGJcbKk7XAewU1DlcamgFbDDhD4/s320/side+shot+%2523TAD+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjicBKp88d7eu1LrzU-fZWWaE2XolRJfgXX4Y3Cjpjn1EgjP1PcnI4IyxbLHP84uCmr_aKKgx1ryO-54Bupee6IFhu8G4l90hvRLZIz-w88E0-2bwQHMvLpqxCjg62hhqXSBKLh4LhOs/s2048/squirrel+d+and+p+%2523SOP+%2523TAD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjicBKp88d7eu1LrzU-fZWWaE2XolRJfgXX4Y3Cjpjn1EgjP1PcnI4IyxbLHP84uCmr_aKKgx1ryO-54Bupee6IFhu8G4l90hvRLZIz-w88E0-2bwQHMvLpqxCjg62hhqXSBKLh4LhOs/s320/squirrel+d+and+p+%2523SOP+%2523TAD.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">My index card art. A Sunflower with a dot center. The insert photo shows the cards for a size reference.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnpbiHegd1NTBst_zwFOb9VXsO8bv7feCH-P9Sm3G2LG4DfkSYoCjCJKPdbjlwCwOm_rJFpax65F_P2YlTC7EO9PIwsm_VT2RPpEZG6hJ6d_Q_k8GX9iowgknqqf-7vHkoNpQc6odXC0/s2048/Sunflower+dot+collage+%2523SOP+%2523TAD.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnpbiHegd1NTBst_zwFOb9VXsO8bv7feCH-P9Sm3G2LG4DfkSYoCjCJKPdbjlwCwOm_rJFpax65F_P2YlTC7EO9PIwsm_VT2RPpEZG6hJ6d_Q_k8GX9iowgknqqf-7vHkoNpQc6odXC0/s320/Sunflower+dot+collage+%2523SOP+%2523TAD.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know, it's crazy. That was a lot but I could not decide on one. Thanks for indulging my journey of finding the creative side in art again.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">**Rain's link up <a href="http://www.rainfrances.com/" target="_blank">HERE</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">AND if you'd like to join, this <b><a href="http://www.rainfrances.com/p/thursday-art-date-with-rain-2020.html" target="_blank">LINK</a></b> will show you the upcoming dates and themes.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-46941656210970815692020-11-08T00:30:00.131-05:002020-11-08T00:30:06.934-05:00Sloppy Joe Tater Tot Casserole and Fancy Banana MM 104<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">My goodness what a busy week. Here we are at Mosaic Monday 104.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">November? Time change. A full moon. A blue moon. AND an election, no wonder the world is batty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last weekend if you remember we had my son and his family over. The storm had knocked out their power and heat, after six days it was finally restored. Well, the power was on in 3.5 days however the heater was a bust and had to be replaced, but it was 30 years old. Everyone is home and life is as normal as it can be right now.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Halloween came and went with not a lot of activity here but at least most of the grands were able to get out and enjoy themselves. Here are a few pics. Not all of the grands but most and the top right is my great grand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFXtIhiZaE_3ghJjLABH-unmrhNLixfE10Ga2AhSFQPqqn4mj78UPtFg9Sqn9SneYxDckpHjtwWSiomBgTJAktptsasFHp3hjOqLI_PP0w3PsQazdOa6SqI30czSliEf1Og4w4_t_gjc/s2048/grands+and+halloween+2020+%2523sop.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAFXtIhiZaE_3ghJjLABH-unmrhNLixfE10Ga2AhSFQPqqn4mj78UPtFg9Sqn9SneYxDckpHjtwWSiomBgTJAktptsasFHp3hjOqLI_PP0w3PsQazdOa6SqI30czSliEf1Og4w4_t_gjc/w400-h400/grands+and+halloween+2020+%2523sop.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday was work and a trip out of town to the dentist with my son. While he was there I killed time walking around Target and picked up a few things. No not allllll the mugs LOL but I did see so many I wanted. Y'all know I love my coffee and mugs. The water had a lot of flavor and with no sugar and added fiber that was a plus. The KIND bars I used to enjoy, before the CKD, and finding these breakfast bars with no nuts was a big deal. I'm keeping them at work for lunch.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgmX07u-heSz7DGyrx_fXO6DzMzheV8COVGbhngnbghTq6JPzdmfIaiMH7N_UoukY4yd5PIlPT77lY30Hhi2NVTjN7qTtnVwSteYnxN6KzLFiLF_kcvnmUHODMYL4I-5RcP1ZORCDBUI/s2048/mugs+and+finds+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizgmX07u-heSz7DGyrx_fXO6DzMzheV8COVGbhngnbghTq6JPzdmfIaiMH7N_UoukY4yd5PIlPT77lY30Hhi2NVTjN7qTtnVwSteYnxN6KzLFiLF_kcvnmUHODMYL4I-5RcP1ZORCDBUI/w400-h400/mugs+and+finds+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday was the election. Brr that morning it was in the low thirties, which for us is cold. So I bundled up and went to get in line. Thankfully it didn't take long at all. I was in and out in no time. Then off to run errands and do some grocery shopping.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLwCUW3YNHu5AeDtXiifFrHA6qg7vQlrXXCrqh6yTzgvQi_WLF7mSgp4AQWrnCszlKYp-mWuYexMn9St64yzhRqBjC8nrdlbkqxJBXR2x20VoF0SBR-ncxI7lulGd0tGgN_kNDgf09Vw/s2048/vote+2020+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCLwCUW3YNHu5AeDtXiifFrHA6qg7vQlrXXCrqh6yTzgvQi_WLF7mSgp4AQWrnCszlKYp-mWuYexMn9St64yzhRqBjC8nrdlbkqxJBXR2x20VoF0SBR-ncxI7lulGd0tGgN_kNDgf09Vw/s320/vote+2020+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few grocery finds. I love the Safe and Fair granola. It is nut free, which is very difficult to find but a must for me. The new Slim Fast shakes are perfect for days when I'm working. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbP1An9zjNobGAODHhMr_S8N8BAHpSKIGzwb30ynlhjWbRT9UEuE2eg-djFU77F01dMjml5jE-ZOKSu1YCYMiYuidvktGetkNcT8g1NM-BXlS7NF60E44KcaHvPi3nQ5P7LemiD8VPTg/s2048/grocery+finds+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMbP1An9zjNobGAODHhMr_S8N8BAHpSKIGzwb30ynlhjWbRT9UEuE2eg-djFU77F01dMjml5jE-ZOKSu1YCYMiYuidvktGetkNcT8g1NM-BXlS7NF60E44KcaHvPi3nQ5P7LemiD8VPTg/w400-h400/grocery+finds+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday night the sky was so beautiful! Pink and blue, it reminded me of cotton candy. God is an amazing artist isn't He?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9U1d-GZPLjPhPX4thLMzERztTKkss08vIDeQJ9M2tuamkt22om31Wy7S5ING8Dth4V9iQYYj9vYFT6QF5NCyqTju9-m8s2NnuId7WFVrPUBVRbpAx6WK5bHLSkyddFPU8vjAUFpMueY/s2048/pink+sky+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9U1d-GZPLjPhPX4thLMzERztTKkss08vIDeQJ9M2tuamkt22om31Wy7S5ING8Dth4V9iQYYj9vYFT6QF5NCyqTju9-m8s2NnuId7WFVrPUBVRbpAx6WK5bHLSkyddFPU8vjAUFpMueY/w400-h400/pink+sky+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've noticed several murals in town, they are very old but still in great condition. There are several Coke signs painted on the old buildings in our downtown area. I need to get down there on a day off and get a shot of each one. I love the quilt mural on the back side of the dental office.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabVjwyECs67FYde6wH-8qqFbk5X3eFz8CgxmedLGWu6FUM8YqfY1MuhwQT6l4nJvauzfz5iJ1OUjWqGR4x8QnqEgttzvt16dbILIdaT7qIJCB9Jsjib4PTCXRrdHN7bqNoxaX4eUUEGc/s2048/coke+wall+mural+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhabVjwyECs67FYde6wH-8qqFbk5X3eFz8CgxmedLGWu6FUM8YqfY1MuhwQT6l4nJvauzfz5iJ1OUjWqGR4x8QnqEgttzvt16dbILIdaT7qIJCB9Jsjib4PTCXRrdHN7bqNoxaX4eUUEGc/w300-h400/coke+wall+mural+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshWdYbB2CmqSz89nEFRzLwoOJJxcjOQFLoYsR8S8c-ou5hUBmhXZkrnGZIzThvBWVc1xnMqq3C2EVEuMeOBbxH68L4bLEVy_8mfBOzerxamxAO1KXenSOeh1B1wY6A1vGofrodmSzpuI/s2048/quilt+wall+mural+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1520" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjshWdYbB2CmqSz89nEFRzLwoOJJxcjOQFLoYsR8S8c-ou5hUBmhXZkrnGZIzThvBWVc1xnMqq3C2EVEuMeOBbxH68L4bLEVy_8mfBOzerxamxAO1KXenSOeh1B1wY6A1vGofrodmSzpuI/w298-h400/quilt+wall+mural+%2523SOP.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I was off on Friday and decided to take advantage of the warm sunny day. I drove over to one of the trailheads of the Silver Comet Trail, parked and took a long walk. 3.6 miles to be exact. THAT is a HUGE deal for me. Two years ago after I landed in the ED septic and nearly met my maker my recovery was long and hard. At first I could not even walk up the stairs to our apartment. It has taken a long time and slowly I build up my strength and stamina so that I could walk a mile. Now I can easily go 3-4 and have even done 6. I know some think big deal but for me it is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Silver Comet Trail goes through 3 counties and into Alabama from Georgia. It has 99km in GA, trailheads have parking and signs with information on distance and sights along the way. Paved paths for walking, hiking, biking, running and even horseback. Since one trailhead is two blocks from work I plan to make this a regular event.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Top left, my sweaty selfie after my walk. Yep, grinning like a Cheshire cat because I felt so good and proud of my accomplishment. <br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1bvFU6Cn5ySQ-PSEUo26jRh7yDQziBRt8JhNZda4kih2hXoJvnSl4sM140Ouj8dwUOWYCU3ObSPXtp87Z5tbN-IKP2uo-BdaeX11Y1Zj9mV58_wzvR-zqGRPfanJaj6xglT3AX2gU9k/s2048/silver+comet+trail+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1bvFU6Cn5ySQ-PSEUo26jRh7yDQziBRt8JhNZda4kih2hXoJvnSl4sM140Ouj8dwUOWYCU3ObSPXtp87Z5tbN-IKP2uo-BdaeX11Y1Zj9mV58_wzvR-zqGRPfanJaj6xglT3AX2gU9k/w400-h400/silver+comet+trail+collage+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well now, here we are to the good stuff. Food.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Sloppy Joe Tater Tot Casserole is so easy. You prepare your sloppy joe mix, either homemade or from a can. It goes into a 13x9 pan, topped with tater tots and cheese. Baked and enjoyed. Not a healthy meal but my husband needs a little treat every so often. Then he doesn't grumble about all the salads.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz8vPwoaGvnSVw1wNHtFuQb6cG45mQ6XPJ5j3mrjsvIQ1AiY5tTBfF7DKs0vYdVHV2JgBPbiqMgibXtoNjyyw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">AND...dessert! Or an afternoon snack. I call this my fancy banana.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Peel and split a banana. Spread sunflower butter on each half. You could use any nut butter but I can't. Then I add a teaspoon of marshmallow fluff that I melted. Drizzled that on top. Next came a crushed graham cracker and a 1/2 tsp of mini dark chocolate chips. BAM! S'more Banana or Fancy Banana as I like to refer to it. Delicious, hits the sweet tooth spot and it is not ridiculous in fat or calories.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpxGTLueruiF6qMxEo7AonqMUVpCMu2Il7WUoqM-2xJI6mCmIa4PYpGo11qh0ukrxd9smdfJ1Gz9rULe0rIfELbhYVnUWq2vOpCrtK1AgU7qemwXcNOvQP7e00hAOgCHWMIdH3sk452M/s2048/smores+banana+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimpxGTLueruiF6qMxEo7AonqMUVpCMu2Il7WUoqM-2xJI6mCmIa4PYpGo11qh0ukrxd9smdfJ1Gz9rULe0rIfELbhYVnUWq2vOpCrtK1AgU7qemwXcNOvQP7e00hAOgCHWMIdH3sk452M/w400-h400/smores+banana+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you guys for stopping by and be sure to visit Angie over at <a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Ten Toes In The Water</a> where as always I'm linked up for Mosaic Monday.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-29412214517004829822020-11-05T08:17:00.004-05:002020-11-05T08:53:08.327-05:00Looking Down - TAD with Rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This week's theme for Thursday Art Day is "Looking Down". I decided to go with photography as I had a super busy week and no time to draw or doodle as it really is.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last weekend my son and his family still did not have power from the storm. So we had a sleepover. The kids were going a little batty because they are used to only using electronics. Well, with so many folks in the house (an extra 5) and every one using an electronic device my internet speed was bottoming out.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I gave the kids one of my adult coloring books (not as in dirty adult) and my glitter gel pens. This was new to them and they jumped right to it. WHY they decided to color on the stairs I have no idea. But it kept them quiet for some time. So I left it alone. You have to pick your battles. Especially when the kids aren't your own.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5IheEgV66_rGQkQL3FVixM-611V5LBrUM6u5Pqyt149-o9ShcHsToYwtP9u7xHn2tYJyiFHFstUVnP4kcoj2YROoS9jSTsGykagD92aIouPDjywCihT7sayxNuYqae0UNnsjuI_kG40/s1660/kids+coloring+looking+down+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="1479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl5IheEgV66_rGQkQL3FVixM-611V5LBrUM6u5Pqyt149-o9ShcHsToYwtP9u7xHn2tYJyiFHFstUVnP4kcoj2YROoS9jSTsGykagD92aIouPDjywCihT7sayxNuYqae0UNnsjuI_kG40/w356-h400/kids+coloring+looking+down+%2523SOP.JPG" width="356" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking down...it seems this is all the world does these days. Look down at a phone, iPad, tablet, game system or computer screen. Lost is the art of conversation. I'll admit, after not having little kids in the house for a good number of years, these little electronic devils serve a purpose, they give you a moment to breath but I also feel they are destroying the social aspect of our lives.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmHwb3F_PLG0mxUDnsbtjoT3GZIzI1fDCNjnWh9JRcoMQEkIhItC2iHGUtkLQlwsEpGTf_8vs4pk-qAkaJ5Z1w6gY9RushvY0aO7yPafT9xtF-dJpZULq_dIMktdjgF8q9g-HikOoA-U/s2048/looking+down+at+electronics+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCmHwb3F_PLG0mxUDnsbtjoT3GZIzI1fDCNjnWh9JRcoMQEkIhItC2iHGUtkLQlwsEpGTf_8vs4pk-qAkaJ5Z1w6gY9RushvY0aO7yPafT9xtF-dJpZULq_dIMktdjgF8q9g-HikOoA-U/w300-h400/looking+down+at+electronics+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beau looking down from the stairs and asking WHY are there so many people in MY house?! He's not social, now he will love me to death and rarely leaves my side, but if more than two others are here, he's not a happy camper.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXuXOfx_bVpGLUA8ulAky8rnacnb2w-2o12q30xPsILJM9jEnYLmIxTr2efE4z9kvtjVBQw6ZTHyJyducD-jtWjK_moQJOZOhjGi4y4AAfV_dH2XvQUVorGtaUYcs53cY6bpWfu_6xMM/s2048/Beau+looking+down+from+stairs+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrXuXOfx_bVpGLUA8ulAky8rnacnb2w-2o12q30xPsILJM9jEnYLmIxTr2efE4z9kvtjVBQw6ZTHyJyducD-jtWjK_moQJOZOhjGi4y4AAfV_dH2XvQUVorGtaUYcs53cY6bpWfu_6xMM/w300-h400/Beau+looking+down+from+stairs+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Taco Tuesday! Looking down at my taco salad. We love taco salad and I had not fixed it for some time, so last week that was our dinner and again this Tuesday. Tuesday night is always Mexican or Tex/Mex of some sort. Really it's the only day of the week that you can count on the menu here being a certain thing.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueDInh5NCWWOql7fN6TR5fs9grcqXFOq3BqJ13dZMET9nf09XvbzKMDnucWs6JtLhYP1ZuYXkE9xTVq9vyGdn0wzgGQEsGKOZ-Fj-MTiVHGRG7ODn8MCMplrGBn6lVc_JE3Ywkw9XLgo/s2048/looking+down+at+taco+salad+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhueDInh5NCWWOql7fN6TR5fs9grcqXFOq3BqJ13dZMET9nf09XvbzKMDnucWs6JtLhYP1ZuYXkE9xTVq9vyGdn0wzgGQEsGKOZ-Fj-MTiVHGRG7ODn8MCMplrGBn6lVc_JE3Ywkw9XLgo/w300-h400/looking+down+at+taco+salad+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sunday night when every one was gone and the house was silent, my husband took this picture and sent to me. Sugar was passed out cold in his lap. Had been for about an hour. Looking down he said "if he wasn't breathing he'd be dead" well yeah.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrwLtm8g3K51AG0hBN5Bz9GDGlpPDM9FctfNGnhyYmjV-1nsfeMZhedkcGX1ObFENDasXFiaASphJWcn0TrcI2ufU5BLzkPNt0-ljpKPSickNOiMIij2Joutuh22f7hWMyGuX_VxPXm8/s2048/looking+down+at+sleeping+Sugar+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKrwLtm8g3K51AG0hBN5Bz9GDGlpPDM9FctfNGnhyYmjV-1nsfeMZhedkcGX1ObFENDasXFiaASphJWcn0TrcI2ufU5BLzkPNt0-ljpKPSickNOiMIij2Joutuh22f7hWMyGuX_VxPXm8/w300-h400/looking+down+at+sleeping+Sugar+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yesterday at work, looking down, you can see all the bins with beans. I ground approximately 200 lbs and bagged/sealed over 150 pounds of beans. Our online sales have doubled the last week. This is daily by the way. Not once a week.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5YF85rUn5SglOvt-qVMOCL_aDDwiQqu_HzYAfV3DsXfy61_NqN1T85M1axO6MMfWbwZM04JP2_QfHpsIiQzcyCLEyFH2qneakaMvCNIJ-vqRNy-RBrqei-IAshzpBnVKGvpgVs-roTI/s2048/looking+down+the+hall+at+work+%2523SOP.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo5YF85rUn5SglOvt-qVMOCL_aDDwiQqu_HzYAfV3DsXfy61_NqN1T85M1axO6MMfWbwZM04JP2_QfHpsIiQzcyCLEyFH2qneakaMvCNIJ-vqRNy-RBrqei-IAshzpBnVKGvpgVs-roTI/w300-h400/looking+down+the+hall+at+work+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's my contribution to the "looking down" TAD for this week. Be sure to pop over to <a href="http://www.rainfrances.com/2020/11/thursday-art-date-looking-down.html" target="_blank">Rain's</a> and see who else linked up and how they interrupted the theme. There are a lot of fantastic artist!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">PS: also linked up with AEDM for the first time. Thanks Leah.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-52196489848140160942020-11-01T00:30:00.111-04:002020-11-01T00:30:02.087-04:00End of October - Mosaic Monday 103<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Mosaic Monday 103, it has been a strange week. A hurricane, storms, a full moon, time change and Halloween.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Each morning several of my friends and myself send photos to each other through Instagram with coffee. Yep, true coffee lovers understand our need for the dark liquid and the need to connect with fellow coffee lovers. This week we each took photos with filters for some added fun during this strange and stressful time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjmtlfuq5O5M55Uldtns755cK7-3XPsGTRgVV-hqV7XOkRK5VjGW1IZ6Ezory-bQnf8y0_IOFTH-1YPoE3mnXDcrVj9fZ3_TnPmFIdqUWvCanGIjDfIK4bYGuDVNxkUVUm3_PrETQxHQ/s2048/before+n+after+coffee+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLjmtlfuq5O5M55Uldtns755cK7-3XPsGTRgVV-hqV7XOkRK5VjGW1IZ6Ezory-bQnf8y0_IOFTH-1YPoE3mnXDcrVj9fZ3_TnPmFIdqUWvCanGIjDfIK4bYGuDVNxkUVUm3_PrETQxHQ/w400-h400/before+n+after+coffee+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are thankful and blessed that during 12 hours of winds being 40-60 mph and gust of 100 that we did not sustain any damage. Lots of leaves, limbs and small debris on the ground but our trees of still standing tall. Others are not so lucky. There were several large trees down in our subdivision that blocked the entrance/exit for several hours. Our middle son and his family lost power for over 2 days and counting as of the writing of this post.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6IkkHAY-lzgsUsYWJ_pxJSUj7NPUzU31S54Hyybn9JvmzV9Elme3CM1uL6DLSUG8lJYcqZXpcZnln0z4KVFuJPztaXCyXpbYbYyLTc5IpFEVhbW2GumuC_VU7Hy4uLoTfiGbjbaPiIQ/s2048/leaves+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD6IkkHAY-lzgsUsYWJ_pxJSUj7NPUzU31S54Hyybn9JvmzV9Elme3CM1uL6DLSUG8lJYcqZXpcZnln0z4KVFuJPztaXCyXpbYbYyLTc5IpFEVhbW2GumuC_VU7Hy4uLoTfiGbjbaPiIQ/w400-h400/leaves+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I woke up one morning and just laughed. I have this rowing machine, that serves as a pj holder LOL because I can't use it due to a shoulder injury. Anyway, I have it propped up against the wall. It's been like this for several months. But for some reason I just noticed the other morning that it looks like a shocked face on the bottom. My husband didn't see it. Maybe I needed more sleep.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_zSaj2bKEerzNZdtlabTN4fQVOpFDY3apV6de9pngaR-90eokFuMtVTePR83WiK5hCnKjFDamsxfQwzuFJS13s-Qsrf3SBlPJuoHGrjkjz0MX4By5FqzUjQlSALyijxKeSw_AbldoXY/s2048/shocked+rower+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR_zSaj2bKEerzNZdtlabTN4fQVOpFDY3apV6de9pngaR-90eokFuMtVTePR83WiK5hCnKjFDamsxfQwzuFJS13s-Qsrf3SBlPJuoHGrjkjz0MX4By5FqzUjQlSALyijxKeSw_AbldoXY/w300-h400/shocked+rower+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I found a few more shirts for work. I was thrilled. I purchased all three for $17 dollars which is a good deal. The orange one I am wearing on Saturday, Halloween. I'm not into Halloween but since I have to work this will be my costume. We are required to wear black or shirts that are coffee or patriotic related.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi20THm4v39p0fO7_epHxc3GrhyZbp6y5ml-lmmwfteIgIao2ld8FVpnwD2RbxqFZMcWUXBfKVQKzNq70YtoLroDHPAOd7UbeNysCnT6HcltHpZVfDpC_Ej2bij5c2XfO3E1-VL7oOUE/s2048/work+shirts+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbi20THm4v39p0fO7_epHxc3GrhyZbp6y5ml-lmmwfteIgIao2ld8FVpnwD2RbxqFZMcWUXBfKVQKzNq70YtoLroDHPAOd7UbeNysCnT6HcltHpZVfDpC_Ej2bij5c2XfO3E1-VL7oOUE/w400-h400/work+shirts+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This little building is in my husband's hometown but I felt it was appropriate for a end of October post. Nice and colorful and a sort of mosaic all on it's on. It previously was a hair salon.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCoYLNwKXCK19JGgDIuepVCi7hi0XsBseFrf3rAvVwBWt7WYQihLFbv4RhAOq3JJHqx-yf-tnvq4QEmTQXDEy_p8nk4F-0isdwBqZQpuBBTOylJJYGjAfK6fAErg8DlSUJshmu35FUj8/s2048/color+block+house+fitz+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVCoYLNwKXCK19JGgDIuepVCi7hi0XsBseFrf3rAvVwBWt7WYQihLFbv4RhAOq3JJHqx-yf-tnvq4QEmTQXDEy_p8nk4F-0isdwBqZQpuBBTOylJJYGjAfK6fAErg8DlSUJshmu35FUj8/w400-h300/color+block+house+fitz+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our local deer population is high and they frequent our yard quite often.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwwL-S7985hFxoPeBZj9BNF1T2OaGUc7EQErSjSe4VsV3dvenddROKQUYR1Oqn3R2u1KC1xIssQp2z6RN6T-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On Friday our middle son and his family came over, she works from home and the kids are still having online classes but since they haven't had power, everyone was behind. Thankfully we have power and internet so they <strike>invaded</strike> came over to charge all the electronics and use our internet. The kids are not used to being out of the house and so everything was "new" and more interesting than their school work. But that's how it goes when you're 5 and 9. Jesse says they don't eat much but they ate everything in sight. I had to laugh. Meringue cookies, sausage balls, eggs, oatmeal, bananas, apples, applesauce, grapes, cheese, chicken nuggets, soup....I can't remember it all. At least they didn't go home hungry. AND because they are home still, they get to dress themselves and not wear uniforms. Gotta love their sense of style. Her brother lives with them, he was such a problem LOL absolutely joking. He had a cup of hot tea and sat down on my visitors bench in the office and went to sleep. Funny because during breakfast he had mentioned about getting ten hours the night before. Ahh to be young again.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmQWPmB_NUESKR20gUSYRWoqyDsrcXT0ZmPOVLQFrjyALpSUkcMfxPtb8gdTUC0ileUr-X-dw2hxUt4sMBqEGeu2LjHlVHqQJM3nntQ1vtjxntYabpPzriziXzZ7Jml11aBbXGxQKgoE/s1660/kids+coloring+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1660" data-original-width="1479" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAmQWPmB_NUESKR20gUSYRWoqyDsrcXT0ZmPOVLQFrjyALpSUkcMfxPtb8gdTUC0ileUr-X-dw2hxUt4sMBqEGeu2LjHlVHqQJM3nntQ1vtjxntYabpPzriziXzZ7Jml11aBbXGxQKgoE/w356-h400/kids+coloring+%2523SOP.JPG" width="356" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I let them use my glitter pens and coloring book. That was far more interesting than their school work. (bonus grandkids)</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzXj0CIOyo54IggrH1gd_LihuPLNLFQ9ZoeGTXnvqavJGagNantVyKOznmxsV6Jj6N6n_s3JXfQqyDDAKHuaOc0o7Hlr6n1H2LwgwwbHRHw6iHbzcHBL_aMDz3pXNSPiiShh683KXeGw/s2048/thomas+sleeping+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDzXj0CIOyo54IggrH1gd_LihuPLNLFQ9ZoeGTXnvqavJGagNantVyKOznmxsV6Jj6N6n_s3JXfQqyDDAKHuaOc0o7Hlr6n1H2LwgwwbHRHw6iHbzcHBL_aMDz3pXNSPiiShh683KXeGw/w300-h400/thomas+sleeping+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tomorrow (as I write this) is Halloween, no idea how work will be. Hopefully calm. We will have no Trick or Treaters come to our home due to the city "canceling" all events. It has been a big to do, a few churches had trunk or treat last week. There are a lot of disappointed kids.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">A new week, a new month and time change. The election is close at hand and it seems this is the biggest source of contention with folks. No matter who you support, do your research, know what they stand for and make your voice heard. Vote. It's important.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Have a blessed week everyone and see you over at <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie's for Mosaic Monday 103.</a></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-22893962224532594632020-10-29T00:30:00.073-04:002020-10-29T00:30:04.272-04:00Party Time - TAD with Rain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This post is a Halloween party mash up if you will. Recipes, art and photography. I hope you enjoy it and that it falls in line with the theme of this week's link up with Rain for the Thursday Art Day.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://spatulasonparade.blogspot.com/2018/10/cat-poop-spooky-and-fun-bwf.html">https://spatulasonparade.blogspot.com/2018/10/cat-poop-spooky-and-fun-bwf.html</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This recipe was so much fun. If you are familiar with "dirt cake or cups" then this is similar. The teens (it was a youth event) thought this was the best thing ever. The guys would not even try it until one of the girls ate it. I had to laugh. Tough boys, pshaw!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaRBvoBtYTQtxFwgpGxqezoEGul1N1lV1JHamYFMFmd0-PaR-M9FkkjgsLMLQCLhkHes2rXiIrZCS0e0wSWRMlS16Yd6HaxTvrK4NZ2x2XYDYR_XniI4iE-VZrsv6G-sD3hkPMi_PoTs/s320/BWF+Oct18+cat+litter+dessert+%2523SpatulasOnParade.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaRBvoBtYTQtxFwgpGxqezoEGul1N1lV1JHamYFMFmd0-PaR-M9FkkjgsLMLQCLhkHes2rXiIrZCS0e0wSWRMlS16Yd6HaxTvrK4NZ2x2XYDYR_XniI4iE-VZrsv6G-sD3hkPMi_PoTs/w300-h400/BWF+Oct18+cat+litter+dessert+%2523SpatulasOnParade.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the photos you recognize from last weeks adventures out and about, the others are a compilations of Halloween photos and SnapChat filers.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCjvpXajIDbuSGA55W74M22SYQSkMvqnUiZ58XmfCUSZe2wUdHivJRyFUeeY4qIYkOnVzAeGFHm1gEHFhIbbkZq7QF6DgF7CORY5rNlEp2OoLji2JUXSIOBSnxVij2P9ieyUf4ol-LpQ/s2048/tad+collage+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCjvpXajIDbuSGA55W74M22SYQSkMvqnUiZ58XmfCUSZe2wUdHivJRyFUeeY4qIYkOnVzAeGFHm1gEHFhIbbkZq7QF6DgF7CORY5rNlEp2OoLji2JUXSIOBSnxVij2P9ieyUf4ol-LpQ/w400-h400/tad+collage+1.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://spatulasonparade.blogspot.com/2019/10/boo-treats-oct-bwf.html">https://spatulasonparade.blogspot.com/2019/10/boo-treats-oct-bwf.html</a></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In past years I've participated in Halloween food link up post. This was last year. I found the napkins and just had to use those. LOL<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyEjY5_mVCnzChIoZKgN1VT8Ml413jKFxCX0F-EYCKE7maZMQmgOCTbRTntLLRFohJpPDd52TCrErZmLeq6midu-kD_MAU4Kbl7-xcQBiAuqYyfWXgiQUoibJuV5_xlRAHe-T0MFbZHM/s1600/BOO+eyes+Spatulas+On+Parade+BWF+October+2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyEjY5_mVCnzChIoZKgN1VT8Ml413jKFxCX0F-EYCKE7maZMQmgOCTbRTntLLRFohJpPDd52TCrErZmLeq6midu-kD_MAU4Kbl7-xcQBiAuqYyfWXgiQUoibJuV5_xlRAHe-T0MFbZHM/s320/BOO+eyes+Spatulas+On+Parade+BWF+October+2019.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This next collage, top left my (now 10 year old granddaughter) in her fairy outfit I gave her. Top right my (now 6 year old) grandson, his first Halloween and he was an adorable little dragon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bottom left: My middle son and myself at a Halloween/dress up night for AWANA, oh my, back in 2002 I think. Bottom right was just a few months ago. My youngest granddaughter as Belle. Just an average day for her. She's a mess.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4W-wG4XaBklUMjNlMU2uuyoqV70PDZ69YK0QT3bhbdvYJG4nIURMUGtE8PGGeK726DH4P-T9HO6w5EAk-ERNndw7g0fcqWI7QjTCoTaNQ1o6nAykVT8ID2bF3MSF_lAZ_VqwFDkfwgc/s2048/tad+collage+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN4W-wG4XaBklUMjNlMU2uuyoqV70PDZ69YK0QT3bhbdvYJG4nIURMUGtE8PGGeK726DH4P-T9HO6w5EAk-ERNndw7g0fcqWI7QjTCoTaNQ1o6nAykVT8ID2bF3MSF_lAZ_VqwFDkfwgc/w400-h400/tad+collage+2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It's great having black cats this time of year, instant decorations LOL - photo from a previous post.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQy1IiEZ8EZu3vJw1nPG-cK8utp5uWBs-FiIPaW8TzIJzb5xtv7mg0eM028mv9Pi905xwFGtNwkssd5XJJ7Z7RdbF2A2FjPYke1jdsBeJeuADCLN2hgOZDKp1H_qWslHx5wSJqui1De8/s1600/Spatulas+On+Parade+BOO+BWF+October+2019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsQy1IiEZ8EZu3vJw1nPG-cK8utp5uWBs-FiIPaW8TzIJzb5xtv7mg0eM028mv9Pi905xwFGtNwkssd5XJJ7Z7RdbF2A2FjPYke1jdsBeJeuADCLN2hgOZDKp1H_qWslHx5wSJqui1De8/s320/Spatulas+On+Parade+BOO+BWF+October+2019.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">More Halloween, dress up, average days during October with SnapChat.</span><br /><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEepMT4KOnK-D9o_ZPmsYGnFNtbCvj3A2oTZfqYErWPmnVhLHb8SqupNvAUlr55xhyphenhyphen17ZC0VePHM87C-IxdSqyanKt7X7C9EEGrhwBdqQNl8gRlWaoo8k_ke4LUD6KTAu0EmlIaVMRvo/s2048/tad+collage+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEepMT4KOnK-D9o_ZPmsYGnFNtbCvj3A2oTZfqYErWPmnVhLHb8SqupNvAUlr55xhyphenhyphen17ZC0VePHM87C-IxdSqyanKt7X7C9EEGrhwBdqQNl8gRlWaoo8k_ke4LUD6KTAu0EmlIaVMRvo/w640-h640/tad+collage+3.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BvskFjfoGuSy3PhD3e93goZ2de8w8Hgu6ejLtMQbyjKZGAArCbvrD8aLzVNrsHKQmod66OvPfUBoRnH77HHsJW37ryf4Pg_nUkB-jefXXLKGzZYJTqRAAN2KcLFYiOAVGmsC9vvrCUI/s2048/colored+pencil+party+drawing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9BvskFjfoGuSy3PhD3e93goZ2de8w8Hgu6ejLtMQbyjKZGAArCbvrD8aLzVNrsHKQmod66OvPfUBoRnH77HHsJW37ryf4Pg_nUkB-jefXXLKGzZYJTqRAAN2KcLFYiOAVGmsC9vvrCUI/s320/colored+pencil+party+drawing.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">2013 at our dear friends home, we attended a huge Halloween party, so much fun! She and her best friend spent DAYS on Pinterest finding and recreating recipes. Lots of fun, laughs and food that day.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9b92y1vD114amktNkfFRJ9Kc5NxI8C3DOZxu6168vjYLJ06amZ4VSG8I0cyT8x2N6EfIYbx8Al6DTEhJ1ETfWBf2evSe8kBB_F4PYVsdP5nYtk6rtleOYZavvBAR4N7kKVUwe-gcdx4/s1600/Party+decorations+and+food+Collage+%2523SpatulasOnParade+monster+cupcakes+chocolate+cake2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV9b92y1vD114amktNkfFRJ9Kc5NxI8C3DOZxu6168vjYLJ06amZ4VSG8I0cyT8x2N6EfIYbx8Al6DTEhJ1ETfWBf2evSe8kBB_F4PYVsdP5nYtk6rtleOYZavvBAR4N7kKVUwe-gcdx4/w400-h400/Party+decorations+and+food+Collage+%2523SpatulasOnParade+monster+cupcakes+chocolate+cake2013.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9VxmtbFu-5o7fBLWff-238JF-3sTWSHPP64i-X8qRe0W-uW8Ygnuj_3YHnEurSFSkfsQfPFVRMe1Kdfec_C1kuYmpLzGARteAs_wPTOLxNbHvmGIWqfQANrGMTJvA7zpCeiYoXWmmUM/s1023/party+goers+Collage+%2523SpatulasOnParade2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9VxmtbFu-5o7fBLWff-238JF-3sTWSHPP64i-X8qRe0W-uW8Ygnuj_3YHnEurSFSkfsQfPFVRMe1Kdfec_C1kuYmpLzGARteAs_wPTOLxNbHvmGIWqfQANrGMTJvA7zpCeiYoXWmmUM/w274-h400/party+goers+Collage+%2523SpatulasOnParade2013.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">That's my "Halloween party" in photos and recipes. Thanks so much for stopping by. This week stumped me and my drawing turned out crap. I tried several times and just decided to go a different route. See y'all over at Rain's.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1899418087278918551.post-85083644211404083992020-10-25T00:30:00.131-04:002020-10-25T00:30:01.816-04:00A Walk in the Park - Mosaic Monday 102<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Welcome back or just welcome if you're new here.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Question, how is it I blink and it's the end of the week again? The last week in October...this year has gone by in a blur and stood still at the same time. Please say it's not just me!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's start this week's rambling, diary, what's new post by saying THANK YOU ANGIE for this link up. It has given me new life, a purpose, a thrill for blogging again. I truly was considering giving it up, feeling lack luster and just plain ol' depressed about it all when I stumbled across Ten Toes in the Water and the Mosaic Monday link up. So if each week you wonder why I'm so enthusiastic about it, that's why. Plus, if you've been to her blog, she has fabulous photos and is just a delight. I love when she shares about their hiking adventures and past travels. I'm living vicariously through her and spousal unit. lol</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, now on to this weeks adventures...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last Sunday, October 18th, my husband and I found a "new to us" park and what a pure delight it was. I found it on Google maps while doing a search, it really didn't give me a lot of information and surely didn't even hint to the size of the place. When we arrived I knew we had found a secret gem. Several walking trails, actually about 7, with miles of up and down, by the creek, through the woods, past 3 lakes, two playground, a huge field, numerous pavilions both covered and not, picnic areas, a disc golf course and so much more. There were quite a few folks out as it was the perfect weather but not crowded and plenty of room to feel "alone" with nature. We walked close to 2 miles and there was plenty left to see but we're old LOL and decided to sit a spell and watch the ducks. There was a small church across the road back a ways and at noon the bells began to ring, playing old hymns I haven't heard in some time. It was so nice to just sit and listen. A slight breeze blowing, the water rippled as the ducks swam across, somewhere in the park a child was laughing and up the hill on the soccer field we could spy a blue kite being flown. Sunshine, fresh air and a respite for my soul. It was exactly what was needed.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlSxHaTNzSvO72kgxjkVD-uufrEV3gkO2ZWwLB6BerOPG8Tz_SsY21bKE69g0_CFUYIiCEwmXGn08RzEmg24O9Fo8N0R1yQGeg8P7kH-_Z_5PNGK432LGCLJ7ogPE0Gx6_M-kgUG_wug/s2048/park+dallas+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwlSxHaTNzSvO72kgxjkVD-uufrEV3gkO2ZWwLB6BerOPG8Tz_SsY21bKE69g0_CFUYIiCEwmXGn08RzEmg24O9Fo8N0R1yQGeg8P7kH-_Z_5PNGK432LGCLJ7ogPE0Gx6_M-kgUG_wug/w400-h400/park+dallas+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of three lakes.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE624wovqQJmE8ZJ0i1Q4U5pVU5WPMOgO3kqvYxALoEkb8bU_bzhYzXXbYS-G3MYStRZH3EyZJ5vUfaSwYqiHrA33nGz8ZODi3LN_5BcsAa01t8AqyV1wG-1lTVPuSi4O0MXZKEY26S2w/s2048/lake+3+at+the+park+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE624wovqQJmE8ZJ0i1Q4U5pVU5WPMOgO3kqvYxALoEkb8bU_bzhYzXXbYS-G3MYStRZH3EyZJ5vUfaSwYqiHrA33nGz8ZODi3LN_5BcsAa01t8AqyV1wG-1lTVPuSi4O0MXZKEY26S2w/w400-h300/lake+3+at+the+park+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4sfWe27CCL-T6ZNZdWRiyDd4_sjLwR966Pun831GwzCIJ8J0xBQCfZmJpxdxAPCVFkOUlQBk5o297FUJIG55cSkvAl0uLWw0xDqUdRS39_EUDtwFBEPKJEo2UBQYXcigmD22tKpPylA/s2048/mallard+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD4sfWe27CCL-T6ZNZdWRiyDd4_sjLwR966Pun831GwzCIJ8J0xBQCfZmJpxdxAPCVFkOUlQBk5o297FUJIG55cSkvAl0uLWw0xDqUdRS39_EUDtwFBEPKJEo2UBQYXcigmD22tKpPylA/w300-h400/mallard+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Monday was work and my chiropractor appointment. Not much to tell there.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tuesday errands - one of which was a trip to Aldi, below are some of my finds. My hubby was a happy man.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7LQVAWkmj-nJpDmbPazMPJCwFdlg0naDYhaB1TKpyQ1nTzKNi801eKj4Kklb6e6ooZ4L7YMqQSvWQU3-8YeHpg4bQPZfdXPU8OIMGZI9sewouFZL7EVUW8esLmZAlsH-cRsLHqyvCLg/s2048/grocery+finds+at+Aldi+Oct20+%2523SOP.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7LQVAWkmj-nJpDmbPazMPJCwFdlg0naDYhaB1TKpyQ1nTzKNi801eKj4Kklb6e6ooZ4L7YMqQSvWQU3-8YeHpg4bQPZfdXPU8OIMGZI9sewouFZL7EVUW8esLmZAlsH-cRsLHqyvCLg/s320/grocery+finds+at+Aldi+Oct20+%2523SOP.PNG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next was a trip to Wally World, I had to look at mugs. Okay, well I didn't have to but wanted to. I did not purchase any. I refrained, however that doesn't mean I won't go back. LOL</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXUxK0T-mlgZeJPpmBPqjblxOI_k9ty1lMROSOi3NT-l-J_iXYJF9yMFVd2_owqUXzhuEt6mbNyOECDqyNx1KaJQhkwdcQes_y2qp9l4YYWaHR9InuvHozxi6MkZ2j_WkCQ6vwx1MLqw/s1333/mosaic+mugs+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYXUxK0T-mlgZeJPpmBPqjblxOI_k9ty1lMROSOi3NT-l-J_iXYJF9yMFVd2_owqUXzhuEt6mbNyOECDqyNx1KaJQhkwdcQes_y2qp9l4YYWaHR9InuvHozxi6MkZ2j_WkCQ6vwx1MLqw/w225-h400/mosaic+mugs+%2523SOP.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wednesday work - we picked up 1000 lbs, yes one thousand pounds of fresh roasted beans. We had a ton of orders but were out of beans.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thursday housework...enough said there.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Friday errands and some wonderful finds. Details next.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1RnU47foLFgC7PR3peNoYQEH4JZpKo2aJ-fug0o8RplloK5sU-B_reMLaHmjCPhxztnKjScrAt4x8HhVgFwuddBG4BGa6FhVB0wE7dKkRcIC5XrGviKZJH3R4yjfH50mXLwUemFm2kQ/s2048/fountain.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia1RnU47foLFgC7PR3peNoYQEH4JZpKo2aJ-fug0o8RplloK5sU-B_reMLaHmjCPhxztnKjScrAt4x8HhVgFwuddBG4BGa6FhVB0wE7dKkRcIC5XrGviKZJH3R4yjfH50mXLwUemFm2kQ/w300-h400/fountain.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Downtown Dallas has some of the coolest, unique shops and very friendly folks.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_U4sjjvnkaJGQ_xWpnZpFCNtXDl3xrw0zKT2a9n_sG-KXp_UcMRWLA4CX102a09rlReeQTALiQzFKNaNbz-W_I7No6SYZXHNs-Jf5gyM40itGGikA_vxJ5uNa0Pfzzdpw10M2xFFpEM/s2048/dallas+ga+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_U4sjjvnkaJGQ_xWpnZpFCNtXDl3xrw0zKT2a9n_sG-KXp_UcMRWLA4CX102a09rlReeQTALiQzFKNaNbz-W_I7No6SYZXHNs-Jf5gyM40itGGikA_vxJ5uNa0Pfzzdpw10M2xFFpEM/w400-h400/dallas+ga+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Downtown Dallas Georgia, I took this shot from a sitting position in my Jeep before continuing on but I'm really pleased with it.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRvAm2DQcLEo0BxHPLXzbauQXCHo0qvPT0luBpaRVAeLPuti9h61s6StumkeLhPxq4b7U3w7-Cu7IvFBA4AeCUb-ZyJltikDFKedDljlN3LVewbx4LCgMwy5rGRg3DYyi8azG8rn7iHg/s2048/downtown+dallas+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1707" data-original-width="2048" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCRvAm2DQcLEo0BxHPLXzbauQXCHo0qvPT0luBpaRVAeLPuti9h61s6StumkeLhPxq4b7U3w7-Cu7IvFBA4AeCUb-ZyJltikDFKedDljlN3LVewbx4LCgMwy5rGRg3DYyi8azG8rn7iHg/w400-h334/downtown+dallas+%2523SOP.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tin Bucket Mercantile, the outside was decorated for Halloween but this skeleton...gracious he must be every bit of 15 feet tall, he commanded attention.</span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47_iHBk3HUGlKyuUo-THMzOPmIb60Mf_locXAWajH8xUTqAzEGxfsdHvj0DiI45-xpbmotkYOqj0Ief0JsiJLSuZF8un0g37olKAcZ4hk0L5hl8z8TogIGLK_eOIS5qQqu8J63xvG7OM/s374/wall+climbing+skeleton+dallas+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="348" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi47_iHBk3HUGlKyuUo-THMzOPmIb60Mf_locXAWajH8xUTqAzEGxfsdHvj0DiI45-xpbmotkYOqj0Ief0JsiJLSuZF8un0g37olKAcZ4hk0L5hl8z8TogIGLK_eOIS5qQqu8J63xvG7OM/w373-h400/wall+climbing+skeleton+dallas+%2523SOP.JPG" width="373" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once inside, it was a treasure trove of goodies. My boss said "it's a store filled with all the things you didn't know you needed". Well, I had to go, that was high praise. Inside was a feast for the eyes, an overload for the senses and a threat to the credit card. I rounded the corner and stood in awe. This was such a sight to behold. The picture pales in comparison to the real thing. It was just breathtaking. Laura, my boss, failed to mention this spectacular sight to me.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxd3UPatTrQMcUc3jSNbn_KAFXyADjM3nDP50kL1_8aPhPb1dI0FqaZVRzVYO9QKBei5cYLHlGKf02uc4V_CRmP1_j64dWMoeqUj54C3w_LA48Spiqn048tCHhaiNHZINwAWDfm5OT3U/s2048/lighted+tree+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxd3UPatTrQMcUc3jSNbn_KAFXyADjM3nDP50kL1_8aPhPb1dI0FqaZVRzVYO9QKBei5cYLHlGKf02uc4V_CRmP1_j64dWMoeqUj54C3w_LA48Spiqn048tCHhaiNHZINwAWDfm5OT3U/w300-h400/lighted+tree+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">She did however tell me to be sure and head upstairs where I would be greeted by a serenading reindeer the actual size of a real reindeer. He was up on a pedestal surrounded by faux snow, packages and tiny elves. On the right side was another small scene complete with deer, snow and polar bears. But the face on this reindeer, oh my, just so sweet. Pictures truly do not lend to the beauty of this store. I will be returning. The upstairs is Christmas all year round! But soon the entire store will be transformed to Christmas. Oh I can hardly wait!!</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I will definitely be going back and browsing all the unique little shops. I can't wait until the streets are decorated for Christmas. It truly is a magical time of year.<br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuvPuCGjG9118fsSVnWXk6PHb14tAG2p8siKvnM-0rPO5BQtid4I0KBfuUWyf3ED4ffbEBIlrBexF6QN_CGGXPh-zFeLKW19-BOdqnwuLzxFiuur7PDjuLzo4PT2vE-VC8nXOywFc9vw/s2048/reindeer+in+store+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIuvPuCGjG9118fsSVnWXk6PHb14tAG2p8siKvnM-0rPO5BQtid4I0KBfuUWyf3ED4ffbEBIlrBexF6QN_CGGXPh-zFeLKW19-BOdqnwuLzxFiuur7PDjuLzo4PT2vE-VC8nXOywFc9vw/w300-h400/reindeer+in+store+%2523SOP.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last but definitely not least is my drink. The whole reason I even went to this little town on Friday...meet Carmaletto! Cold, not too sweet, salted caramel with whip and oh man a nice kick of caffeine too.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLhJaSFd84j6okFxgXYbCWMlPN81-Yzce20IkYi043RBx9y90AQxfXC793kGgUM1-jITNujyw3QkmgguornhLgCWRMPx9KT4XievaqgXQ2gI7tF4rcxruclVNzHSo99Hctcr_BpoKlIE/s2048/carmaletto+drink+%2523SOP.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglLhJaSFd84j6okFxgXYbCWMlPN81-Yzce20IkYi043RBx9y90AQxfXC793kGgUM1-jITNujyw3QkmgguornhLgCWRMPx9KT4XievaqgXQ2gI7tF4rcxruclVNzHSo99Hctcr_BpoKlIE/s320/carmaletto+drink+%2523SOP.JPG" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thank you for stopping by, reading and commenting. I appreciate y'all so much you don't even know.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remember to stop by <b><a href="http://tentoesinthewater.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Angie's, link up</a></b> if you're a blogger or just visit some of the participants. You'll find a variety of bloggers with so much talent.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">See ya next go around!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blessings</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dawn~</span></div>Dawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03215542444229937948noreply@blogger.com16