Together again

 This Thanksgiving is the first time the whole family has been together in two years.

Except for my boys and their families, everybody was there. It was a nice get together with good food and fellowship. 

My sister in law, who was so close to dying this year, has been doing better. So that made it a double blessing.

I hope you had a good Thanksgiving weekend.

Shop the sale

 

In case you didn't know or get the memo, Fat Quarter Shop is having a Black Friday sale of 20% off all orders. Sale ends tonight!

Happy Thanksgiving

                          In all things give thanks.

                                                             1 Thessalonians 5:18

The Grands

The Grands came over for a visit on Saturday and they (we) had the best time!

Higher! She kept asking me to go higher :-)

Apple Dip

Apples, don't you love them? It's a perfect time to make Apple Dip.

1 8 oz package Cream Cheese (soften at room temp)
1/2 cup Brown Sugar
1/3 cup 10x Powdered Sugar
2 T Vanilla
1/3 cup crushed Salted Peanuts

Blend first 4 ingredients together til smooth.  Add peanuts.

Simple recipe.

Simply delicious!

 Grace at Home

Saturday Sparks

So sad

 Have you ever gone back somewhere, thinking that you will find the magic like before? On our recent trip to the mountains, I wanted to go the co-op in Dillsboro NC. We have visited it for years and I always enjoyed finding some little something that caught my eye. 

Well this time I was so disappointed. Yes, they had a lot of stuff that was hand made by locals, I guess. But they just weren't up to what it used to be. The most interesting was the few wall hangings.

We drove an hour out of our way, but we won't be going back. There was always two friendly elderly ladies at the desk, but this time there were two young girls, who were more interested in socializing then helping you. Almost all the shops were closed in the town. I'm so sorry to see this little gem of a town losing how special it used to be. 

The color of fall

 As we traveled through the mountains, we were pretty amazed that there was still lots colorful leaves.

We spent a couple of days at the Top of Georgia Airstream park. It was really quite lovely.

Traveling further north, there was a little more color in the leaves.

Of course we had to stop at a quilt shop.

We found the Quilt'n Kaboodle quilt shop. And let me tell you it is huge.

The shop had some really beautiful fabric, and a very large section of mark downs. It was one of the nicest shops I have been to in a long tim.