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How I Plan Ahead for the Holidays | Fall Planning and Christmas Preparations
Here’s all the things I do when fall hits! I love October. Not only do I enjoy the events, the foods, the decorating, but I also enjoy the planning and I spend some time getting ready for the days to come. Having done a little extra this month really helps me during crunch time of the holidays. This is new way of vlogging for me. I hope you enjoy it. I DO NOT intend on abandoning the old way completely as I will enjoy opening our doors and sharing our lives with you as either threaded through the video or at the end. In this one, you get some tips…
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Norm’s Amish Market and Snow White Drive In / Mount Juliet and Lebanon, TN Area
Our day was mighty fine yesterday. It did ALL of our souls good to get out and do a few things other than work and home, chores, and to do lists. Our first order of business was to stop at Norm’s, a local roadside market with mostly Amish goods from Scottsville, KY. We used to go every year but it’s a little far for us now. So it’s nice to see this place, although pricier since its the middle man. I loved the photo opportunity and these Mum’s will be in full bloom soon. You know how we love to go in and “pick our produce”, smell it, feel it,…
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Prepping for Fall / Tagine Cooking a Moroccan Dish with Chef George
What a productive Saturday! George got out and ran some errands – mainly yard sale, farmer’s market stop for tomatoes, and a store run. Then he washed his car, worked on finances and other things on his list. I enjoyed my day setting about the house, doing laundry, dusting and putting out the fall decor, cleaning out drawers in the kitchen and reorganizing a few things. It was a beautiful thing. We were going to need some more onions for all the things we were making this weekend so George bought another (and probably the final) bag of Vidalia onions. We love them for their sweetness. Likely though we’ll be…