• Fall,  Food,  Journaling

    A Fall Salad, A Taste of Autumn, and Daily Self Reflection Journaling

    The sunrises are so pretty in the mornings. Soon it will be dark I suppose. But God greets me in this season with beautiful skies and also beautiful artwork and colors when I cross the lake and the water and the sky form a fusion of pastel colors. Eating Well As Always We have eaten pretty well this week. And we did a FREEZER DIVE to the bottom to see what all we had. Something we have to do about every two years or so. I made a list. We have about 70 meals that will feed the two of us. We updated our kitchen chalk board with all the…

  • Family,  Holidays,  Home

    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…

  • Food,  Nashville,  Travel

    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,…