Be Still and Know...Then and Now

Have Mercy! My house is company clean! My hummas is in the frig, the olives, the boconchinni, the pita chips are ready, we have a Greek appetizers going on. Prosecco Cocktails before dinner. Grilled lamb, steak and veggies on the grill too. All I have to do now is get the veg in the marinade and season up the meat later and I am done. Fortunately the boss has been to dinner before, so it's more like a friend coming for dinner only amped up a bit. I'm even pulling out the placements and cloth napkins y'all! Blessings R

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday week. I think Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! Well it was a good week so let’s get right at it… No pictures on Sunday, November 18   Monday, November 19 The Hubs had a business trip  so he hopped a plane flew out of town on Monday morning and the Girlchild made arrangement to spend the majority of the week with her cousin and Aunt. Sooo you know what that meant…..I had a few days all to myself! Woooo Hooooooo!!!!!!! We met at our usual place to make the exchange and when they drove up I had one of those moments that you have from time to time when you realize that the little babies you love are growing up. My niece and nephew behind the wheel of a car. Being twins the deal is the Neicegirl get to drive there and Nephewboy gets to drive home. Knowing these two as I do I was more than a bit concerned to place my beloved Girlchild in the vehicle knowing that Nephewboy would be driving them back home. God is good and he heard...

Why is it that our holiday memories are so tied to the smells and taste we experience. Smell has a huge impact on memory. A smell will waft by in the breeze and I will be instantly taken back to what ever memory is sparked by that olfactory sensation. I remember the way my grandmothers kitchen smelled. I remember the way she smelled. I have to wonder sometimes what Muffinhead will remember about time spent at my house. Yesterday the DD and I spent time in the kitchen. I was supervising in the yearly macaroni and cheese making (oven timer………back in a minute)   Cookies cooling on the counter…….. So where was I…….right back to the mac and cheese, which is the DD favorite, she was rather distressed when she found this item lacking on the Christmas dinner menu. I had decided to make scalloped potatoes instead. She said “But if you don’t make it now I'll have to wait until Campmeeting to get it again!” Well I did a bit of menu shuffling and she is now a happy camper. However I did ...