Faith, Family, Food and Dogs

This is a semi-terrible blog post. Did not take nearly as many photos on these road trips as I had intended to. It happens once in awhile. So, March 13th I picked up my rental car and turned towards Jacksonville. My daughter was having her baby sprinkle on the 14th and since I don't have a job and can't seem to find one in this part of the world I sent the girls to see 'Aunt' Trudy for two nights. Friday night I made a blueberry coffee cake for Saturday's festivities and then made tacos for us for supper. Hillary hosted the sprinkle and had some of the decorations up when we got there. There was a good amount of food. My coffee cake is in the back on the left hand side. The one with the glaze on it. Miss Savannah was rockin' her new big sister shirt she had gotten at Christmas. I've said it before and I'll say it for the rest of my life,,,I love this munchkin! Patricia opening my gift. Loved the bag I found to put everything in. Saturday af...

As my days in this quaint little hamlet of maybe 5,000 people winds down I take a look back at things I will definitely NOT miss about the area and some that I will long for after I am back in Florida. What I will not miss is,,Snow, And more snow, And yes, even more damn snow. Three snow falls in a 10 day period in February. This last one was the worst. I actually had to get out and shovel the front walk and driveway. Thankfully a neighbor came to help with the driveway. There is a mason jar candle in there some where. This last snowfall was lovely, as long as I was inside. My poor girls had to go out in this. Looking out the front door you can see why I had to shovel the front walk. But, thankfully, I do not live in Siberia and winter does eventually come to an end. The days get longer and warmer, and the weeds take off with a massive growth spurt. But the Daffodils come up. Micheal had planted lots of them around the house. I wlll miss being able to go out and cut bouquet...