Busy weekend!

It was a busy weekend and I'll have lots of pictures to share tomorrow of my niece Courtney's bridal shower on Sunday.  My sister Pat and husband Dave are here visiting and I'll be spending time with them this morning, so I'll wait until tomorrow to recap!

Doug left on Saturday for Cruisin' the Coast and won't be returning until Sunday.  There was just too much going on this year for me to go.  Ben will be leaving Wednesday to join him for the rest of the week.  Our weather here has been cold and very overcast.  Hope their weather is better!

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Hello October!

It's October 1st already and fall is in the air!  I went out for a walk this morning and it actually felt cool.  I love this time of year!

Today is also of significance because my Medicare kicks in!  Woohoo!  I never thought I'd actually be happy to say that!  It will save me money as I can drop the State insurance that has been costing me $435 a month since I retired over two years ago...and haven't really used it.  I never meet the deductible, and that's a good thing!

Cameron and I made a fall centerpiece yesterday...his idea.   He picked up acorns, put them in a glass jar, added a candle and voila a fall centerpiece!

It's perfect for the table on the back patio.

Enjoy your day!

Happy birthday to Preston!

Today is Preston's 11th birthday.  He's the cute guy on the left pictured here with his cute brother Parker.

I can't believe he's 11 already.  These years are flying by!!

Our anniversary!

We "celebrated" our 45th anniversary on Saturday.  By "celebrate" I mean we went out to a very nice dinner. 

We ate at Woody's.  We're more the fish and steakhouse restaurant in the country type people, but it was nice to eat somewhere that's "fancy" for us.  Ha!

It's hard to believe it's been 45 years.  I don't even feel 45 years old!!

Congratulations to Paige!

My sweet niece graduated from law school in May and passed the bar on her very first try!

Both are huge accomplishments! 

She is already working as a public defender for the State of Alabama in Tuscaloosa!

I'm so proud of this girl I could bust!!

Happy First Day of Fall!

My favorite time of year!  I am so enjoying this beautiful weather we've had lately.

I had lunch with friends Betty and Marie yesterday to celebrate Betty's birthday.  Betty lost her husband to cancer recently so we wanted to help make her day special. 

Shortly after her husband's death, she got this shiny new-to-her bug.

They had a big SUV before and it was just too big for Betty.  This new bug fits her perfectly.  She has always loves convertibles and I know she'll love tooling around in this!

It's always hard to make changes but I'm so glad Betty is happily going on with her life. 

Weekend stuff!

We had a good weekend starting it off by celebrating National Cheeseburger Day on Friday with burgers at Hardin's.

Actually just about every day is cheeseburger day for Doug!  He loves them and Hardin's are especially good.

Saturday morning at 9:00 Cameron had a football game.  We were there to cheer him on!

They played a good game and now have an undefeated record of 3-0!

After the game we drove over to Pontotoc for the Bodock festival and car show.

In previous years there have been some great craft and jewelry booths.  I was disappointed that there weren't many this year.  I had a nice lunch with some friends while Doug stayed at the car show so still it was fun!

We watched our two Mississippi football teams win good games Saturday night so it was a pretty good day!  (Sorry to all my Alabama relatives...I was rooting for the Tide!)

Today is my brother's birthday.  He's been gone quite a few years but I always think about him on his birthday.  Carolyn, how old would Jimmy be today?