Happy Anniversary, my daughter!

June 1, 1987, I met my daughter, Katrina Angelica Charles, for the first time in an airport in Tennessee. It was one of the happiest days of my life.

She is 25 now, in grad school, and just started an internship at CNN Atlanta, where her father worked for many years.

Just playing around yesterday I made this video from the photos I have on my computer, in her honor.

Hope you enjoy your week! Blessings to you!

XOXO

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Pre Thanksgiving Day of preparation

 

I don't know about you, but when I have to do Thanksgiving dinner, I make a huge mess. Just look at my kitchen! Everything is so topsy turvy. Maybe you all cook the day of, but I find that I would get really stressed if I didn't prepare ahead of time.

 I don't actually cook everything, but assemble it to put in the oven the next day.

We have a deal in our house for any holiday gathering; my husband cleans the house while I cook. This works really well since he is the detailer.

 

Let's get started!

Nice and clean...where are my things that were on the coffee table? Jim???

Got a head start on setting my table....now what happened to my spoons? 

 

Jim loves to fry turkeys every year for our friends. This is the first one; for our next door neighbors. They are hosting 12 tonight, since Jan has to work tomorrow.

Let's go see what they are up to. Here is their table:

Very elegant, I must say!

And her buffet. So pretty!

Let's go see how that turkey is doing.

Perfection!

Two more to go!

Oops...we need to touch this room up a bit!

Katie is here to make one of her fabulous cakes!

 

To all of my blogging friends; from my blog home to yours: Happy Thanksgiving!

I am so thankful for you.You all mean so much to me. Many blessings to you and your families.

Joy and peace of Jesus be with you!

♥Charlotte

What Wednesdays mean to me

 

Wednesdays have become a very special time for me. My daughter, Katie, is off for the summer from grad school. Oh, she has a part time job at a running shoe store, but we have had some time to get together and just be. 

You parents out there know what I am talking about when I say that we have had our rocky times. There was a time when I felt a failure as a mother.

But, I digress. Wednesday is our "Sweet Tomatoes" Day. "Sweet Tomatoes" is an almost vegetarian restaurant, with a serve yourself buffet of  salad, soups, pasta, breads and low calorie desserts. It has become our habit on Wednesday.

Katie is making a crocheted handbag for her best friend, Tara.

But today, we collected our coupons for Joann's, a craft store, and headed out. Katie has become interested in crocheting, something that I like to do also.

So after buying her supplies and having lunch, we headed home to try our hand. Both of us sat in companionable silence as we chained the number.of stitches needed for our pattern. How happy and content we both were, sharing a common interest. Just like I always dreamed.

Both of us had to rip out our work several times. And it occurred to me: Wouldn't it be nice if we could do the same to the mistakes that we make in life; just rip it out and start over?

Here is my beginning of a scarf. I will let you know if it turns out.

 

 

Here is a cute bag that I got Katie to hold her projects. And I hope there will be many.

Blessings to you all, my blogger friends!