Where I've Been...

at our new-ish county courthouse.

I have jury duty.

My first time.

I thought it would be fun.

It's not.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I've got pies to bake and bags to pack!

We are heading to our little mountain house for the holiday.

I wish you and yours a Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Weekend!

Yay for the weekend!

I think this weekend will be kind of low key, so that is a good thing.

Teenage son got two acceptance letters yesterday to two of the many colleges he has applied to:

It's amazing how much their self confidence is boosted when they get that first letter/letters. I think he feels like "someone actually wants me"! Some of the bigger universities won't send out letters until the week of February 15th, so we still have a little waiting to do before a final decision is made. I am excited for him!

Our kids still have school on Monday and Tuesday, so we won't be leaving for our Thanksgiving getaway until Wednesday. I am kind of itching to start some Christmas decorating... maybe I'll do some the first of the week so that the house will be ready for the holidays when we get back!

Have a great weekend!

 

What I've Been Up To:

*Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning! Don't know what's come over me, but I feel a great need to purge and clean! Maybe a good thing since I will soon start dragging out all the stuff to decorate for Christmas.

* Went to lunch with some friends and a new neighbor at Atlanta Bread Company. It was a lot of fun and was great getting to know the new girl!

* Helping daughter fill out forms so she can spend her Junior year of high school in France!

* Trying to get a little Christmas shopping done each week. 

*Helping son make sure he has everything done for his college applications.

*Planning for Thanksgiving. We are eating with my family this year. This can be good or bad. Normally in an election year it is bad! :(

*Feeling kind of anxious because this school year seems to be flying by!

 

They Went Fishing

Saturday was a gorgeous day. We headed out to the country near where we used to live so husband and daughter could go fishing. Husband's boss owns around 1,000 acres and it has a pond that is good for fishing. They just do a lot of catching and releasing! We don't clean fish in this house! And, we are not fond of fresh water fish. 

They had a good time and ended up catching quite a few!

I mostly took photos!

It's a beautiful piece of property. And it was so nice and quiet, except when someone with a shotgun was trying to set their sight. At least that's what I think they were doing... there was a lot of shooting going on!

After they had their fill of fishing we went to eat BBQ at the place that is just 5 minutes from where we used to live. I have to laugh because when we lived out there, we probably ate there five times in 11 years. Now that we are an hour's drive away, I think we have eaten there 4 times in the last year!

Saturday night Clemson played and so we gathered to watch them spank Duke! 

Sunday was such a weird day with day light savings, I kept feeling like it was really way later than it actually was! 

Tomorrow's the big election and son is voting for the first time! I gave him a little handout of all the people on the ballot so he could be informed before he went into the booth. 

Later~

 

Halloween 2012

I guess we are in a new chapter with no more trick or treating or even wanting to dress in costume to hand out candy! I should be happy to get a photo with a pumpkin! Teenage son looked at me like I was crazy when I told him I wanted a photo on the front steps. And then proceeded to go to his room for the rest of the evening.

We headed over to the cul-de-sac for the annual Halloween get-together. I took my camera but didn't take a single photo! I did meet some new neighbors. A precious family with four children. It was fun but got cold really fast so it wasn't a late night! 

No plans for the weekend which is all right by me!