Wedding Rehearsal Pictures

Hey Yall! These were pictures from the rehearsal. Mary Ann and Justin were so cute and excited! Hope you enjoyed them

The Turkey Dance

Hey Yall! We have had some visitors over the past few days. Turkeys! They have been walking around all over the golf course and in our yard. The other day, two of them were doing a dance out in the front yard. Do you think they were fighting over who would be our main course today?

Trip to Jackson.....New Hampshire, That Is......

Hey Yall! Just wanted to share some of the pictures we took of Jackson. It was really a beautiful place. Talk to you later! Tootles!

Happy Thanksgiving! Look Who Came to Dinner!

Hey Yall! Happy Thanksgiving! As you can see, Weezie came dressed for lunch! It was kind of quiet up here this year. Jamie and Lesley stayed in Kentucky and had lunch with her family. Chris went to Linley's parents home and was eating with them. So that left Julianne and Dick and me. And Weezie of course! It is amazing how fast the meal gets over with compared to how long it takes to prepare it! Julianne has just warmed her up a plate full for dinner. Dick has been putting up the exterior illumination. Not quite as much as Clark Griswold, but close. We were going to get the boxes of Christmas decorations up from the basement and down from the attic, but decided to wait till tomorrow. Whew!

And speaking of Clark Griswold......we will have the first viewing of many to come of Christmas Vacation. I looooooooooooove this movie! Looooooooooooove it!

I hope you all had a great day! Talk to you later! Tootles!

A Beautiful Bride

Hey Yall! We returned home yesterday after spending a wonderful weekend attending Mary Ann and Justin's wedding. Everything was just perfect and Mary Ann was a beautiful bride. Don't you agree?

I have many more pictures and plan to share some with you. But Frannycakes is just plain pooped. So bear with me and I will be back, hopefully tomorrow, to give you the whole lowdown.

Talk to you later!

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Hey Yall! Is this not the most precious picture ever? I love this picture! It is my daddy and niece at Jamie and Lesley's wedding. Love it, love it, love it! And love them!

I can feel that panic feeling coming on. You know what feeling I am talking about? The one that comes before holidays? I am feeling overwhelmed and I haven't even started to list everything I need to do. I will need to be committed when I do that.

I have about a million and a half things I want, need and have to do around the house today, but (!) I have a hair appointment at 1:00 I will be going to. My roots are showing big time. Mary Ann and Justin's wedding is in 2 weeks so they need to be taken care of.

If I am going to Augusta for my hair appointment, then I will need to check out the Good Will really quick. Plus, I need to run into Target and the Christmas Tree shop so I will be getting home after dark. We are dark up here by 5. Thankfully, Dick has dinner out tonight.

I will download our trip pictures tonight. Until then....Tootles!

Hey Yall! I hope you all had a great weekend. Me and the birthday boy went on a quick getaway. Friday around 5 we left for Jackson (naturally), New Hampshire. It was raining when we left Maine and continued to rain until we left on Sunday to return. Oh well, you can't win them all.

The weather has been kind of funny. Friday, it was in the lower 60's which is rather warm for these parts this time of year. When we arrived at our destination, The Eagle Mountain House, it was raining and still warm. When we got to our room, the temperature there was 75 degrees. 75 degrees!!!!! This mountain house actually was a house at one time and there was no air conditioning. Now, if you are a faithful reader of this blog, you know that Frannycakes does not like to be hot. So we opened the windows. And that let in the humidity along with the warm temperature. It did cool it down a little bit, but not enough. I called the front desk and asked if they had any fans. They sent us 2 box fans, which managed to keep us a little more comfortable.

Saturday morning we woke up to more rain. Our rooms came with a full hot breakfast buffet, so we dressed and went and took advantage of it. Afterwards we went to North Conway to check things out. There is an outlet shopping center there. We had been before when we first moved here. The best shop there was the Bombay Outlet. Oh man did they have some good prices on their furniture. In case you didn't know, they have gone out of business. Hate that. So we didn't do much shopping. And you all should feel better knowing that the news of the nations financial doom and gloom hasn't made it to North Conway yet. Cause there were about a million shoppers at the outlets on Saturday and all of them had bags full of stuff.

Since we didn't want to shop much, we decided to take a ride and see the mountains. Everything was so pretty. Well, everything we could see. It was still raining. But it was a nice ride anyway. We went back to the hotel and Dick had some work he had to do, so he went downstairs and I took a glorious nap. It was still raining and was dark and overcast.

This morning when I woke up, I looked out the window and realized that there was a mountain right outside our window! It had been completely covered by the clouds before. We packed and had breakfast, then checked out. Everything was beautiful. Jackson is such a cute town. We took lots of pictures and I will post them tomorrow.

I hope you all had a good weekend. I will talk to you later....

Friday Pictures

Hey yall! Not much happening today in Maine. We got a lot of rain last night and the clouds have not left yet. It is so dreary looking outside and it makey me want to take a nappy!

We've got lots of rest and relaxation planned for this weekend. Not much else. How about you? I went through my magazines that I have saved over the past few years and took out all my Christmas decorating magazines. I plan to read back through all these and get some ideas. And call me crazy, but I also have several years worth of Ballards and Pottery Barn Christmas catalogs that I am looking at also. The decorations are so pretty. And since I seem unable to do anything without some inspiration, I need to keep these for just this reason.

Dick does not seem to understand this need for magazines that I have. The last time we moved, he made me throw away years and years of Southern Living. I am not gonna lie to you. I had tears in my eyes and pain in my heart. That will take a while to get over. And I ain't over it yet......

I guess that is all for now. As Arnold says, "I'll be back......"

Happy Birthday Dick!

Hey Yall! Today is Dick's birthday. Happy Birthday Dick!!! I won't tell you his age, but I can tell you it involves the number one and the number 5 and it ain't 15....but I can't tell you if you can't figure it out.....

Who is Dick? Besides being Frannycakes man? Well....Dick loves his Family. A lot. He adores his mother....loves her so much and is always wishing he lived closer to her. He loves his sisters who obviously return the sentiment! And his children, Jamie, Chris and Julianne, well, they are always in his heart and on his mind. Always wondering how they are and if everything is okay. Everyday, he asks me if I have talked to each of them. And most of the time, he has already talked to them! And even though Weezie didn't make the picture gallery, he loves his little furry daughter. And me? He is a wonderful husband who has put up with me for over 35 years and believe me, that has not been easy! I love you Dick!

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Hey Yall! I took a few more fall pictures last week so I decided to go ahead and post them. Don't you love the apple tree? That tree is just down the road from where we live. For some reason, the family has left that tree and another one that is by the road unpicked. They have an orchard of trees that are picked already. Do you think they left them for me to take a picture? Yeah, that's probably it.

Weezie is doing better and better each day. I think yesterday was a turning point for her. This afternoon she wanted to play. So Dick played with her and she growled and barked and tried to bite his toes! Dick gave her a Dingo and that was just the medicine she needed.

I am so glad that I have already voted. It was extremely painless.....absentee ballot. Wednesday will not get here too fast for me.

Today I worked in the yard. We had tons of pine cones fall after a wind storm last week. Plus, we had leaves galore. So I got the blower out and proceeded to blow the leaves and pine cones. Yes, you can blow pine cones. I probably used the blower for an hour before I ever cranked up the mower! The yard looks great. I dare the wind to blow!

Did yall have a lot of trick or treaters? This year we didn't have very many compared to last year when we ran out of candy. We have lots and lots of leftover candy and Julianne and I have been doing our best to finish it off today. It is the least we can do. Of course, Dick hasn't had any. Of course.

I guess that is all for today. I will talk to you tomorrow! Tootles!

What Warms You? This will!

Hey Yall! Today, Stacey of Poofing the Pillows (isn't that just the cutest name for a blog?) is hosting a "What Warms You" Recipe Exchange. I am sharing my favorite soup, Vermont Ski Lodge Soup. No I didn't get it from Vermont. No I didn't get it while I was at the ski lodge. I received a recipe book from my friend Elaine and it was there that I found this fabulous soup! What I love about it is that after browning the sausage, you just throw everything in and put the lid on for 2 hours. The recipe make a lot of soup. I freeze what is left into single serving size zip lock freezer bags. Sometimes I make a grilled cheese to go with it and sometimes we have corn bread or biscuits. This is a hit at my house and I know you will love it at yours!

Vermont Ski Lodge Soup

2 lbs. bulk sausage, browned and drained well
4 (16 ounce) cans tomatoes, chopped (I buy the cheapest store brand diced)
3 medium onions, chopped
2 teaspoons seasoned salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1 large bell pepper, chopped fine
4 cans red kidney beans with juice (I buy the cheapest, again)
4 cans water (tomato can)
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoon garlic salt
1/2 cup barley or rice (I use rice 'cause I never have barley, but want to try it sometime!)

Combine all ingredients in large soup kettle. (Be sure and use LARGE!) Simmer, covered, 2 hours or longer. Makes 16 to 20 servings.


Be sure and click on the link above to go back to Poofing the Pillows and go visit all the different blogs that are participating in this exchange! You might find something you want to cook this weekend.










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