Bless Your Heart

Living out loud in the Carolinas

Category: family

  • Finally- the Christmas post. Christmas Eve we gathered at Sara’s (my sister) for dinner and presents. I brought over a big pan of baked mac & cheese and I also made a fabulous dip. It doesn’t really have a name, but it’s good. Cream cheese, splash of lime juice, southwest seasoning- all smeared on the…

  • Olivia spent the night with us the Thursday before Christmas. I met up with her and Will and we made the transfer. Then O & I came home and played with the “doddies” for a while. She “helped” me with some Christmas cards then we went to bed. When I told CSP that O was…

  • Sunday Sara, Jake, Joey, and I went down to my Mom’s house for dinner. While there we went by the nursing home and visited with Gmommy. We took Lucy to meet her and she just loved her. How could you not? Look how sweet and teeny she is!! After visiting with Gmommy we went back…

  • Wednesday the 12th was my honey’s 36th birthday. We went to his parents’ house for dinner and cake. Jon’s mom makes a theme cake every year (we have so got to have kids quick!). This year’s cake was a replica of his truck. It was really cute. Click here to see the rest of the…

  • The 3 Ts. That’s what you need to stock your house if you’re having a visit from Irish people. They only stayed for 3 nights but in that time they went through a loaf and a half of bread, a package of english muffins, 4 sticks of butter, and a half a jar of jam.…

  • Do you know how hard it is to type with no space bar? And could it have been at a worse time?? Shannon’s in China- emailing with her had to be limited to just a few words cause of the space bar situation. Ugh. I can’t wait to meet Miss Em when they come home!…

  • I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I sure did. I hosted my very first Thanksgiving and it went really well! We had tons of food and fun. We deep fried the turkey and it came out great- so juicy! Candice & Devin from next door came over with their kids. They are from…

  • Today we got up, packed up, said our goodbyes, and hit the road. I was home just a few minutes when CSP showed up with his parents in tow.  They came in and his mom cooked the most complicated meatloaf I’ve ever seen.  She used every available dish, utensil, and gadget in my kitchen.  I…

  • Last week I went to visit my Grandmommy at her nursing home. My Mom & Morgan met me up there. The nursing home was putting on a Thanksgiving dinner for the residents and their friends and families. They had tables all set up and decorated with little things the local scout troop made. We were…

  • In just over a week I’ll be hosting my first Thanksgiving dinner.  Gulp.

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