'TIS THE SEASON

I LOVE how sparkly twinkly shiny and happy my house looks when it's all decorated for Christmas.  I finished this morning!!!  Happy happy joy joy!

I want to just prop up my feet and enjoy.  Honestly, I could just sit and look at the lights as I sip on a glass of vino while listening to Michael Buble's Christmas CD.  But...there's Christmas cards to write, lists to make and gifts to wrap.  I bet you're busy too.  Cyber Monday was a big help tonight.  Did you take advantage of it too?

More shopping tomorrow.....  I'm hoping to finish my shopping this week before we leave next Thursday for New York City!  Wish me luck!

Ho Ho Ho!

 
Hugs from the beach,

Kat

"Father, please let me be a blessing to someone today."

THANKFUL WE COULD SHARE

I'll be honest, I was feeling a bit sad about not having any of our children with us this year for Thanksgiving, but I told myself to "put on my big girl panties and be thankful for being able to be with so many people I love".

I have a great story to tell:

 
Every year when we go to my hometown for Thanksgiving, we stay in a pet friendly hotel so we can take Miss Daisy with us.  Since my hometown of Columbus, GA is near a military base (Fort Benning), we always see so many soldiers walking around in their uniforms.  Every year, I think "I just want to take them with us to Thanksgiving".  It breaks my heart to see our heroes away from their families during the holidays.  

This morning George walked Miss Daisy right before we were leaving the hotel and stopped to talk to a young man who was playing basketball by himself.  He found out that he was from Michigan and had just completed his basic training.  George came back to the room to get me and told me about him.  That did it.  I just had to take him with us.  I called my sister and asked if it was okay if we brought a guest and she said "absolutely".  I wish you could have seen his smile when we asked him to go with us.  What a great guy!  So polite.  So charming.  My family just took him in and made him feel right at home.

Thank you God for making my Thanksgiving special.  Thank you go for our heroes.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO YOU!


 
Hugs from the beach,

Kat

"Father, please let me be a blessing to someone today."

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2012



PSALM 100

Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!

Serve the Lord with gladness!

Come into his presence with singing!

Know that the Lord, he is God!

It is he who made us, and we are his;

we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter his gates with thanksgiving,

and his courts with praise!

Give thanks to him; bless his name!

For the Lord is good;

his steadfast love endures forever,

and his faithfulness to all generations.

I am in my hometown tonight and excited about spending Thanksgiving with family tomorrow.  I'm sad though because this year I will not be with any of our four children and their spouses and our 10 children.  It's so hard to share which I'm sure many of you understand.  I AM thankful though that they all are blessed with wonderful in-laws and family that they will celebrate this season with.  That's a true blessing.  I love all of these families.  Although I will miss seeing them this year, I WILL be with all of my siblings and their spouses, my Mom and Aunt Sherry, and several nieces and nephews and their children.  It's gonna be a fun day.

I have soooo very much to be thankful for.

I wish for each of you a Thanksgiving filled with good food and many memory making moments. Be sure to take some time to recognize your many blessings.  I sure will.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 

Hugs from the beach,

Kat

"Father, please let me be a blessing to someone today."

HAPPY WEEKEND EVERYONE

Gosh, I'm LOVING our cool weather.  November is just bee-u-ti-ful here on the emerald coast.  Cool brisk air and absolutely gorgeous days and wonderful sunsets.  I'm enjoying every day.  Soaking it up 'cause I know we'll have some gray yucky days soon.

The water just sparkles like diamonds are sprinkled on the top.  Notice the beach...no one out except a few walkers.

Great sunset tonight.  Loved seeing the pirate ship heading right for the sunset.

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This made me chuckle!  I've "rescued" lots of bottles in my life. lol

 A new bad habit!

Hope your weekend is good!

I'm looking forward to Thanksgiving with family.  How 'bout you?


 
Hugs from the beach,

Kat

"Father, please let me be a blessing to someone today."

I'M BACK

 This sign is over the door leading to my kitchen.  It says it all!


I've been such a bad blogger! Believe me, I've missed my blog. Every day, I tell myself that I really need to get back in the habit of blogging, yet another day goes by ;-(

A few days ago, I got a sweet email from a reader of my blog (thanks Pat!) telling me that she missed me. Made my day! I promised her and myself that I would make it happen. I'm not sure if any of my other blog readers are still out there, but I started my blog for me...it's my diary...so it's important to get back to recording. 

Soooooo....here I am. I promise ME and you that I'm back. Keep me honest, okay? Pretty please.
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Tonight's post will just be a quick list of what I've been doing since my last post, but I'll get back to my silly (and serious) stuff soon.  I want to blog at least several times a week.
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The beach has called my name and I've had to answer it, of course ;-)

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We've had some incredible sunrises.  I love it when I wake early and step out on the balcony with my coffee to watch the day begin.

 

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We've had awesome sunsets too.  The lights you see are from a wedding at a wedding venue in a large house down the beach from us.  Almost every weekend, we get to watch (with my binoculars...lol) and enjoy the music.  Love it!

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We're enjoying this time of year.  The view from our balcony has been incredible!  The water just sparkles!

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Team Davenport participated again in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk.  It was a cool windy day, but the turn out was wonderful and we had a great time.

My sweet friend Kari sent some of her wonderful and delicious cookies.  How sweet is that?!!!!  I was thrilled and touched with her thoughtfulness.  If you need cookies for a special occasion, Kari at Makin' Sweets is the one to call.

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Daven was sick recently, so I spent a few days taking care of him.  I arrived on Halloween night.  Although he didn't feel good, he sure was a sweet boy!

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This last weekend I took a quick trip to my Aunt Sherry's house in Atlanta for a fun (but very quick) girls trip with my Mom and "Other Mother".  The four of us had a ball.  Lots of good food, wine, games, giggles, and some shopping.  We had lunch with several of Sherry's friends and then enjoyed the Christmas Open House at Collector's Corner,  a gorgeous HUGE Victorian house.  Wow!  So much "eye candy" that it was (almost) overwhelming.  We also spent a great afternoon strolling around the quaint town of Senoia, GA where so many movies have been filmed.  Senoia is also hosting the Southern Living 2012 Idea House. 

 
Hugs from the beach,

Kat

"Father, please let me be a blessing to someone today."