BAKING FRIDAY HELPER ??

7am alarm this morning to get g-daughter and put her in the bed with me. She went right back to sleep and slept restlessly until 8:30.
I got her set buckled in her high chair with her breakfast and went outside to do the morning feeding chores. Usually when I get back she is in a tizzy wanting out of her chair but today she was watching cartoons happily munching on her blueberry pancakes.
I had my breakfast then she played while I did a walking video . It is nice outside but I'm not sure my knee is ready for pushing a stroller up these hills.
I missed the opportunity for a hilarious video as g-daughter got right in front of the computer screen an moved her hips and arms along with the video.
I put a bunch of toys in the kitchen and gated the door which she did not like at all but I needed to bake cakes for several orders I had taken.
She played more with boxes in the trash than her toys but at least she entertained herself for awhile.

She soon got tired and wanted to be held !!! I have memories of all my kids and grands hanging onto my legs while I cooked in this kitchen !!

When it was time to start taking hot cakes out of the ovens I had to put her in the highchair. She liked being up where she could see the mixer run .

I baked 12 caramel, 4 chocolate, 5 pound and 2 apple butter cakes before a late lunch.
Hubbie took half day off and picked up g-son on his way home since this is an early release day for the schools. They got here about 1:00 in time to have lunch with us.
G-daughter found a friend today !!!!

In the time it takes me to pee the bathroom resembles a tornado scene !!!!

Hubbie laid down with her and got her to sleep. She only slept about 30 minutes but woke up in a terrible mood and just wanted to cry .
After brother, hubbie and me tried everything we knew to do with her to get her out of this mood and nothing worked until hubbie took her back to bed. She finally went back to sleep and when she woke the second time she was in a bette but not completely different mood but at least she wasn't crying constantly.
G-son is getting so big !!!!

And his shoes are almost as big as mine. They are surely way too big for his little sister,but don't tell Miss Stubborn that !!!!

After d-in-love picked them up hubbie went out to work some in his shop, he started making these N.C. maps from pretty wood and painting some in the colors of the big state colleges and he was working on them.

Re came over with the kids for a few minutes and they played outside.
I did chores while hubbie helped Aa get some calves penned up to sell in the morning.
The mama cows were not happy to be separated from their babies and were very vocal about it .
I almost missed another beautiful sunset this evening as the horizon was loosing all the light when I took this pic.

I iced cakes and got into bed about 11:30 tonight.
Thankful for the blessings of this day and for the strength He gives me each day.
God Bless and Good Night.

SCIENCE NIGHT AND 2006 SWEET MEMORIES

Another busy day on tap so I'm up and out early once again. I got the chores done and headed to market on a surprisingly cloudy humid chilly morning.
I looked at the temperature expecting another 30's reading but it was mid 40's already but it feels really cold today because of all the clouds I guess.
Market was slow but okay today. Few people came through but most of the ones that did come through bought something so that was good.
I was modeling my spider top and earrings today !!!!  I love dressing for the holidays !!!!

After I left market I ran errands and made stops at Aldi and Walmart for baking supplies and groceries.
I got home a little after 4:00 and got unloaded and things put away. I did chores early today and then headed over to Edneyville elementary school where g-son goes to volunteer for science night.

  I took Donna, the principles place at the pop corn popper.

They were giving away free popcorn and I lost count of how many bags I filled !!!! There was also free water and donated apples.
The kids all acted like they had a good time. G-son with his "monster" goo !!!

I had a nice visit with the principle as we finished and cleaned up and then I got home around 7:30.
I have spent the evening catching up on things I have got behind on the last couple busy days.
One more thing I need to finish up for the month as it nears it's end is one more post of decade pictures. It was an exciting month back in October 2006 as our life was getting ready to change forever with the birth of our first grandchild.
G-son made his appearance about noon on October 16 that year.

A very happy birthday to #1 son as g-son and he will always share a birthday.

Me getting my first touch of this sweet baby.

G-son getting his first look at his favorite aunt T !

#2 son loves this little guy.

Hubbie with his first grand child.

Hubbie's mom and dad got their first look at their first great grandchild.

Great aunt Sandy and great uncle Marty hold the first grand baby of the family .

And great uncle Robert and great aunt Beverly come to visit.

October 2006 will always be a special month in the history of our family with g-son's birth.
This is a picture of Bernie and Dolly in much happy healthy times for both of them !!

I am reminded tonight as I look at these photos and look at tonight's photo of a 10 year old g-son of just how precious time with these kids are because it passes so quickly . Seems like in the blink of an eye 10 years have past me by and this beautiful little helpless baby has grown into such a handsome independent young man.
Just heard from daughter and unfortunately her volleyball season came to an abrupt end tonight at the hands of North Iredell High School in the second round of the state playoffs. Congrats on a great 23-3 year.
I am humbly grateful to God for the joys He has brought into my life.
God Bless and Good Night.

FLEA MARKET TRIP AND VOLLEYBALL PLAY-OFFS BEGIN

Up extra early this morning before the sunrise to get ready for our annual Fall flea market trip.
Hubbie took today off since it is perfect weather we decided we had better go this week since a lot of the sellers are seasonal at this market and when October ends they take a winter break and won't be back until spring.
It was super chilly this morning with the thermometer reading 36 degrees at 7am and even a really chilly morning as we headed south today. Lucky #2 son just caught us right before we got on the interstate to come by a tire shop to pick him up and take him by the Post Office to get his and Tif's 4-runner to drive all day while the shop put new tires on his old truck and did some minor repairs to it.
I had on three layers and only was able to shed my jacket all morning as we walked around the market. It was kind of strange to see everyone in jackets down here after the last couple times we were sweating like crazy early here. Hubbie is in the brown .

As I was afraid a lot of the vendors spots were empty and that made for very low crowds.

This booth was the busiest there ,haha !!

Hubbie and I bought some roasted peanuts and took a break to enjoy some of them.

We left the market about 12:30 when we had made it all the way around and most of the vendors were packing up to leave. We probably bought the least we have ever bought on any of our trips today, we bought mostly food items.

At least we got our winter supply of sweet potatoes from the same vendor we always buy them from.

We stopped and had lunch at Arby's on the way out of Pickens and then came straight home.
The trees are still holding onto a lot of green leaves as we came up the mountain.
We unloaded and got things put away then hubbie blew all the leaves out of the gutters and the driveway ditches hoping that the rain forecast for Thursday will get here.
I did the weekly paperwork and paid bills then we did chores early as hubbie is meeting #2 son to take him back to pick up his truck and then going to g-son's last soccer game and I am taking daughter some homecoming week things and meeting Josh at the volleyball playoff game.
This is homecoming week at the high school where daughter works and each day has a theme. Today's theme was Walt Disney day and daughter's team of teachers did the 101 Dalmations, she is the Dalmation on the bottom left.

 The girls played very well tonight and defeated the team from Concord handily 3-0 and in only a little over an hour.

I came home and hubbie was already here. It got so dark they had to call the soccer game after two of the boys ran into each other.
We watched Survivor on TV then I finished out this busy day icing cakes and getting things ready for market. I fell into bed a little after midnight, whew !!!!
Thankful for the blessings of a wonderful day and praying for the family tonight.
God Bless and Good Night

LITTLE HELPER

G-daughter arrived at 7am and we went back to bed so she could get a little more sleep. She slept until 8am and then we had to hurry to get breakfast and get her ready for day-care at 8:30. She walked in and quickly found a playmate. She acts like she really enjoys the social aspect of this little time with other babies so it is worth the time it takes to get her there and back.
There is a field of soy beans that are ready for harvest with the mountains in the background that I think is very pretty and today there was no traffic anywhere around so I stopped and made some pics. This is the true meaning of "Fall" !!

Back home I did chores and had my breakfast. I stopped and got the mail from our box but wondered why when I saw it was only campaign ads and lots of them !!!!
 I took a nice walk in the warm sunshine. It was 42 degrees at 7am and it is already in the mid 50's at 10am.Our temps have been anything but normal for almost this entire month and it looks like we are going to escape October without a killing frost .

I did house work until it was time to go back and pick g-daughter up.
She had a great day and was very tired, going to sleep almost instantly when I got her in her carseat.
She slept about 45 minutes after we got home.
I offered her several things for lunch but she is just not eating good right now and would only take bites of different things.
If you want to make housework really interesting you should try doing it with a 13 month old helping!!

Re-organization is her specialty !!!!

I gave the cleaning idea up pretty quickly and we headed outside to enjoy the beautiful 70 degree afternoon.

This child loves to swing !!!

After walking all around the yard and picking up about a trillion leaves and acorns she was so tired we came inside for another nap. When she gets into bed it takes her 30 minutes to get slowed down enough to get to sleep then she only sleeps about 30 minutes !!!
Her mom picked her up shortly after she woke up.
This large yellow print bonnet is my daily sewing project for today.

After chores I watched this beautiful sunset . There is a huge 300+ acre fire in Jackson county and the smoke is traveling into our area helping create some of this beauty.
The sky kept changing color all evening and got prettier and prettier.

I came inside and baked my cakes tonight. I baked 6 caramel, 2 chocolate, 1 pound and 2 blackberry wine cakes. If things work out like we would like them to hubbie and I are going to the Pickens flea market tomorrow so I wanted to get the baking done so I wouldn't have that waiting for me when I got home tomorrow afternoon.
I think I might be getting a cold tonight with a burning nose and sneezing fits but I still feel okay so maybe its just the smoky air. Our area is under an air quality alert because of the smoke and all the dust from being so dry.
Thankful for the blessings of this day and praying for safe travel for hubbie and me tomorrow.
God Bless and Good Night