PICK YOUR FAVORITE CHRISTMAS TABLESCAPE

OKAY!

I am inviting 

YOU ALL

to my house for 

Christmas Dinner!

How should I set my table?

#1

NATURALLY LOVELY

#2
JEWELS GALORE

#3
SIMPLY RED

#4
PERFECT PEAR TREE

#5
A DEARLY LOVED TABLE

#6
GRAPEFRUIT, LEMONS & ORANGES-OH MY!

#7
STARLIGHT STARBRIGHT

#8

I'M SEEING RED (AND A BIT OF BLUE)

#9

SPRIGS AND BELLS

#10

ADD THE PLAID (for all the whiners)

So-there you have it!!!

Y'all know the drill

Pick ONE---

Yes-Read that AGAIN-

PICK ONE TABLE~!

I will apply my usual sass 

to the follow up post..

NO ONE is safe from being

targeted--so pick well!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!

Well,

the countdown is on,

isn't it?

I am sitting by the fireplace

with my morning

cup of 

"Thank You God Coffee".

In our rental (yep-still haven't found our 'new' home yet)

 I am looking

towards our dining area

and loving my 

opaline pumpkin.

I am headed to work in a bit

and starting to plan on how to deal

with the upcoming

Thanksgiving Day.

I think this will work.....

Here's hoping YOU have a

STRESS FREE

Thanksgiving!

We are celebrating 

THANKSGIVING

tonight----don't ask.....

I'M BACK!!!!!!!!!! A PECAN PIE FOR THANKSGIVING---YUMMMMMMMM

Do you know that hardly

ANYONE

in my family

likes nuts?

Can you IMAGINE that?

I can't!

I have always loved nuts!

Peanuts,

Almonds,

Walnuts,

Cashews,

Brazil Nuts,

Pistachios,

You name it- I love it.

But my FAVORITE of all time

is probably

PECANS!

Gotta love those pecans!

At Thanksgiving I always

make at least one

PECAN PIE.

Now I have always used a

traditional recipe for

Pecan Pie

but when I spotted this recipe

I thought it would be fun

to try it for

Thanksgiving.

This came from

Southern Living.

If you can't read it 

I have typed it out here for you.

Utterly Deadly Southern Pecan Pie

1- 10" pie crust (I use Pillsbury Dairy Case)

1 TBS powdered sugar

4 large eggs

1-1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar

1/2 cup melted butter @ room temperature

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup chopped pecans

2 TBS all purpose flour

2 TBS milk

1-1/2 tsp vanilla (I use a bit more)

1-1/2 cups pecan halves

Preheat oven to 325º

Fit pie crust into 10" cast iron skillet

Sprinkle pie crust with powdered sugar

Whisk eggs in large bowl until foamy

Whisk in brown sugar and next 6 ingredients

Pour mixture into pie crust and top with1-1/2 cups pecan halves

Bake at 325º for 30 minutes

Reduce oven temp to 300º

Bake 30 more minutes

Turn oven off and let pie stand

in oven with door closed

for three (3) hours.

Serve with dollop of whipped cream

Just so you know-

there are many NUTS in this family

which lends itself to

much hilarity at family gatherings.

We don't all go out to eat at

restaurants very often because

the family gets LOUD...even though

most of us don't drink.

We laugh about everything

and some poor soul is usually the

BUTT of the jokes--

but the VICTIM changes

on a whim.

Anyone else have a family like that?

My Hero does his best to ignore

everyone and pretend he is just

a visitor at the table.

Yep- one in every family!

By the way,

I am home from vacation

and as soon as I figure out how to get

my pictures out of that darned
CLOUD

I will be posting some pictures.

I promise you will NOT see ANY

pictures of me in a bikini--

YEAH---Wouldn't want you to 

lose your appetite

before Thanksgiving.

Hmmmm...on the other hand-

maybe that's not such a bad

deterrent for overeating....

nah..........never mind..........

SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS!

I am 

DEFINITELY READY!!!