RANDOM PINKS.......

OUR PRAYER BALLOONS

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*did I ever tell ya that we had

3 NEW PINK GRANDDAUGHTERS IN 3 DAYS ,

11 years ago ??

Well.....we sure did !!

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PINK...PINK....PINK SATURDAY....

YIPEE..

THANKS SO MUCH TO BEVERLY FOR LETTING US ALL GET TOGETHER EACH SATURDAY AND

BE IN THE PINK...

WE LOVE IT, BEVERLY.....

BEING A "GIRL"....I LOVE PINK...

It's just that I am running out of PINK.....

WHAT?, you say....

I AM !!

I can't find any more pink in my whole entire cottage....

I am running out of ideas, period !

Tell me....are YOU running out of PINK ???

and, if so...

WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ????????

Red IS just a deeper, more intense shade of PINK !!!

Can we post RED on PINK SATURDAY ??? Any chance that I can get by with it?

OOOOO, I DO have a lot of RED to share....

hmmmmm...

NOW, bear in mind..I DO NOT want to be thrown out of PINK SATURDAY, by any means...

so if the PINK POLICE say NO TO RED....I'll just go to the store, get some

PINK DYE

and dye all my curtains, bedspreads, panties, bras, and my living room carpet

P.I.N.K.

'cause I love to play on PINK SATURDAY !

so there !!

Traveling in PINK...

HOLY COW....how would you like to
"STUMBLE TO THE KITCHEN,

"POUR YOURSELF A CUP OF AMBITION....

in this PINK wonderment !!?!!......... isn't it fun !!

NO SIREE....WE'LL NEVER, EVER GIVE UP

HOPE !!

OOOOO, HOW I LOVE THE WORD

SURVIVOR......
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don't forget to stop by beverly's to see lots more PINK...
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PINK BLESSINGS TO YOU,

bj

FAREWELL TO THANKSGIVING...

UMMMM...we had SUCH a wonderful Thanksgiving...

Sure hope all of you did, too....

You are all such sweet sweet people and deserve to have a wonderful day with your families and friends.

I DID tell you how thankful I am to have you for my blogging friends, didn't I ?

THIS is the way I WISH my Thanksgiving table looked but, alas.....

we opted for ....

PAPER PLATES...
GASP**

there's so many of us and it just works out better to have
throw aways..
I LOVE IT..
I AM always so thrilled to have them all here toether, I could care less about
what we eat out of..
Since we didn't have a lot of dishes to wash ...we had lots more time to play games, watch that football game , take a little nap in the floor beside our cousin...
i'm telling ya...LIFE IS SO GRAND...

i didn't get a good photo of our turkey...we carved it before i even thought of pictures ..
and, it was one of the best turkeys we've ever had. i tend to want to cook it too long, but this
year, i took it out the minute the little pop-out thermometer popped out. I also cooked it in a cooking bag and the turkey was so moist and good. It browned evenly and looked so pretty....
The ham turned out good...I was worried because I bought a butt end and cooked it all day ....
I generally buy a spiral, fully cooked ham but this raw one was on sale and I thought I'd just try ....
Put brown mustard, a little brown sugar, some cloves, a little apricot jam on it, wrapped it in heavy duty foil and it turned out very good....I am a HAM eater...like it much better than turkey.....

dressing and giblet gravy....my favorite of all on Thanksgiving....

fruit salad with whipped creme is one of my favorite things in the world...

apples, oranges, pineapple, cherries, grapes...

OH HONEY

WE had a few desserts, too...

Fresh apple pie...

GOOD GRIEF !!

Burnt Sugar Cake ....

this is an old old recipe that is so good you will want to marry it...

chocolate chip cookies ..

oh, and forgot a pic, but made some CHOCOLATE PEANUT CLUSTERS that were good...

I'll tell you about them next time....

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AND NOW..................

I AM READY TO DO CHRISTMAS...

HOW 'BOUT YOU ?

THE HAPPIEST OF THANKSGIVINGS....

see ya later, alligator...

bj

MY BLESSINGS....

BILL and grandson, BROOKS


OUR KIDS....
DAVID KEITH and STACY LEIGH
both named after my brother, KEITH LEE....

THE WHOLE BURKE CREW

(daughter's family)

HELEN COURTNEY (named for her Great Grandmother, my mom)

on your right ...

KENNETH BRYAN (named after his granddad, KEN) and friend...
JESSICA LEANN, (named after her mother, KATHRYN LEANN) on your right ....

JESSICA LEANN (in white)
(i could not find one picture of Cory, Jess...sorry!)

ANDREA KEITH

named after her daddy, DAVID KEITH...

BAILEY KAY

named after her AUNT PAULA KAY

THE WHOLE CONKLIN CREW

(well, except for JESSICA and CORY...)

LACEY JEAN

named after her Memaw, Betty Jean ....
such an honor....

AREN'T THEY MAGNIFICENT !!

DEIDRA RAMSEY

another blessing named after me...

such an honor...

BRYNNA ASHLEIGH

named after her momma, STACY LEIGH....

DOUGLASS DREW

named after his UNCLE DOUG...

BROOKS JENT

named after his daddy, JENT

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MY FRIENDS

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I LOVE AND AM THANKFUL FOR:

MY GOD

MY FAMILY

MY FRIENDS

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING,

bj

A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS SWAP

SWEET ANDI, my fabulous partner in a CHRISTMAS SWAP,

hosted by BRENDA...

WHEN my doorbell rang and I saw the mailman driving away, I KNEW he had left something for me on my
FRONT PORCH....



THIS box was filled to the brim with
CHRISTMAS MAGICAL TREATS....

CHRISTMAS TEA...oh, my...
doesn't that sound so good..
and so...so...CHRISTMASY !!!!!
...OH, MY.....A MARK ROBERTS FAIRY...
A CHRISTMAS FAIRY !
ooooo, thank you so much for this adorable little fella, ANDI..
you must have read my blog very deeply to see that I am forever and always
IN LOVE
with Mr. Robert's fairies.

ahhhh, what a wonderful little
CHRISTMAS COOKBOOK...

i love it !!

A BEAUTIFUL, HANDMADE
Christmas card..
so so pretty...


I can't wait to try some of these recipes...
and look how adorable it looks, sitting on my counter top..
i just love it !!

Oh, and did you notice I FINALLY got the little wooden bottom to this dome painted....
RED...
COLONIAL RED....
and look how cute the little cookbook looks in the background !! ;O)

I AM SOOOO IN LOVE....

Mark Robert's has some beautiful fairies...
but, I do believe this CHRISTMAS FAIRY is the prettiest of all.

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Many, many thanks to you, dear ANDI..
I love it all and mostly I love you for being such a sweet spirit...
I am so glad to have been paired with you and offered the chance to meet you!

Andi has a private blog...
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love, bj

Mark Roberts Fairies are unique and charming life-like characters that can be enjoyed from one generation to another. Each piece exudes individuality and personality resulting from hand-painting and fabrication by skilled artisans. All pieces are wired to allow for a magical and fanciful pose. Each is a numbered limited edition which comes with an official registration form.