Thanksgiving

I love Thanksgiving.  I love that the focus is on being thankful, not presents.  Families are together and of course there's the FOOD!  I've learned over the years that the fun for me is to cook with the people you love.  The eating is just the extra.  

A blog about Thanksgiving isn't complete without a mention of my mom.  She spent Christmas in Phoenix and Thanksgiving with me.  I'll miss her terribly.  Ok, Mom, for you, "GO COWBOYS!!"  It was always a balancing act to get the food on the table either at half time or just as the game was over.  Mom would always come in for a little taste during a commercial.  I've got to assign that task to someone.  Any takers?

I'm thankful for family, friends, and the abundance of blessings that God gives each of us.

Fall pictures

Here's a picture of me driving around looking at fall and some of the pictures.

Fall IS fantastic

Fall is my favorite season.  I love everything about it.  The smell of chili, the cooler weather, those first fires in the fireplace, and the color of the leaves.  I decided to spend a little while just enjoying the beauty of the season.  I literally drove around Albuquerque taking pictures.  It made me think about being a little girl and going on a Sunday afternoon drive.  We did it for entertainment just to look at the scenery, not to go some place.  

I didn't leave town but the more pictures I took the more beauty I saw.  I was going around the block in downtown neighborhoods to get another picture.  In our busy lives we sometimes don't bother to slow down or go around the block to see all of the beauty God has created for us right before our very eyes.  Today I did that and I think I'll try to do that a little more often.