Around the house

Another week has quickly passed.

How come the weeks go by so much more quickly the better life gets?

I wanna yell, "everybody STOP, this is the good part"!

As I say often, we are blessed. 

Our schedules are overly busy, but we're doing what we love.

we had these again this week

or maybe it was last week? 

Either way...they were legit, once again (so was my dinner date)

a new flavor flave

the Volcano  has been my obsession/go-to scent for a while now, but Paris is a pleasant change 

still enjoying our built ins and displaying my dishes and what-nots

i'm already scheming about displaying our books some day

thanks, previous owner, for these lovely built ins

my ideas(via pinterest, obviously) for this space are endless

love looking at this cutie patootie on the window by my desk while i study.

those shorts! 

the rocking chair from Mamaw Lou in our living room for now

super coze

GTs been playing the git-r more and i am diggin' it

hoping you have a blessed weeks-end,

Kate

Around the house

It's a great Friday morning to be thankful and appreciate the little things around the house.

fresh new flowers in a mason jar

(typically i don't do pink or purple...but hey, we're quickly approaching the month for lovers)

eating good makes me feel good

why can't i remember that while digging into the Blue Bell?

on my way to all-natural eating 

this looked tasty...we'll see

little Trigger

he's a goodun', that little feller

Rifle Paper Co. calendar

a wonderful gift from my mom. isn't it lovely? 

an unmade bed and lights that are never coming down

an old framed mirror used in a new way to display lotions and fragrance

GT says i'm a Pistol Annie because I have rifle cartridges next to my perfume

Some days, it's all about the little things

Happy Friday folks,

Kate

Thanksgiving week bliss

GT & I do the family swap for holidays.

This year, the Taylors have Thanksgiving and Kirbys have Christmas.

Next year, we swap.

Everybody gets some love

We love it. 

It's pretty wonderful that we enjoy the company of both families.

So, this Thanksgiving we were with the Taylors and it was perfect.

We started out by huntin' at their deer lease, Cut Off Mountain, in randomville, Tx

It was a perfect day...in many ways.

1. I got to sit in the stand with my hubsters

2. Garrett killed a deer (in a crazy hunt, too)

3. the weather was ahhhhmazing. crystal clear blue skies, perfect temp

who says a deer lease is a gross-man-stinkin'-deer-gut-funky-place?

beautiful!

4. Riding around in the ole trusty Bronco(or not so trusty actually) with no particular agenda

The F-I-L

COM is quickly becoming one of my favorite places

Then we headed on over to the grand-parents in Georgetown,Tx

It was a washer playing, coffee-drinking, hammock-laying, magazine-reading, football-watching kind of time with a lot of visiting, laughing, cooking.

Getting the kitchen ready to make Gilly-Gilly.

I'll post the recipe soon.

Grandma said she's been making it every year after Thanksgiving lunch since '73.

Our "little" portion of the Taylor clan

Luckily, we're not credited as the smart portion of the Taylor clan.

Christas card picture????

The weekend was equally wonderful.

We headed on over to Huntsville, TX for some time at GTs parentals

Garrett was working on making an Eastern mount of his newly killed deer head.

If you've never smelled a deer head boiling...it stinks.

GT serenaded us.

it didn't help the stank.

Saturday morning breakfast at Cafe Texan on the sqaure

slicked back hair and funnies

that's rite y'all

 

a perfect portrayal of thanksgiving football watching.

hook 'em apparently.

still full,

Kate

Thankfulness a few days late

Although we recognize the 4th Thursday of November as a day of thanks, I thought'd i'd spread the love to a the following Tuesday.

I'm sure that i'm not alone in saying that I have more things to be thankful for than i could count.

When i was little I wanted to video-tape a day in my life and send it in to Oprah.

I thought(seriously) that she'd put me on an episode as the luckiest girl alive.

No lie.

True story.

I never did it.

The same is true today. I am the luckiest gal around.

I also believe "Great gifts mean great responsibilies; greater gifts, greater responsibilies". Luke 12:48

(the Message)

I pray that my actions and choices honor God and that I can give to others as freely as He has given to me.

On this Tuesday of thanks, I want to focus on one new aspect of my life for which I am grateful.

Our home.

I am grateful to my parents for allowing us full use of every inch of their land.

I am grateful for our little house that we can call ours.

I'm grateful that GT is allowing me to pursue my dream of becoming self-sufficient.

I'm grateful for the health of our garden.

I'm grateful for the fresh air.

I'm grateful for friendly neighbors.

I'm grateful for hard working men: my hubby and dad.

I'm grateful for the domestic skills that my mom, mamaws and aunts have taught me.

I'm grateful for books that teach me how to be more resourceful with what God gave us.

I'm grateful for our canine love-nugget.

I'm grateful that GT and I share a love of the outdoors.

I'm grateful for the desire to learn about the world around me that was instilled in me by my parents.

I'm grateful for hard work that pays off.

I'm grateful for the beauty that surrounds me.

our road

the backyard

pup and garden

garden and pumpkins

like I said, luckiest most blessed gal around

Kate