The Sadie Lady

Karen and Ray were on the road by 0830 and then we left to take Sherrie to the airport a few hours later. We made one quick trip through Cow...

Jeff has a pistol range down in the back and every year on the Friday after Thanksgiving we go down and do some target shooting. Steve loves...

This year we girls did it right. We made enough of the food ahead of time that we didn't spend all day in the kitchen. Most of the after...

We all slept in a little this morning, then Sherrie and I started making appetizers (beefy cheese dip and crab dip), pumpkin pie and a cherr...

Thank-goodness we canceled the trip to Gatlinburg . We started out around 0930 this morning and didn't get home till after 1600. The thr...

Today Sherrie and I went up to Landrum. We stopped in The Hare and Hound for lunch and were able to sit outside on the patio. It was a beaut...

Chimney Rock Park, NC Today we loaded up in the Chevelle and headed for Chimney Rock (all the beautiful scenes from Last of the Mohicans we...

Every year we have a Thanksgiving get together at our house. Ray, Karen and Brian always come from Virginia Beach. Steve comes up from Sumte...

I've got mozzarella made with dry milk powder! Now it doesn't taste exactly like the mozzarella you buy at the store, but it is mozz...

Well the first attempt at homemade mozzarella appears to be a disaster. The instructions say you can use store bought milk. So I tried it w...

I didn't get a goat for my birthday, but this cute little thing is one of the goats at Heidi's place in Maienfeld Switzerland. It w...

Looks like both the North girls practiced playing mommy last week-end. Hopefully practicing won't be much longer! I don't know about...

Charla, Jeremy, Kayleigh and Paige came for a visit this week-end. And it was all about the kids and animals! Friday night we took them to ...

We went down to Charleston for Parent's Week-End at College of Charleston. Dropped Sadie and Chase off with Sherri then Sarah took us o...

We drove down to Charleston today to see Lance off to Japan. Met him, Sarah and Sherri at the airport. It was sad, but hopefully he'll ...

Lance came up for a few days. We went to meet Jeff for lunch at the Thai restaurant then headed up to Gaffney to go shopping. We picked out...

Lance, Sarah and two of their friends went to the Clemson game on Saturday then stopped back at our house today. I love having them and thei...

Jeff said the one thing we can't get is chickens, but it seems they have gotten us. Down by the creek bank we have a family of orange a...

Lake Week is the end of summer vacation Jeff and I look forward to every year. And this year was the 10th anniversary of Lake Week with the ...

My friend Sherrie and I have been going to the August " Cross Country Trail Ride " (CCTR) held in Eminence MO for over 10 years. A...