Merry Christmas!

How I miss those little running steps and whispers coming from bedrooms down the hall to the tree! Memories bring back the times of checking the chocolate chip cookies and milk to see how much was gone, reading the note from Santa himself, to thank the little ones for the snack and being sooooo good through the year! The whole process is sweet, sad and precious all at the same time! Our "little" ones are now 22 and 24, but we still have Santa stop by! This year I woke up about 5:30, turned the oven on, and fixed made from scratch biscuits, scrambled eggs, pork chops and red-eye gravy! I then walked through the house with a jingle bell, waking everyone up to eat and open presents! We had friends spend the night, so they joined the AWESOME ASS ACRES festivities. Today, we plan to just sit and visit, laugh, talk, eat and laugh some more! I cooked a BIG pot of Brunswick stew to enjoy throughout the day, so we're good on eating!
I hope all were tickled with their treasures this morning, and I hope you all have a wonderful, blessed, healthy New Year!

The BIG Day's A-Comin'!!

Well, we've cooked, baked, fried, boiled, sautee'd, marinated, sprinkled, stirred, folded, mixed, toasted, frosted, wrapped, unwrapped, laughed, cried, sang, prayed, travelled out of state, came back home, visited, talked, looked back, looked ahead and even slept a little in-between and it's not even Christmas Day yet!! On Saturday, our babies came with their babies, along with my mom and 2 of our best friends, and we enjoyed the day here at AWESOME ASS ACRES! We really christened our little house with 16 folks, the most that's ever been here at once! Our daughter's family came from Kentucky, (they've just returned to the states this year, after being missionaries in Romania for 9 years) and we were thrilled to have them stay a few days. We had ham and all the fixins', along with pecan pies, chocolate cake, jam cake, homemade candies and cookies! For Christmas day, we've decided to keep it simple, so I'm making Brunswick stew! The crowd will be less...the kids will be at their house for their own gift giving, so we plan to just relax and reflect. I sure hope that all of you have a wonderful, beautiful, safe and healthy Christmas and I hope that you also have a New Year filled with many blessings! Watch for my listings and stay in touch! I love to hear from you with messages or comments left on this site! Thanks again to every customer!! Merry Christmas!!