{Family Fun and Cranberry Bread Recipe}

What have you all done fun lately? I ask a friend of mine that question on Sunday at church as I usually don't see her because she sits upstairs in the balcony. She smiled and said, "FUN? I don't even know the meaning of that word unless it means to go to work 5 days a week, come home, cook, wash and clean and then right back at it". I knew where her heart was because I've been there before myself, but the truth is, even in the routine of life we must find ways to make a little fun or have a little fun to break up the crazy routine of life.

So, we enjoyed watching our grandgirl Mallory play some ball over the weekend and that was fun.

 This gal loves to play ball . She is catcher and a batter and well, will play most any spot they put her in. 

  
She is one of those well rounded girls. Loves to dress up in her pretty outfits with her jewels and bows. She loves to deer hunt and yes, she has harvested several deer. And she loves to play ball. We sure have fun watching her. Makes my nerves bad though....y'all know what I mean????

  
 Now her younger sister is another story! That girl does her own thing!
Here is what she does while her sister plays ball. 

 She's the one with the huge pink bow and sunglasses. She has a set of groupies she hangs out with at the games. 

Or you may find her too tired to be a groupie so she takes a break.

 
 There is never a dull moment with that one! 

And I also like trying new recipes and for me that's fun.

Okay, so let me tell how I decided to make cranberry bread. A friend of mine told me to get a pack of dried cranberries because they are good for you and makes a great snack.  Well I did and I DO NOT LIKE DRIED CRANERRIES! So I thought well maybe if I make them in a bread I will like that because after all...bread will make it really healthy good. 

So I found a recipe and tweaked it just a tad.

Isn't this bowl just the cutest?

 

I am posting the recipe for you if you want to try it but I'm going to confess. I did not like it.  My man loved it! He said it's really good warmed up. I don't know if it was the cranberries that done me in or what! I love cranberry sauce with my ham, turkey and dressing. Maybe I should have tired fresh cranberries. But it sure did smell good while baking and was so pretty to look at.

 My other FUN thing to do was go and purchase baseboards for my little room.

And my man got the baseboards down.

 Now to get the outlets covered and then I'll go from there. I have been looking at material to possibly make curtains for the two windows in the room but I have about decided it would cheaper to buy some curtains if I can find some that I like. One step at a time right? Granny used to say that Rome wasn't built in a day. 

Well, I hope that you too will find some fun in the midst of this busy life that we all lead. The Bible says that a people without Hope will perish. Well I am going to say that a life without a little fun of some kind will make one downtrodden. Have some fun today! Dance in the rain. Eat ice cream at midnight. Hide a candy bar in your frig and sneak in there to get it out and eat it when everyone is in bed. Listen to an old song from your past that brings back lots of good memories. Listen to the birds chirp. Go to a movie. Do something fun my friends. Life is short...may we grasp each day as if it were our last.

Hugs and blessings, Cindy