Creations By Cindy

Good afternoon everyone. The weather is dreary in my neck of the woods so here's my choices this afternoon: Eat potato chips (my weakness) or look on line at different Valentine tiered tray decor. So, I am being a good girl and looking at some cute ideas. In case you are a tiered tray kinda of gal too I thought I'd share some cute ones with you.   These are all Web images and I didn't post the links but aren't these adorable?  Not sure if y'all are a Brenda Gnatt fan but she is so down to earth and I enjoy watching her cooking videos. She recently shared two recipes so sharing them with you all. Thankfully I have some pecans from Georgia in the freezer! YIKES,  the cost of pecans is CRAZY! But, what isn't right?  I see a chocolate pie in the baking line up for this week! I hope that you all have a wonderful week and maybe whip up a chocolate pie. With or without the pecans! LOL! Hugs and blessings, Cindy  

  We surely give our Lord the praise for allowing us to take some time to enjoy the mountains before Marty returns to work. He is doing good and a little mountain air was just what the doctor ordered.  It had snowed a few days earlier prior to our arrival so on the first day we arrived the mountain side was covered with white beauty that already had started melting. I still can't believe I didn't snap a picture of it! Guess this Floridian was just glad to see that white stuff for a change! The weather was perfect.  The cabin was lovely. We have stayed in this cabin before and loved it. We enjoyed a lot of afternoon and late evening fires.   We enjoyed walking some outside the cabin and Marty likes to hike. However, that was limited for now but we did managed to get in some walking. I even managed to get in a little yoga one morning! Marty said, "You are on vacation now"! LOL!  We went to several nearby towns for day trips and enjoyed eating out and a little shopping!

  I decided to treat myself to a cup of hot chocolate as I was preparing a little blog post for this week. Nothing like a cup of hot chocolate. Well, unless you are sitting by a nice fire enjoying it that is! It isn't cold enough for that in my neck of the woods. I wish it was! But, it's a perfect cool evening for hot chocolate. Marty, his dad and I had a little venison sausage making one day last week. Marty and I were so blessed to harvest deer this season and I cook with venison a lot so sausage was on our list.  It's a lot of work to be honest but oh so good. I stopped by one of local Dollar store's one day and was browsing through the Christmas on clearance to see if something caught my eye. Well, several things did in fact but this was so cute. It did not look christmasy so I thought someone had maybe just sat it down on the clearance rack. NOPE, when it rang up it was a whole $2.50. I sat it on my blanket ladder for a picture but not sure where I will put it. It

  Well what do you know? Two blog posts in a week! LOL! I just want to say thank you to those of you that sent prayers and well wishes for Marty. He has some recuperating to do but he is doing good.  We had a great beginning to a New Year with my family. We listened to our church service this morning as Marty is getting over a head cold so we decided it best not to venture out. But, we sure enjoyed a great lunch with the kids. Grilled pork chops, fried cabbage, green beans, blackeye peas, rice, corn bread, biscuits, desserts galore and well...If this is a sign of how we will be eating the rest of the year then we have issues! LOL!  I did get all of my Christmas in the kitchen and bathrooms, and even my laundry room put away. But, I think I will leave up my Christmas in the living room a few more days. I love Christmas decor! The girls offered to help me today to put it away. I should have taken them up on their offer!  I've decided to carry on with my monthly focus board since doin