Thirty Days of Thankfulness - Days 12-15

Today, as I catch up on the days that I missed, I am thankful for many things. First, I am thankful to have a such a wonderful State Park and campground so close to my house. We drive only about 45 minutes to get there and it feels like we are a hundred miles away from home! The state park that I am speaking of is Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. We go camping there, every chance that we get.

For some reason.... blogger is not cooperating and will not place my paragraphs where I would like them to be! So, please forgive me for the above paragraph being out of whack!

Here's a photo of our campsite. Our camper is the one with the University of Georgia flag on it. This weekend was the "big game" between UGA and Auburn. It has become a tradition for us to camp with a group of friends for this game.

Second... I am thankful for the beauty that God provides for us in the Fall leaves. This year, they seem to be especially bold and bright in color! I was afraid that they might not be, because of the dry summer that we had. But, they really are breathtaking!!

Third.... I am thankful for friends that like to play board games! I am a HUGE board game fan and I am a happy girl when I find friends that want to play, too! I brought several games for this camping trip, but this one was the only one that got played. It's called "Aggrevation". It just so happens to be a game that I grew up playing while on camping trips with my family! What great memores!

Fourth.... I am thankful for dogs that come back when you call them! We took our dogs on a hike and David decided to let them off of their leashes so that they could run. I am terrified of losing my dogs, but thankfully... they came back each time that we called them! In fact they seemed to make it a game to see who could get back to us the fastest!

Fifth.... I am thankful that we were able to watch the UGA game on TV while we were camping! We could only get just a few channels and the channel that we needed, was one of them!! Whew!! (See the TV, just below the UGA flag?) It was a small one, but that was ok!

Here are some more photos from our camping trip this past weekend.

My boys -- Jackson & Chester. **Smile**

We almost stepped on this guy as we were hiking!

Hiking

I love this picture of Jackson! This was one of those times when the "boys" had run ahead, and we were calling them back. -- Just call him "Bat Dog"!

David plays "Washer Toss" with some friends.

Miranda and her childhood best friend -- Elizabeth. She was happy to be able to spend a little bit of time together with her. They go to different colleges and don't get to see each other often, any more.

(You can see that we were playing "Aggrevation" again! **Smile**)

My girls. Miranda is an Auburn fan and Ashley is a Georgia fan.

Nope, we have't quite figured that one out yet!

Now, it's the GIRLS turn to play "Washer Toss". (My team won!)

My beautiful, Ashley.

My handsome, David.

Sadly, the DAWGS (UGA Bulldogs) lost to the undefeated, Auburn.

Hoping for better luck next year.

We had a great weekend, just the same!

*** I think I added one extra day of thankfulness into this post! Oops!! That's ok.

Fall Tablescape Finds!

I've been enjoying reading and looking at the fun tablescapes over at betweennapsontheporch!! Her ideas are so inspiring!! I love fall so much that I have been on the hunt the past few days for some Fall "bargains" for my own "Fall Tablescape".

Take a look at what I found today at Walmart and at the Dollar Tree!!

I got these BEAUTIFUL leaf plates from Walmart, on clearance, for only $2.00 each! I have been wanting some white plates so that they will go with any of my tablescapes that I create. I found these at the Dollar Tree for, of course... $1.00 each!

Take a look at this beautiful charger!! I found these at Walmart for only $2.00, too!

Don't look too close at my wrinkled napkin! I was too anxious to see how it all looked and didn't worry about ironing just one!

I bought six.

I put my collection of roosters on the table, along with a candle and the cookie jar that my mother painted many years ago.

I found this big rooster in Blue Ridge, way up in the mountains of North Georgia. He usually sits up on top of my kitchen cabinets. I am not sure where I picked up these other two roosters. I really like the black and white one, tho! The white hen and rooster were my grandmother's.

I bought the box of leaves, berries and fruit at Walmart for only $3.00! I may go back to the Dollar Tree and look for a pretty glass bowl for them to go in. I have a fall basket, but I think they would be prettier in a bowl. As you can see, my candle sprung a leak!! Ya. That was a fun night, when it started dripping on my coffee table! YIKES!

Next, I pulled out my grandmother's "Rooster Dishes", as I call them. Look how pretty they go with the leaf dish and the charger!!

I just love these chargers!!

I love my grandmother's rooster dishes, too.

I love my rooster, too!

I think I am on my way to having a beautiful Fall Tablescape. What do you think?

A to Z Blog Challenge ~ F

Today's WORDS (Yes, there are two again!) are FALL and FOOTBALL because I couldn't decide between the two and.... they kind of go together anyway! **Smile**

I love both of these things! Fall is my favorite season (along with Spring) of the year and football is my favorite sport out of them all! I look foward to these two things all Summer long!

This weekend, the temps outside are beginning to FINALLY feel like Fall! I am so happy! We have had a HOT summer, here in Georgia! Feeliing these cooler temps, make me anxious to wear my Fall wardrobe of Levi jeans, henley's, hoodies and Timblerland boots. It makes me want to be outside!! I can't wait to get past this surgery and get back to riding my bike again. I miss that SO much!! I can't wait to go camping and sit by a warm campfire on a cool evening. I can't wait to go camping and leave the air off and sleep with the canvas unzipped in our pop-up camper! (The camper that we bought back on July 4th and haven't even used yet!! I can't wait!!)

Then, there's my love for Football! Since I grew up in Atanta and have lived in Georgia all of my life, my favorite college team is the Georgia Bulldogs (The "Dawgs" if you are a real fan!) and the Atlanta Falcons are my favorite professional team. My Daddy taught me all there is to know about the game of football. I really miss watching (and listening to!) the games with him.

Bucket List #40-42

#40 --- Visit New England in the fall --- I've never been to New England. The fartherest north that I have ever been is Pennsylvania. Hubby is from Philadelphia. I'm not sure exactly WHERE I want to go in New England, but I know that I would like to go in the Fall! It looks so pretty!

#41 --- Visit Hollywood California --- I only want to go to Hollywood so that I can do all of the "touristy" (is that a word??) things. Theres.... Grauman's Chinese Theatre, The Stars Walk of Fame, The Hollywood Sign, Universal Studios, and of course what Hollyood visit wouldn't be complete without a Hollywood Tour of Stars Homes!!

#42 --- Make my yard something I can enjoy looking at --- My yard is "getting there"... very slowly! I want luscuious (?) grass to sink my toes in and beautiful flowers to gaze at. This photo was taken at Callaway Gardens (near my home) back in the Spring. I know I've posted it before in one of my blog entries.... but, it deserves another post!