Helen GA

Cali and I went up to Helen but we didn't stay

long cause it so cold and rainy. But of course we

did hit the Hansel and Gretel chocolate factory!

Still waiting for our Mr. Rights!

Chattanooga

My friend Cali came to visit from Utah and we headed

up to Chattanooga for a day. We first went to Lookout Mountain

and had planned to go to Rock City where you can lookout

and see seven states, and then to see Ruby Falls.

But it was a cloudy day so the

visibility was bad so we just did Ruby Falls.

Ruby Falls is an underground waterfall. So

we went down in an elevator and walk about 30 mins back

to the falls. It was very cold outside but a warm 60 degrees

underground.

Freezing cold!

This is in the underground cave that we walked through

This is Ruby Falls, It was so amazing.

These are good pictures but still don't do

it justice. I highly recommend seeing this

in person sometime. It's beautiful!!

Snow Shovel

It snowed here the other day and on top of that it

iced over, so I was stuck in the house from Sunday night

until Wednesday afternoon. By Tuesday morning I was starting

to have a little cabin fever. Even though I had no where to go

I wanted to feel like I had the option, so I bundled

up and went out to shovel the driveway.

The problem was that I don't own a snow shovel and the

only shovel I do own is about 3 inches in width

(which would have taken forever to clear with)

So I got creative and decided to use the lid from

one of my storage containers.

It worked pretty good too!

I was able to squat, scoop and toss the snow

enough for a path that the car could fit down.

The next day my butt and arms were so sore

from all that squatting, scooping and tossing!!

But I was able to make it out and back in more importantly

the next day when I went out to join the rest of society again.

1st Snow

This was the first time that Lexie and Lola

had ever seen snow.

They loved it!!

It was fun to run around in and eat-

Funny Face

I just love Christmas and

Lexie does too!!!!

HO HO HO

Naughty Doggy

I came home to find this in the bathroom.

I thought Lola would like having more room

to play while I was at work. I guess she

kept busy chewing on the bathroom rug

which I had put up on the counter top.

How she got it down- I don't know??

Needless to say, the rug got thrown away!

She knew she was in big trouble too

BUNCO

I hosted Bunco this month.

I made white bean chili with a tomato garnish

served in bread bowls-

It turned out really good and we had a lot of fun!!

Spinach dip with veggies

Raspberry pretzel dessert

3 cups crushed pretzels

3 tbsp sugar

3/4 cup melted butter

mix and press in 9x13 pan

bake 350 degrees for 9 mins

1 cup sugar

8 oz softened cream cheese

2 cups cool whip

whip together and spoon

over cooled pretzels

spread all the way to edge of pan

1 lg pk raspberry jello

2 cups hot water

10 oz frozen raspberries

mix and add carefully over

cream cheese mixture

cool at least 3 hours before serving

ENJOY!!