Friday PAR-tay and Saturday More Fall Dressing! Loving This Weekend!

I'm having such a good time dressing the house for fall.....I shall all ready by the very first September morn of 2019.

Kimmy came over to turn the AC on Monday night so the house would be cool when we came in Tuesday. She left a basket for me that her friend, Luce, sent my way.

By the next afternoon, I had it all decked out with pumpkins and fall leaves and in the foyer.

I took Friday off from my decorating and did a grocery run to Aldi.

I had a dinner party to prepare for and a birthday cake to bake.

Pam (Reaoma's daughter) requested Pistachio Crack Cake and it was delicious!

I love Pam and, though I missed her actual birthday, we celebrated Friday night.

I had the pot roast simmering on the stove along with potatoes and carrots.

We gathered at 6:00 and all three of my friends are known for being on time and so was I!

I had cheese and crackers ready along with a couple of wines for tasting and two different jars of honey for a honey tasting.

Pam likes sweet rather than dry wine but in the end, she preferred tap water in a Duck Dynasty plastic glass! You gotta love her!!

Our other guests were Kimmy and June - mother and daughter and friends I have had for so many years it seems like they have always been in my life. I am their biggest fan and they are mine.

I change the table settings monthly and am thankful for the friends who have gathered here throughout this year. Sometimes it was only two - as in Brenda having lunch with me on her dinner break. Sometimes all six chairs have been filled with family as when Chandy and her husband and children came for dinner back in the winter.

A fresh salad is always my favorite way to start a meal.

We had a lovely evening together and already made plans to meet here again in October!

Louis Dean has been working so hard cleaning up the back yard and loading building materials in the truck to take back to the ranch next week. He has enough 'scraps' to build a tool shed and he is excited about that! I'm excited that you can really tell Sanford and Son are packing up!

He was SO tired that, after all the rest of us had left the table, he continued to sit there all alone.

Kimmy noticed that he had fallen asleep! Sitting up with his head propped up on his hands!

Bless his heart.....we told him to go to bed....and he did.

Today (Saturday) has been such a good one.

Louis Dean rested a good bit as he did not sleep well last night. I did, though!

I fixed him some oatmeal and toast with butter and honey for breakfast.

He's had a craving for oatmeal lately so I cooked up a big pot and that way he has some ready when he wants it.

I'm enjoying decorating at a leisurely pace this year.

I haven't even trashed the house because I haven't brought in ALL the tubs.

Just one at a time. Work through it - putting thing out or setting them aside for Goodwill - or the trash!

Yes, folks, I decorated the floor!

It IS a flat surface and that makes it fair game - in my opinion!

I made my way into the living room and added a fall garland to the grape cluster lights along the top of the sofa.

I love the colors.....

white wine being my favorite - I am partial to the green clusters.

The fall glasses are all washed and in the cupboard and the fall coffee cups are hanging above the sink. I still save my very favorite and oldest coffee cup for that first September morn......but the sunflower ones are fair game.

This afternoon I made Dilly Bits.

Oyster crackers with seasonings......it's a Hidden Ranch recipe and you can find it online.

I tweak it to my taste and you can, too.

I go heavy on the salt but you could do a less sodium version.

See that dark cluster right there?

That's a bonus bite and we all look for those!!

Louis Dean napped off and on all day and did some reading.

He likes historical books and war stories.

I found this one in my stack of books and he thinks it's a good one.

During my breaks this afternoon we watched this movie.

Made in 1990, we both enjoyed it.

He likes westerns and who doesn't love Tom Selleck?

I call that a win! WIN!!!

I've been watering the front and back this evening while we watch the Dallas Cowboys preseason game. It's not over yet but both of us are ready to call this day done!

I'm keeping up with the comments for the honey giveaway. 

I realize this will not be 'local' honey for hardly anyone.

Local honey is within a 50 mile radius - and the hives are in Fall County, Texas.

Still.....it's very good honey!