Thankfulness

Thanksgiving is 6 days away, so I thought I would share with you today what I am thankful for. The last four years for my family have been somewhat rough and challenging. At one point, I really thought I had nothing to be thankful for; however, as I enter my 41st year, I have realized I have so much to be thankful for.

I am thankful for this man! My loving, caring husband who has been with me through it all good and bad.

I am thankful for my daughter Jackie and grandson Ashton. My daughter was involved in a serious car accident in June of this year. As a result of the accident, Ashton was born via emergency C-section at 27-weeks.

I am thankful for my other daughter Stephanie. She has been here through it all. I am thankful she has remained calm when I could not.

I am so very thankful to all of our family and friends who have been with us through it all! Without their love and support, I don't think we would have made it through all that we have.

Vacation was awesome!!! My husband and I had not had a real vacation in 17 years. The drive up to the cabin in Murphy, NC was met with a detour. While in Georgia our GPS noted that there was heavy road congestion and decided to reroute us. Where did it reroute us to you ask? Downtown Atlanta, Georgia in the middle of rush hour. It took us about 3 hours to get back on track. Once back on the main highway, we were about 2-1/2 hours away from the cabin, and we were going to arrive in the dark to a place we have never been.

We arrived around 9 p.m. to our cabin. In the dark of night, it looked very scary. For me I have watched one too many scary movies, and I was just waiting for something to come out of the woods. The cabin sat on hill with a long sloping driveway. We were in my husband's little sports car (1995 Acura Integra that he babies) and only made it halfway up the driveway. So we ended parking at the bottom of the driveway and carrying everything up to the cabin.

Once inside, the cabin was so beautiful. It was so cozy and inviting. It was everything we had imagined and more.

The sign says it all!!!

Looks so much better in daylight.

His car finally made it up the driveway.

My favorite seat. At the end of the day, I loved sitting here and watching the sunset.

I will post more pictures throughout the week of our travels. As you can tell from the pictures, the leaves were changing. It was wonderful as here in Florida we don't get to experience the changing of the seasons.

Delay due to illness

I am so sorry that I have not posted anything this last week. Since being back for a week, I have had an upper respiratory infection with double ear infection. I haven't felt like loading pictures or posting much. I am hoping to get back into the swing of things this week, so just keep checking in. I have so much to share about Murphy, NC as well as Concord, NC.

Blessings,

Donna