Author: Lisa -Southern Patches

Hello everyone, my name is Lisa I am a southern girl born and raised in East Tennessee. I love discovering new places and things to do. I have a lot of favorites, shopping, traveling, knitting and photography are all at the top of my list. I am married with my fur babies my only children. This blog is actually named after my beloved basset hound Patches. She passed away a few years ago but will always have a huge part of my heart. Come with me and we will explore some wonderful places and discover some really fun things. Are you ready?

We Gathered Together

Hello friends how was your week? Your Thanksgiving? Did you spend time with family and friends? We had only a small group at our house for Dinner on Thanksgiving Day, just five people. My MIL was able to leave the assisted living village and come and eat with us. Her Birthday is in a few days so we decided to go ahead and celebrate since we were all going to be together. We had a great time.

***My husband loves candied sweet potatoes. I make them just like my mama always did. I just hate peeling the***m.

***And of course we had to have mashed potatoes too. They’re my favorite***.

Making the dressing. We always call it dressing in the south unless you are actually stuffing it in the turkey
and then it is called stuffing. We had ham instead of turkey but Mark still likes the dressing with it.

***Double layer Birthday cake which I then split into four layers. You get more yummy icing this way.***

***She loved the cake and her Birthday Girl Button.***

It was a wonderful day. My sister in law and I took all the babies for a good walk after dinner. And by the time everything was cleaned up and the left overs put away I was pretty much exhausted. Mark drove his mom back to the assisted living village and then we settled in to watch Charlie Brown Thanksgiving and I couldn’t keep my eyes open. Unfortunately there was no Black Friday shopping for me and my sister because I had to work. But that is o.k. we already have a couple of shopping trips planned in the next week or two. Also Buster and Milo were scheduled on Friday for early morning vet appointments to get neutered. More on that in the next post. This silly kitty mama was a little emotional about taking the babies in for this procedure but they did just fine. My heart could barely stand it. Silly Kitty Mama.

***I could barely keep my eyes ope***n to watch Charlie Brown Thanksgiving. It is a tradition we watch it every year.

On Saturday I went downtown, Madisonville. The block around the courthouse was set up with vendors and food trucks for Christmas. It was a lot of fun. I bought a few things for Christmas presents and had lunch at one of the food trucks before heading to get groceries.

***Rides were given around the square.***

***Yummy Kettle Corn.*** ***This booth smelled amazing!!!!***

***An event was planned for later Saturday night with some of our local churches’ choirs performing.***

***Isn’t our courthouse beautiful. It’s very old. There is a newer annex but I love this old one.***

***I didn’t get a hotdog at this booth but I thought the name was cute.***

***This is where I got the best cheeseburger of my life!!!!***

I’m getting ready for a busy week, how about you?

Always remember

Love your day your way!!!!!

Wordless Wednesday 11-24-21

I hope you enjoyed the photos. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!!

Always rememeber

Love your day your way!!!!

Saturday Happenings

Hello and happy Saturday. Come and join me today.

This morning I decided to go and buy groceries really early. I hate buying groceries when the grocery store is so crowded. I needed a lot of things for Thanksgiving so I decided to head out before it got too crazy. Grocery shopping on the Saturday before Thanksgiving can be a little scary.

At 7:30, after doing a full kitty search inside and outside of the car, I took off. It was a chilly 33 degrees F. I did stop along the way and take a few pictures. It was such a frosty morning it almost looked like snow.

***We are still having some colorful trees and doesn’t this look like snow. It was a really heavy frost.***

***Look at my puzzle I found at Walmart. I can’t wait to start it.***

After I got home I put up the Christmas tree but I haven’t added the ornaments yet. I’ll probably do that tomorrow.

Scruffy and I chilled for a bit, I ate some leftovers for lunch and then we went out for our afternoon walk. I worked on a hat and it is driving me crazy. The yarn is a little rough and it is really making my hands dry although that happens in the winter anyway when I knit a lot. But for some reason this has been the most annoying piece of knitting. I have dropped several stitches and even pulled a lot of the stitches out for several rows. I am almost finished thank goodness. I have barely worked on the afghans for my nephews for Christmas. I will get to work on those this week, maybe, probably, I had better or they won’t be ready by Christmas. Oh well I am sure they would make great birthday presents. Mark worked outside most of the day mulching leaves and making our yard look like someone actually lives here.