Spaetzle & Weinerschnitzle

Spaetzle, a German dumpling, in the making.

Herbs added

 And lemon zest

Wow! and that was just a Tuesday!

Pea Soup

It's so creamy and delicious. Every winter I'm surprised again at how good it tastes.

Santa came to Asheville

My friend Eileen's husband plays Santa each year for the family day for kids with disabilities. This year Eileen, Mista and I joined in as his elves! It was held at the Agricultural Center on the fairgrounds. The place was packed with facepainting, bingo, a bouncy house, a fire truck and lots more activities.

It was really fun to see the kids get excited about Santa. Some had lists a mile long, others said they wanted "toys" for Christmas. Some were way to shy to get near Santa.

I'm fortunate to have such great friends and fortunate in so many ways!

Dashing Thru the Snow

I got to play Donna Jo in the Asheville Community Theatre Production of Dashing Thru the Snow. It was a great cast and really fun show. The show was about a Bed & Breakfast that has a Christmas theme all-year long, located in Tinsel, Texas. The four scenes of the show were four different groups of people coming to the inn. In my scene, my brother, Hoyt, surprises me by trying to get our two feuding aunts to reconcile. One of the aunts is obsessed with cleanliness and the other has knit each of 23 afghans.

Chimney Rock

After all the Thanksgiving eating, it was time to burn off calories, so we headed to Chimney Rock.

The view from below...we're going to all the way up there?

 Beautiful!

 We all made it to the top!

Mom & Dad

Taking lots of pictures!

Wish you were here!

Ms. Grace

Lee & Ben

I think they like to talk!