Christmas Tour of Homes

Anderson, SC is a pretty neat place!  Every year DH and I go
on the Anderson Heritage Tour of Homes walking tour before
we decorate our own blue cottage.  We love talking with the
owners of the homes about what they did with their gutters, or
how they chose the colors for the bedrooms.  Here are some
of the homes on the tour.  Hope you enjoy them, too!

I was so excited that 106 Webb St. was on the tour.  It was

built in 1897 and the owner is restoring it.  It is already a very livable home.

View from across the street.

 

This home at 707 West Market had incredible sunlight streaming 

in the windows!

 

There I am holding a guide book to the homes.  This home at 902 West Market

 was once in disrepair but has been renovated.  It is beautiful inside.  

 Across the street, 809 West Market, is the Marshall Orr House.

It is now the home of the Anderson County Woman's Club.

A bake sale was going on inside.  Here are a few pictures.

Then back to 104 Webb Street, where old and new exist together.

Sometimes you meet people who are so warm and inviting that it
makes your whole day!  We met a neighbor at the first house on
the tour that set that tone.  His home was not on the tour.  He is
an elderly gentlemen who had taken great care of his home and
had lived in the neighborhood for many years.

      His home is my favorite!  (....a blueish-gray cottage?....)

Thank you for coming along on the tour with us!  We enjoyed
your company!

Love,
Lottie

 

Let's Look at Leaves!

I love this time of year when Thanksgiving is over and we still
have beautiful colors of fall.  Many houses in my neighborhood
have already put up their Christmas decorations and lights with
leaves still falling.  Take a walk with me.  Let's look at leaves...

There are leaves everywhere today.  It rained last night and
no one is out making noise with a leaf blower or raking.
And it is just like magic outside with leaves everywhere!

Leaves everywhere.  How wonderful to just enjoy them for one
day out of the year instead of trying to rake them up.

Leaves everywhere outside my front door!

Leaves everywhere around the woodpile in the back yard.

Leaves all over the deck and chairs......they seem to belong.

We'll rake tomorrow.  Today we will just enjoy the leaves.

Thank you for walking with me to look at leaves.

Love,
Lottie

PS, if  you're over my way tomorrow, I have an extra rake
and leaf blower.  We can look at the leaves again! :-D

Happy Thanksgiving!

Usually at this point in the Thanksgiving holiday, I am so frantic
from planning, cooking, and cleaning that it is crying time.  Not
so this year.  I am calm and feeling pretty good.

This year, because of medical issues, I can't cook the big
traditional dinner so my DH is doing it.  But my DSs asked
for a different menu.  They asked for broccoli and spinach
salad!  What sweethearts! 

Since May 8th, I've lost 37 pounds.  That is seven months
of healthy eating.  I never wrote down a single food, calorie
or carb.  I feel so much better!  I still have 40 pounds to
go so I'm half way there!  I still have diabetes but things
are better.  Here is what I did.

1.  Eat three vegetables every day. (Most important!)

2.  Eat three fruits every day. (Raw and colorful!)
3.  Drink 2 glasses of skim milk. ( I chose organic milk.)
4.  Eat a serving of lean protein every meal.
5.  In my mind, I counted 2 or 3 carb servings each meal.
Such as blueberries, a roll, broccoli, tomatoes and chicken is
2 carbs.
6.  Walk around the block 2 or 3 times each day you can.

No stress.  That was the important thing.  And eating for
vitamins and the nutrients was the goal.  So, because of
Thanksgiving dinner, we don't want to change our focus.
Oh, and DH is cooking the turkey this year!  What a
sweetheart!

Everyone enjoy time with your families!
(It is really not about the food.)

Love,
Lottie