Just a Little Country

Being a girl from Knoxville, TN and married to a man from Nashville, TN, country music is just part of our blood. I am a fan no doubt of some good Martina McBride, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Zac Brown Band and many others. I even know that it is 5 o' clock somewhere, even though I am a "dry" Southern Baptist. And I absolutely LOVE cowboy boots, even if mine may never have stepped into a single pile of cow plops!

So tonight I thought I would try my hand a something a little "country", at least that was in the name of the recipe on a recent pin on my Dinner Board. It fell under this pin that claimed to have 40 recipes for shredded chicken. Well, the site did have 40 recipes for shredded chicken and some, I must admit, sounded a little, shall we say...scary to the taste buds. I decided to take the safe road tonight and not the "road less traveled". I chose this recipe.It sure has made my kitchen smell like one pulled out of a farm house. (It is still countrifying itself as a write this post.)

I did not feel that this was enough for my accomplishments today, for I had to get a little taste of fall in combination with our recent fall in outside temperatures. So I tested out one of my neighbor's and fellow blogger's recipes...Pumpkin Crunch Cake. If this makes your mouth water go ahead and jump in your car because there is more than enough to share. A lucky person might receive a gift tomorrow of this delectable dessert. I LOVE fall with all the colors, food and essences that go along with it. Just melts my heart!

In combination with all of these exciting new recipes I roped my mind around, my SG had quite a break through today in our schooling. For those who may not know, my Hubby and I have chosen to try our hands at homeschooling this year. As part of SG's curriculum, we have started the beginning basics of reading. Well, today she read 2 beginner books from the BOB book series. I was so excited because this area of study has been quite a tooth puller because she is such an artsy person. I almost cried! But she didn't stop there, she also proved that she could recognize and order all numbers 1 -20!

HOWEVER, the biggest blessing of today had nothing to do with our scrumptious dinner/dessert that we are about to devour or even the fantastic academic break throughs that we had today...No, the best blessing was when SG asked me this, "How do you get to go to heaven? I want to go to heaven!" So I explained the ABC's to her. We are on our way to having another sister-in-Christ. Such a BLESSING!

Cupful of blessings,

Carri