November a Month To Be Thankful 11-4-11

November 4, 2011, I am thankful for my two fantastic children. They put up with mom dragging them off to an old church and cemetery.  I think they do kinda enjoy seeing where their ancestors lived. At different times, we have pictures made of my great aunt, mom, me, my children on the steps of this church.

November a Month To Be Thankful 11-3-11

Today I am thankful that the Lord blessed me with a terrific husband. We have been married almost 26 years, Dec. 21, 1985.  He is my best friend.

November a Month To Be Thankful 11-2-11

On this the second day of November, I am thankful for my wonderful mother. She is 87 years old, can't get around very good, can't do all the things she once did but she is still the most wonderful  mother.  I love her very much. Thank you for being such a Great mother.

November a Month To Be Thankful

My blog has been pushed to the side this year, I can't believe it is November already and I have only  29 post for the entire year! Today on Facebook I saw where one of my friends Margaret Ann Tull had a post 30 Days of Thanks. This got me to thinking, it is always good to find something to be thankful for and this might help me to post on my blog for the month of November, so here goes 30 days of thanks!

Today is T1Day with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation you can find out more information here http://www.jdrf.org/ .

I changed my profile picture in an effort to raise awareness to Type 1 Diabetes. The JDRF asked people to change their profile picture and in your status tell "Who's your #one?" My number one is my daughter and son who both have Type 1 diabetes. My daughter since she was 26 months, for 18 years now and my son who has had diabetes 10 years the 30th of Oct. He was 8 years old. There is no cure, insulin only treats diabetes.

Since I'm starting a month to be thankful on the Type1Day, 11-1-11 my first things to be thankful for would be insulin, meters to check blood sugar, and the insulin pump. All the things that keep my sweet children alive.

 

Happy Halloween!

Some Halloween pictures from a few years ago!

Buttram Methodist Church

We made a trip up to McMinn County this past week and stopped by the Buttram Methodist Church and Cemetery. The fall colors were beautiful. 

We were even able to get a picture of  the inside of the church through the window.  My Great Great Grandparents Jacob and Annabelle Ziegler are buried in the cemetery here. They lived less than a mile from this little church.

We didn't have the time to go through the cemetery but I did walk up by the gate to see if it was locked and all the cows in the field next to the cemetery started to stand up. Guess they thought I was there to feed them.

Fall Leaves

Dogwood Tree

Redbud Tree

Redbud Tree

Bird at my new bird feeder!