1. What's surprised you most about your life or life in general?
Just how marvelous, loving, and personal our God and Father truly is and how much he longs for relationship with me!!!
2. Sweet potato fries, sweet potato casserole, a baked sweet potato, a bowl of butternut squash soup, a caramel apple or a slice of pumpkin pie...you have to order one thing on this list right now. Which one do you go for?
Golly, this one was hard,, I went round and round... but I finally decided because it is still so chilly in our house... we were away .... and a deep chill permeated our home. I'd would definitely go with the delicious hot bowl of butternut squash soup.... YUM!!!
3. What's a famous book set in your home state? Have you read it? On a scale of 1-5 (5 is fantastic) how many stars does it rate?As I live in Virginia, I must admit there are quite a few really great books..Since I am an avid lover of history the first one that popped into my mind is Follow the River, by James Alexander Thom.
This book recounts the real life event that took place not too far from where we live!
"Mary Ingles was twenty-three, married, and pregnant, when Shawnee Indians invaded her peaceful Virginia settlement, killed the men and women, then took her captive. For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people."
This book is so very well written it grips your attention and your heart from cover to cover!!!
4. There are 60 days until Christmas...have you started your shopping? How do you stay organized for the holidays?
I am so behind in shopping and with my nose surgery and the recovery from the procedure that is in stages, I am not too interested in shopping I'm not responsible for Christmas this year except to show up! So that is a real blessing!!My Christmas here will be very low key!!
5. October 26th is National Tennessee Day. Have you ever lived or spent any time in Tennessee? Is this a state you'd like to visit one day? The top rated tourist attractions in Tennessee are-
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park (Gatlinburg area), Elvis's Graceland (Memphis), Birth of the Music Biz (Memphis and Nashville), Dollywood (Pigeon Forge), Tennessee's Military Heritage (many battlefields), The Hermitage (Andrew Jackson's home), The Parthenon (Nashville), Oak Ridge American Museum of Science and Energy, Chattanooga and the Tennessee Valley Railroad, Downtown Knoxville, Lookout Mountain, The Titanic Museum (Pigeon Forge), The Museum of Appalachia (Clinton), and The Lost Sea Adventure (Sweetwater)
How many on this list have you seen? Which one on the list would you most like to see?
Living in Virginia, we are neighbors to Tennessee, and have been there many times.
We have spent several vacations in The Great Smoky Mountain National Park (Gatlinburg area),Dollywood (Pigeon Forge). We visited friends in Nashville several years ago. That was probably one of our favorite places to visit!!... We passed through Chattanooga and traversed the state a few times, but haven't actually visited any of the attractions here.. The state of Tennessee is a lovely state, and a great neighbor!
6. Insert your own random thought here.
I am so glad to have stage one of my skin cancer repair behind me.. We drove Monday to Charlottesville to have my MOHS surgery to remove the squamish cc from the top of the tip of my nose.. Thankfully, it hadn't dug in and the surgeon only had to make one swath. Praise the Lord and answered prayer!
Thankfully we were staying in the very nice hotel, Hyatt Place... which was the perfect home away from home!
The location was so convenient to everything, and the accommodations were quite comfy!!!
The complimentary breakfast was ample and delicious!!!
On Tuesday we drove over to the UVA Medical Center and I was prepped for my plastic surgery. Up until that moment I wasn't exactly sure which of the procedures my surgeon would choose.. His best option he said was the forehead flap because it included a living blood supply and graft to the wound.
But because of my short forehead I wasn't the best candidate... I really didn't want the forehead flap... very unsightly looking and a long recovery time to having my great results! So he did one that to me is an answer to prayer!!! Even though I have to return a few times for stage 2 and 3.. He covered my nickel sized wound with a synthetic skin and then put a pressure bandage on it so the wound can build up underneath and integrate with the synthetic skin including capillaries and good tissue so that a further graft from my ear will adhere well in a few weeks time.
All in all I should look pretty normal by Christmas!
All in all I should look pretty normal by Christmas!
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