Here’s my sister Suzie and her awesome daughter, Sherri. 

There is a mighty good battle of southern wit going on in the comments on the “A Useful Thanksgiving” post.  Scroll on down!

Julie was deeply disturbed by your comments.  Can we have a little respect for my brother Chris and his wife Heather and uh…umm..

Before I introduce you to Chris, Heather and Suzie, meet Julie, my half sister.

This category is to introduce you to my family.  Let’s start with my brother Danny and his wife Kim.  I love them!

This is no big newsflash in Colleen’s kitchen.  Y’all know that when you’re done serving up what you scraped up last night when your truck broke down, you can make the rest of it into a handy Christmas gift.  Or keep it for yourself.  LindsAy, gurrrl, this purse will be a hit at the Circle K.  Maybe the customers will be amused and won’t get so angry while you’re getting your nails done at the counter there.   

Flying somewhere this week?  Look!  You’re not alone.  There are ways to make travel special.  For more, go to www.theonion.com

Remember your first best friend?  This is how Kayla Jean Dobbs and I got it done in Cherokee Park.  I’m so thankful for my friends and family.  If we let them, the holidays can remind us that we’re more alike than different…that home isn’t so much a physical place as a state of mind…and that wealth is best measured in family, friends and laughter. 

Once again, I thank my friends for inviting themselves over to my house so that I could cook for them!  Ha…I’m serious…I love that!  Here’s a picture of Mel at my house a few hours ago.  The excitement was just too much for her. 

I I took this picture of my son Casey and his friend Jake more than a decade ago.  They’d transform the dining room into a stage.  That’s Jake on the Lego container.  Casey’s on t-ball bat strings.  That’s a state fair prize bunny on backup.   This makes me think about what we dream about/act out as kids and how it influences what we’re doing now.  What do you want to be when you grow up?  Are you on the way toward that?  Did you change your mind somewhere along the way, and why?  Have you abandoned your childhood career dream?  Wouldn’t it be great if every single day at work felt like we were in this picture?  Well, maybe not as the Lego container.  Rock on.