The children are settled back in school and things are back to normal. Those few days of warm weather lasted long enough for them to enjoy being outside.
Diane Dukes had friends from Virginia visit her Monday afternoon. Rickey Nations and his wife Vickie had a good visit. They wanted to know if Diane wanted to go to Greenville and stay for three days, but she had to pass them up.
Joanna Pullen had a birthday party at Five Roses. Five Roses is an old barn that was renovated into a nice place for family gatherings. It is owned by Diane Dukes. There were lots of friends, family and, as Joanna said, “all my best friends are here.” Everyone enjoyed visiting and talking to others.
“Time sure is moving fast, and the more I try to do the further behind I get,” said Martha Box. She had lunch at the Corner Store last Wednesday with sister Joyce Stevens and brother Jesse Wortham, and they got to see Candy and the crew there. Jesse has been down with a cough, congestion, then pneumonia. “Thank Heavens he is better now,” said Martha. “Bet he was tired of Joyce and I nursing and feeding him.”
Martha said it was so wonderful to see such beautiful sunshine Sunday, where she enjoyed “a great sermon” at Willow Springs Assembly of God. Martha said she so enjoys church with so many kinfolk and friends. “Bro. Tommy Darby really shared through scripture how God is always with us. Love how he gets our heart and mind on our relationship with the Lord,” Martha added.
My neighbor, Deborah McCool, said they had some things they had to do Sunday morning and later went to Batesville and had lunch.
Your writer and David had a good time Sunday with friends Susan and Philip Bell of Caledonia; Donna Garripoli; and Brad, Frankie and Bradley Holliday of Grenada. We had a good time just being together. Susan and Phillip left going back to Caledonia Monday.
Happy birthday to Max Lindley and Kerri Elizabeth Harris on the 15th; to Trevor Croy, Racheal McCullar and Jimmy Dees on the 16th; to Jeri Lynn Prigmore and Cindy Traywick Baton on the 17th; and to Linda Darby and Danny Jackson on the 18th. I hope you all have a wonderful day on your birthday.
Recipe for the week: Vanilla wafer cake
1½ cup sugar
6 eggs
1½ ounce box vanilla wafers
1½ cup of stick margarine
1/2 cup whole milk
1 12-ounce package coconut
2 cups pecans, chopped
Put finely crushed pecans, vanilla wafers and coconut in a large bowl. Cream sugar, margarine and eggs, one at a time. Beat after each egg. Add milk. Poor and mix well into dry ingredients. Bake in tube pan one hour at 325 degrees, then cool 15 minutes before taking it out of the pan.
Thought for the day: “I walk around like everything is fine, but deep down, inside my shoe, my sock is sliding off.”
