Autumn Has Arrived at the Jones House

What better way to start the season than to do a little fall cleaning and to participate in our neighborhood yard sale!! Seeing as how we moved out of a small town home and into a larger house, we should be shopping for things to fill the rooms of our house, rather than getting rid of our belongings. However, we came up with some things that we know we won't use in the new house, and we were able to take part in the selling fun.
Mom, Adam, and Pepaw also came up for the weekend and brought things to add to the sale. That definitley helped in filling up our tables and making our sale look more inviting to customers. We had alot of fun selling our items, spending time together, goofing off and simply enjoying the gorgeous fall weather.
We had a GREAT turnout, and almost everyone on our street participated. After making a little money early in the morning, mom and I ventured out through the neighborhood and did a little shopping of our own. We found some really great deals too!!


Brad and Pepaw...salesmen of the day




Awwww...



Football fun!

I don't know if the fall cleaning or the yard sale itself put me in the autumn mood, but something definitely did!! The cool, crisp air and the beautiful red, orange, yellow and brown colors of fall suddenly made me very happy. It was so great to realize that the scorching days of summer were over, and fall had finally arrived!!
Sooo, there was only one thing to do....buy some fall decor of course. I controlled myself (fairly well in my opinion) and only bought a wreath for the front door and a cute little cornucopia with fake fruit and pine cones. It was just enough to satisfy my little fall decor craving.

Can't wait to continue with fall festivities like pumpkin carving and corn mazes!! Happy Fall!!!!

Another cake

I made this cake like a month ago, so this post is way overdue. The cake was for Brandi's birthday which was August 28, and I made it a couple of weeks after that because I didn't see her until then.
This was alot of fun to make. It's not perfect, but I intend to keep on trying my best. I was able to try a few new things with this cake. I used some supplies similar to edible images, and I made some candy molds. I also stacked cakes for the first time. Here's my third cake!!!

Our Dixie Girl

I can't believe how long it's been since my last blog post!! I guess the month of September was busier than I realized.
Things are alot different around the Jones household since then. About a week and a half ago we had to put Dixie to sleep. It was a really sad day for us, and we have missed her so much. Although she had been sick for a few weeks, everything seemed to happen so fast.
Dixie had been feeling bad for quite a while, and after weeks of visits to the veterinarian's office to try to determine a diagnosis, we had an ultrasound done, and they found a large mass in her bladder and seven in her liver. The vet informed us that she could not be certain that it was cancer without a biopsy, but given her age and her symptoms, that is more than likely what it was.
After going over treatment options, surgery or just pain pills with no surgery, we were left with a very hard decision to make. The doctor discussed surgery with us and she told us that she wasn't sure how Dixie would do during surgery or how much time she would have left after surgery. As far as the other option, pain pills, Dr. Stumb felt that we would only be prolonging the inevitable. With that information and knowing how uncomfortable Dixie had been, it seemed that the right thing to do was pretty obvious, but that definitely did not make it any easier.
Of course Brad and I were heartbroken, but we had to do what we thought was best for Dixie. It was an awful decision to have to make, but we couldn't be selfish and let her suffer just so we could keep her here with us. We miss her everyday around the house, and Ginger misses her too!! Isn't it funny how animals become family to us?!
Brad found Dixie five years ago while we were still in college at UT Martin. She stayed up there with him after I left to go back to Memphis for hygiene school. She also kept him company when he graduated and moved to Nashville on his own. Six months later we got married, and she has been with us during our whole marriage thus far. She really was our little baby, and we have so many great memories of her. We like to think that we gave her a great home and a great life, but at the same time, she made our life and home just as special!!
Here are just a few of our many sweet memories of Dixie.

Daddy's Girl!!

Ha! I love this picture. Guess who really is a "copycat?" :)

Sweet girl!!

I like this one even though her eyes are glowing. :)

Riding in the backseat with me...she LOVED to go for rides!

She really did love Ginger...

she just didn't want Ginger to know it.



They were pals from the beginning!!