Went To The Stones River Battlefield The Other Day With My Daughter. There Were Beautiful Evergreen Wreaths Laid On The Tombstones. Very Touching Sight To Behold.

https://youtu.be/rIauEa3nTQQ Both of my children enjoy learning about history. Once, when my son was visiting me we went to go see if the Stones River Battlefield was open. When we were there it was closed that day when we arrived there.

Family visited for Christmas and we had a lovely time together. I spent lots of time preparing for the visit like baking, cooking, decorating to make it a place of rest and fun too for their visit.

It is a family tradition on Christmas morning to enjoy potica with coffee @ breakfast. My mom brought nut potica, poppyseed potica, and a cheese roll pastry she bakes too. Now the younger generation remembers as children how they always liked chocolate chip pancakes they used to order @ Perkins Restaurant. I made them the pancakes. I also made a few poached eggs too along with bacon & maple sausage patties.

We opened our gifts on Christmas Eve. Had a big meal Christmas Day and I prayed the Numbers blessing upon us all to coordinate w/ the the Numbers blessing magnet that was sitting @ each placecsetting @ the table for them to take home with them.

We went for a drive to a house that decorates their lights to coordinate with the music being played on a local radio station. We also watched Call the Midwife holiday special on PBS. I enjoyed it so much that I watched it again the next night after all went back home to where they live. I washed all the bedding, towels, etc. and put away serving pieces too. The house was back in order again so I could be ready for work the next day on Monday.

We all went to lunch before my mom & son started their trip back home. My daughter didn't fly out until that night so we did a little shopping together that afternoon. Heading to the airport I called to see if my son and mom arrived home safely. They hit a pocket of traffic due to an accident so they decided to take a re-route so as to not have to sit in idle traffic for an hour. Their journey re-route took them high up in the mountains. It was scenic, they drove through a little town too. All arrived safely back home too. Imagine that, no delayed/cancelled airline flights too.

See the wind breaker I was wearing in the family photo. They insisted I had to cover up the Cleveland Indians baseball former logo. They did not want to offend anyone. That is so silly because I was raised up knowing the Chief Wahoo symbol associated with the Cleveland Indians not that rename, goofy title now, the Cleveland Guardians. It was a piece of history they covered up. Anyway, I am not a big baseball fan I really just like this wind breaker it is probably 30+ years old. The last picture I liked the effect it shows from the camera flash.

Enjoy the video too about the Stones River Battlefield @ the beginning of this blog entry. Great story behind the battle about a song both sides related to the night before the battle, "Home Sweet Home."