"You Are My Sunshine" Giveaway

Here's a nice little giveaway for one lucky person. A pretty little apron sewn by moi, a 42-ounce bag of M&M's, and a cookbook (Decorating Cupcakes, Cakes, & Cookies). To enter.... be a follower and leave a comment. You have until midnight of February 28.   

As you are reading this, Pap and I are soaking up some tropical rays on a cruise. It's a celebration for us, 40-years of martial bliss. Holy cow.... just writing 40-years gives me pause.

I decided to share with everyone a little personal history about myself. When I was a little girl, age five, I remember staring out the living room door. My parents asked, "What I are you looking for?" My reply, "My boyfriend is coming to take me out for a spaghetti dinner."

Fourteen years later, the man of my dreams did indeed show up at my parents door. It was 1970 and Pap had just returned home from serving his country in the Vietnam War. His sister lived a few houses down from my parents. For whatever reason, she decided I would be a good match for her brother. What a wonderful thing she did for me!

Our first date was to an Italian restaurant named Dantes. Little did I know as I feasted on spaghetti we would be married six months later. Forty years later, I look back at that skinny, naive girl and marvel at her good luck for marrying such a wonderful man. He took her from a sad little Appalachian coal mining town and introduced her to a fabulous dream life.