A landlocked & lake-less - but lovely - Labor Day weekend

It's true, we spent the first Labor Day weekend since we bought The House of Goodwill landlocked back at the home/house (the horrors!), while ironically, everyone around us was headed out of town to visit someone somewhere at a lake house, or so it seemed.

It was the first Labor Day in years that we weren't doing something somewhere on the water.

That part was a little weird.

But we had a good week.  We had to go back to the home/house for the week for some doctor appointments, to do some overdue yard work, to take care of some errands and to go to a celebration of life for our wonderful neighbor Pat.

Our neighbor's memorial was really special, and while we were home Labor Day weekend we were able to catch up with some friends we hadn't seen in a while.

As always the evening had a subtle Goodwill theme, so I'll share a couple of pics:

Dinner with our beloved Colombian friends!

The tablecloth, napkins, candles, table & chairs all came from thrift stores and craigslist, of course.

I was in Goodwill last week perusing a Southern Living cookbook when I saw this recipe for "Deluxe Chicken Casserole."  I bought the cookbook ($3) for this recipe, and it turned out to be the PERFECT thing to serve for dinner with friends.  

It was SO, SO good, and when your company returns for a third serving, you know your instincts were on point.

Shout out to the husband for making it 💗 while the son and I were cleaning the house.

$3 of chrysanthemums in a brass pot I got for a few dollars at Goodwill.

Welcome to fall! 🍂