What do you do when you well-meaning mom buys your soon to be 5-year-old son a REAL hammer AND when your soon to be 5-year-old son doesn't understand why we need to throw out the REAL gingerbread house he so meticulously crafted? I'll tell you what I did - I let my brilliant husband ...
January Door Decor
This is what is on my front door for January. I've had this up in January for a couple of years. Of course I tweak it each year. I found a stem of raspberries on clearance and knew I wanted to add them this year. I also pulled out some ...
More Ways to Save
Just wanted to pop on very quickly to share another idea for saving and even making money! I promise to get back to my home projects after this one. This gets us one post closer to the 100th post giveaway! Speaking of giveaways, check out this generous giveaway. Be sure to ...
Simple Stromboli
Here's a tasty and EASY recipe for Stromboli. If I'm making it you know it is easy and your friends should say WOW! I got the idea for this dish from an old church cookbook. You know me I had to tweak to my liking. Here's how I do it...Simple Stromboli ...
Play With Your Food
Momma always said, "Don't play with your food". But I say why not? It can be so much fun! BBC has traditionally been very good at eating different foods. He is about to turn 5 and he has gotten quite picky as of late. I guess this is somewhat normal? ...
Would you believe…
I wanted to pop in and let you know what I've been up to these past few days. Would you believe me if I told you I was busy prepping for Christmas? My family was supposed to get together the Sunday after Christmas for our celebration. We had to postpone until today due to sickness ...
I HEART My Job!
My focus for this blog is primarily to share creative ideas and also build relationships. A side benefit is growing my Southern Living at HOME business. I have been busy the past couple of days with the not so creative things such as paperwork in preparation for taxes and business plans and goal ...
Bringing Sunshine Into the Lives of Others…
I have exciting news to share about my friend, Sunshine! You may know her better as Make Life Delicious! Well, her blog has just been scooped up into the Better Homes and Gardens Home and Family Network! Go check out her official banner across the bottom of her blog!Sunshine is a friend ...
Newsletter, Subscribe and Recipe
My monthly Southern Living At HOME newsletter came out today! It contains the yummy recipe for the Roasted Carrot and Parsnip Soup pictured above. Want to take a peek?If you like what you see, you can join the mailing list by sending me an email with Subscribe to Newsletter in the subject line! ...
I’m Not THAT Creative!
My mother-in-love (MIL) came by on New Year's Day to pick up BBC. In true southern style, she never comes to our home empty-handed. This trip yielded stickers for BBC, cabbage and peas for wealth and good luck this year, and this...She said she wasn't sure if I could use them but ...
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