Swoon.... That's the feeling I had when I first saw Lily's amazing ceramic pottery jewelry. To put it plainly...it's just totally rad looking stuff. It's classic, and funky, and artsy, and feminine, and hardcore, and original all at the same time. I love it, and I think you will too! I'm a fan of celebrating hometown flavor anyways, and my hometown of Greenville, SC … [Read more...]
Bewilder….Be Wilder….
I got an email early this morning (I've gotten several since yesterday's post in fact and I thank you all so much) and in the email the person said that she was praying for me to feel the Lord's "peace that passes all understanding" as I'm walking in this altogether familiar and unfamiliar place again. I say familiar because I have been here before...the loss of a … [Read more...]
What’s Cooking: Rum-Raisin Apple Bread…and Giveaway Winners!
A couple of weeks ago my family went apple picking at my most favorite orchard ever called Skytop in the mountains of North Carolina. We needed a family day, wanted to pick apples but didn't want to have to do it amongst crowds, so we took some advice my mom gave me ages ago to "never let schooling interfere with education," took Tid Bit out of school for the day and headed … [Read more...]
Fashion Week: Falling for Layers…
Today my friend Becca, owner of the wildly stylish and affordable boutique, Style by Becca, in Greenville, SC's Pendleton Street Arts District, is here to share some tips for layering. This girl is the freaking Queen of the Layer. I'm not kidding you. She dominates the layering scene with such fabulosity it makes you want to be even one of her layering minions. She is … [Read more...]
Fashion Week: Fall Fashion Must Haves…
Finally friends, I'm emerging from the sickness funk that has hovered over my house for over a week! And I'm so excited to share with you some tips this week from a few real-life stylists to help you (and me) be rocking some great style this fall! ( Just fyi...I've been having major technical difficulties with the formatting of this post, so bear with me on this one too! For … [Read more...]
Plumage…
Oh Happy Day! My husband is finally home from pheasant hunting in South Dakota! I'm always glad to see him after he's been gone of course, but after 5 days of sickness in our house without him around to help out...man, am I glad to have him back. Of course, Little Bit's fever broke this afternoon and I'm definitely on the mend as well, now that Daddy is finally home. … [Read more...]
Hillbillies, Haute Couture, and Halloween….a few random thoughts.
Sorry for a few days of silence. We went to the mountains again. It was gorgemous! Sigh... The leaves were changing and will probably be in peak color mode this week. We had a great time with friends playing, hiking, and roasting marshmallows. Same simple pleasures as the last time...different friends this time...chocked full of laughs and memories and general awesomeness … [Read more...]
Touchdown….Oreo!
There are so many things I love about fall that it's hard to condense it all down, but one thing I love for sure is football. My Hubs is a Texas Longhorns fan, and thus I have become one as well. My kids love football and play pretty much every day...some form of it anyhow since they are 5 and not quite 2. When Tid Bit turned 4, we had a football birthday party. The Hubs … [Read more...]
S’mores Anyone?
Pictures really do speak more than 1000 words sometimes. So, I thought I'd share a few from our weekend away with friends to my family's mountain cabin. It's one of my most favorite places in the world...that cabin. In the middle of nowhere, through a gorge, over a mountain, down a dirt road, and tucked into a little piece of heaven that holds memories for me since before … [Read more...]
Blubber…And Other Nonsense…
Sometimes I have moments where I think I'm smarter than I actually am. I mean, by general standards, I'd probably rate myself somewhere in the "average to above average" intelligence range. My Hubs is definitely above average on that same smartness scale. He's definitely smarter than I am. He uses words that I have to look up...not to try to seem more clever than he … [Read more...]
Life’s too short not to have….
Friends...amidst endless piles of laundry yesterday I found myself at a real crossroads. I have been saving for a few months now to re-do my laundry room. It's a great space that needs some reworking, but has great potential for wall to ceiling storage that would make a huge difference in the way my kitchen and laundry room function. I only have a tiny pantry now and so … [Read more...]
Where Were You….?
I really won't ever forget. I was 23 and working at a top 40 radio station...B 93.7. I was young and pretty carefree. I drove a black convertible and lived in a cute little blue house that I had bought earlier that year. My family is close, I had good friends, and life was relatively smooth. I felt safe by myself and had taken enough kick-boxing classes to fill in the gaps … [Read more...]
A Crucial Tooth…
Yesterday my baby (19 months) was running down the driveway and took a spill. He started crying pretty hard...the kind where there's a pause before the scream so you know it really hurt. And then when I picked him up, his poor sweet mouth was gushing blood....gushing. I'm not new to little boys getting busted lips and bleeding, but I'd by lying to say that it doesn't freak … [Read more...]
Rainy Day Blues
I don't really have the blues today. In fact, I'm pretty excited that I got to "sleep in" til 7:30 this morning...how about that for a whopping good time?! Happy Labor Day to everyone! I don't really even know why we celebrate Labor Day. I guess I should look it up on Wikipedia or something. Ok, I will...but later. I am actually a little bummed this morning though because … [Read more...]
Jello Aquariums and Hot Dog Noodlers
Once in a while, I get hit upside the head with an inspiration that gets me going on a roll to want to try a couple of new things. That happened to me yesterday when I was looking around on Pinterest. Pinterest is one of my most favorite ways to veg and to be inspired these days. In fact, I like it so much that I honestly have to ration my time on it. In case you don't know … [Read more...]
Reap What You Sow…and KEEN giveaway winners!
Can I just say that the response to the KEEN Footwear giveaway has been amazing?! Seriously...there were 414 entries to win. Not that I blame you...free awesome shoes, why wouldn't you enter... unless your name is Imelda Marcos?! I use random.org to pick the winning numbers, and I had to laugh out loud this morning when the number that came up was #62....just so happened to … [Read more...]
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