All because two people fell in love On a cold and rainy day full of indoor forts and kung fu fighting, I can’t help but smile each and every time I walk by. I keep saying it over and over in my head and it just applies to so very many things in this beautiful… Read More
My dear friend F is the kind of gal that always has something waaaay more exciting going on in her life than changing diapers and constructing her latest supper menu plan. After enjoying a night out of berry cosmos and lobster mac and cheese and covering a realm of interesting and fascinating topics, I have… Read More
For as long as I can remember, I have always looked forward to checking the mail! I love catalogs, handwritten notes (that my so-Southern lady friends all still send), and, most of all, packages!! Much to my delight, I received just that in my mail yesterday – an overstuffed package from Mimi and Anpa. Yippee!… Read More
Continuing on my theme of Valentine’s Day, while Cookie napped and John helped Honey in the basement Saturday afternoon, I caught up on Desperate Housewives and, feeling much like Bree, whipped out Martha Stewart’s Felt Fortune Cookies. The link has her explicit instructions, but I worked with supplies I already had on hand and simplified… Read More
I love love love holidays and Valentine’s Day is no exception! I have already starting decorating, crafting and making lists of things I want to do, make and bake between now and February 14. First on that list was a new wreath for my front door. I used to have loads of wreaths that I… Read More
I LOVE Reese Witherspoon. So much that I would call it a girl crush. She’s elegant, stylish, entertaining, a mommy… and so, so Southern! I first “met” Reese in Pleasantville. I really got to know her (and desperately idolize her) in Legally Blonde. I will never forget the bend and snap, I own the Barbie,… Read More
We said bye bye to the bottles thirteen months ago, but this ghastly plastic drying contraption lived on. Every day (yes, you read that right) when I performed my most dreaded chore of unloading the dishwasher I piled loads of sippys, tupperwares and other various items that came out a tish wet into the plastic… Read More