Well, it’s been a slow go on the porch front this week as “our” major accomplishment was securing the permit and getting the foundation inspected. Such tasks are not to be underestimated! We also had the concrete poured for the foundation of the fireplace and porch footers. Cookie and Bird had a grand old time leaving their hand prints in the freshly poured concrete (sadly the PCP was off at school.) Contractor friend S has three littles himself and I found it terribly sweet that he thought of this! That he didn’t slaughter me for going ankle deep in one of his brand new concrete slabs was just icing on the cake :-) Now, where the week went awry was when Honey came home to find our collegiate rival’s logo forever emblazoned on the fireplace foundation… You see, the PCP and contractor friend S’s son C are thick as thieves. On their very first play date, and before Honey and S really even knew each other, Honey had the gall to text a picture of C in a GT football helmet to S. Well, that meant war. Since then, those two have been taking stabs at each other’s teams on a pretty regular basis. And while S ensured me that this will be completely covered up, an oblivious Honey spent his evening storming around and sending text messages starting with “you sonofa…” Pretty funny stuff, I tell ya. On a separate note, I want to wish a great big HAPPY 9th ANNIVERSARY to Sister and her Mister!!! Cheers to 99 more!! Fingers crossed that I have loads more to share on next week’s edition of Porch Progress. Stay tuned! xoxo Southern Porch {Week 1}
Strawberry Shortcake Pops
Y’all, it just goes without sayin that things taste better in pop form. I mean, there’s just something festively scrumptious about eating a pint sized portion of a delectable treat. Soooo, tonight we rounded out a lovely evening of slip n sliding and bbq chicken pizza with Strawberry Shortcake Pops made from the last of… Read More
Tom Petty
We spent our Sunday evening hanging out with besties A & D listening to the legendary tunes of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers under a clear southern sky. Source: Tom Petty We tailgated top down in Honey’s Jeep – some of us sipping on strawberry coconut daiquiris (made from our fresh picked fruit!) and another… Read More
A No-No
I am afraid this post will make some of you cringe…a few years back, Mother travelled to China and brought back these gorgeous hand carved plaques from an antique store near the Great Wall in Beijing. The were promised to be hundreds of years old and taken from a bed. (Can you imagine?!?!) As you… Read More
Sweet Dreams
Long before my littles were even a twinkle in their daddy’s eye, I envisioned a pair of sweet twin beds and couple of daughters to fill them up. Weeeeeell, we all know how the daughter thing panned out for me. As for the twin beds, that vision finally became reality Friday night. After three botched… Read More
Baseball Snack
Last night brought the game that is always my very favorite of the season…my snack night!! This is the PCP’s fifth season and I invariably spend every game leading up to mine cooking up ideas. I’ve done Cracker Jack cupcakes, Cracker Jack bags, Baseball Pies, Baseball Doughnuts and now the Baseball Glove cupcake cake!! Some… Read More
I Couldn’t Have Picked
…a better TEACHER! After our day at Southern Belle Farm, the PCP trotted off to school with a fresh picked pint of strawberries for each of his teachers. I recycled cherry tomato containers printed out tags (using last year’s Independence Day invitation) to cover the cherry tomato labels that read “I couldn’t have picked a… Read More