What does a girl do the week before Christmas when her boy-filled-family wants to watch football games instead of Christmas movies? Well, she reads a Christmas book! I read The Santa Suit by Mary Kay Andrews last weekend in a couple hours while the boys watched football. I always love Mary Kay Andrews, and this one is nice because it… View Post
When I had the chance to run into Trader Joe’s over Thanksgiving week, I decided to snag allllll of the holiday treats I could find! I know they are only in for a limited time and when they are gone, they are gone. And my boys were already asking when the candy cane Oreo’s would be appearing! I knew they… View Post
Happy Friday! It’s the final countdown to Christmas and for some reason I am feeling quite peaceful about it all. Maybe ignorance is bliss, but I think I have just come to accept that the kids are off of school and it’s time to just enjoy it all. Don’t get me wrong, there is still tons to do (I mean… View Post
And just like that, we are on Day 11 of our 12 Days of Christmas Series for this holiday season! I will be back next week with the twelfth post to help inspire your holidays and I hope you have found a few helpful nuggets of inspiration along the way. (To catch up on any of this year’s posts, you… View Post
For the past few years, I have heard about people hosting Favorite Things parties, and always thought they sounded like lots of fun! So this year, I decided to stop thinking about it and start hosting one for myself! I could have come up with a million reasons not to host, but I just closed my eyes and hit send… View Post
Well, looks like we won’t have a white Christmas here in Atlanta this year… but that’s OK! Because I’ve been dreaming of a WHITE (house for) CHRISTMAS… and my dreams have come true! After nearly two weeks of having painters here working, the exterior paint job all got wrapped up with a big red bow yesterday! So of course I… View Post
If you are like me, you have probably purchased several packages of ornaments on major sale after Christmas. So this year when I was struggling to find inspiration on how to decorate the dining room for Christmas I turned to what was leftover in the tubs… Lots and lots of metallic ornaments! Turns out I had oodles of metallic ornaments… View Post
Hello my friends and happy SATURDAY! I just couldn’t resist popping in today with a new weekly faves and finds. I’m sure we are all scrambling to find presents for everyone so this week’s post has some fun gift ideas along with some cute clothes. MY WEEKLY FAVES & FINDS SHOP THEM BY CLICKING THUMBNAIL BELOW: CHAMPAGNE STATEMENT… View Post
Well well, here we are- nearly two weeks until Christmas! Deep breaths. I have a list a mile long, but I put on some fancy bow mules and have a Christmas coffee cup in hand and am ready to tackle it! But first let’s meet on the porch for this week’s Front Porch Coffee Talk where we talk about anything… View Post