I’ve shared my love of pottery planters time and again on this blog. I’ve been lucky to find many while thrifting or antiquing and love to use them for decorating or for function. After Christmas I used some of my white and yellow pieces for kitchen decorating. I like that I can enjoy them on…
I can hardly remember a Christmas party growing up that didn’t include Hot Virginia Dip. Hot Virginia Dip Hot Virginia Dip is a baked appetizer that is both creamy and salty thanks to cream cheese, sour cream, dried beef, and garlic salt. This dip is easy to make and is a guaranteed crowd-pleaser. My mom…
Are you ready to tone your thighs, hamstrings, and glutes? You know you are! I have been doing this exercise inspired by Cindy Crawford since 1993. Cindy had a workout video and a few exercises from it were featured in a magazine. I started doing these two exercises featured in the magazine article in ‘93…
Winter. Cold. Snow on the Ground. Brrr… I love decorating with the seasons, winter included. My kitchen table sports a bowl of glittered pinecones and silver pinecone candle holders. White candles add another wintery touch. The Christmas Poinsettias are still looking good and I’ll keep them around as long as they don’t make too much…
Did you make a goal for 2011 to get into shape or to tone some of your trouble spots? If you did, I’d like to offer a little help. I’ve decided to start a series called “Fitness Friday.” My plan is to showcase exercises that I’ve found to really work. Many of us have goals…
After Christmas I decided that I would like to enjoy my P. Buckley Moss ornaments throughout the winter. I packed away the ones that were obviously Christmas and left out the ones that looked winterish. I purchased one ornament holder before Christmas at a local gift shop. I’m sure that you can find these at…
Do you like Bath and Body Works products? I do, but only certain ones. This Christmas was the first year that I didn’t receive a single B&BW gift. I couldn’t believe it. The day after Christmas I placed an order, only buying sale items. I may have gone a bit overboard. I have to be…
I really don’t know what we’d do without a basement. I can’t imagine where I’d possibly store all of the things that I have squirrelled away down there. We are lucky because our basement really doesn’t feel like a basement. It gets good light and it is dry, thanks to running a dehumidifier year round. …
Many bloggers have listed organization as a goal for 2011. My house is definitely not as organized as I would like to be, but there are some areas in our house that we’ve come up with systems that work that I thought I’d share. We have a lot of sports equipment: boating stuff, biking stuff,…
I usually don’t pay a lot of attention to big contests, but this one really intrigues me. This year’s HGTV dream home is in one of our very favorite places, Vermont. Wouldn’t this be perfect for us? We could take a ski vacation in the winter and a biking vacation in the summer. If I…
Happy New Year! Did you have a fun time last night ringing in the new year? Honestly, I don’t really enjoy New Year’s Eve celebrations, mostly because I dislike staying up late. I do enjoy dressing up, so celebrate we did by attending a dinner/dance at our club. Before we left we took a few…
I am lucky to have plenty of cabinets in my kitchen and a nice sized pantry. I’ve been wanting to make better use of my pantry space, so this week I took advantage of my days off to take time to do a little pantry organization. I admire bloggers who stencil their pantry walls or…