It’s fall, the perfect time to read a good book. Now that it is getting dark earlier and earlier each day and it’s cooler, there’s nothing more that I love in the evening than some quiet time with a good book. I’m also reading more because my school starts each day with a ten minute…
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Welcome to the Best of the Weekend party. If you are in the path of Hurricane Matthew, I hope you stay safe. The storm is missing my area of Virginia but we are getting soaked with rain. My mom and I aren’t letting the rain stop us from touring homes on the Smith Mountain Lake…
I’ve been craving a fall dessert and tried a recipe that I spotted in the September 2016 issue of Southern Living Magazine, Apple-Spice Bundt Cake with Caramel Frosting. What gives this cake its unique flavor? Southern Living described this dessert as an update on an old-fashioned Southern cake with the warm spice of chai, an…
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Welcome to the Best of the Weekend party. Can you believe that tomorrow is October? I’m wondering what happened to September?? In addition to my normal teaching duties, this week I visited the State Fair of Virginia with the 8th grade FFA students, helped to host Fall Festival, and supervised an after school dance today. …
I’m joining my Power Tool Challenge Team gals for another fun challenge. This month our theme is modify and I turned a cold war era ammunition crate into a side table. Why did I choose this project? Well, there happened to be a stack of these ammunition crates in our basement and I…
How can it be that I am on Stitch Fix #40? I’ve enjoyed this service for over three years and my wardrobe has become primarily items delivered to me by Stitch Fix. For a gal who doesn’t like to take time to shop but wants to look nice, this service is exactly what I need….
Welcome to the Best of the Weekend party. How are you going to enjoy the first weekend of fall? We are hoping to get to the lake on Saturday because it’s supposed to be warm and we want to enjoy a day out on the boat. Sunday it’s going to be cool, in the 70’s,…
Thanks to Dixie Belle Paint for providing the paint and glaze used for this project. All opinions about the products used are truthful and my own. Links in this post may be affiliate. It’s Themed Furniture Makeover Day! Each month a group of blogging friends who like to makeover furniture challenge each other to makeover…
Fall officially arrives on Thursday and the change in season is definitely in the air in my area of Virginia. We won’t have fall color for a few more weeks but the tree leaves are looking tired and one can tell that it won’t be long until the leaves change to their brilliant fall colors….
Welcome to the Best of the Weekend party. I’m so glad that it is the weekend and I can’t wait to have two days at home. Fall decorating and a furniture makeover project are on my weekend “to-do” list. Amy, Ginnie, Jenna, Cindy,and I enjoy hosting the Best of the Weekend Party each Friday night…