My good friend over at Southern Inspiration just did a post on the many uses for the Jamestown Centerpiece. I really like this Southern Living at Home piece. I mostly use it on a table for seasonal decoration, but I was reminded that it is food safe, so I need to remember to use it…
Back to work! Oh no! Where did the summer go? I went back on Monday and it has been a good week. I’ve had a lot of time in my room to get organized and I even have the first two weeks of lesson plans complete. I need to photocopy some papers today and buy…
Virginia has had perfect weather for the past few days. It’s been warm with blue skies and low humidity. Mr. SP and I took advantage of a nice evening and headed to the lake to eat dinner and watch the sunset. It was actually cool while we were boating and I had to wrap up…
I have been really slack all summer and have done very little entertaining. This is the last weekend before school starts, so I decided to get busy and invite some friends over. Today I’m having a ladies luncheon for some of my tennis friends. Saturday I’m having a cookout. It took me most of the…
Finally, they are done! I am very pleased with how they look and I’m especially pleased that I won’t have to repaint the room. Here are my old dining room curtains. I think this was the first set of curtains that I made for our home. I still like the fabric, but it has faded,…
My good friend, Jeannine, passed this recipe along to me. It’s from the August 2008 issue of Cooking Light. Since the deer tore my fence down and ate my garden, I had to make a trip to the city market this morning to buy the zucchini and eggplant. It’s in the oven baking as I…
My running buddy sent this to me last night and it cracked me up! If you are offended by a bad word, then don’t read it.
I have ten more days to enjoy summer and then it’s back to work. The past two days I’ve played tennis in the morning and then spent the afternoon at the pool. I can think of a million things that I could be doing at home, but the pool is much more fun. I realized…
Whew! I am officially tired! Between the emotional stress of the wedding and the physical stress of the Fila clinic, I’m worn out. The wedding ended up being really nice and enjoyable. Mama and I had a hard time during the ceremony and cried all through it, but after that was over and we walked…
I love to try new recipes. Both of these are from the July 2008 issue of Southern Living. I think that SL has really gone downhill in the last few years. I used to pour over every issue and find so many ideas for cooking, decorating, gardening, and travel. It seems like the issues are…
The fabric for my dining room that I ordered on June 14 finally arrived last Tuesday. I cut out all of the pieces and made the strips for the piping and then, of course, no store in Lynchburg had any cording in stock. I’m at a stand-still for making the curtains until I get cording….
I made a new arrangement for our screened porch last night. I decided to try to make it look tropical for the summer. The container is from SL@H. I also have the door hanger that matches, but I’ve never used it because it makes the arrangement hang too high on my door. Before we know…