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Summer Style in White and Grey
Today is the official last day of the school year! Next year, I will have a senior in high school, a 7th grader, a 4th grader and a Kindergardner. It is hard for me to phantom that that will be my oldest last year at home more than likely. I need to treasure every fun moment this summer from our vacation in a couple of weeks to pool days, and hopefully some fun game nights. The two oldest and I like to play poker and blackjack while the youngest enjoy Yatzee and other games. I am looking forward to no alarm clocks (except for Saturday 6 am morning runs), having…
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Ranching: Close Up
Last month, N. and I headed about 30 minutes from home to go observe my friend and her family work their “cattle”. We arrived for the tagging of the calves, vaccinations and … castration! We had never been to such an event and arrived after lunch but we were able to get some dessert. This is a friend from running club so several of our group were there. We first said hi to the horses that had been used to gather the calves. The calves were all gathered in one area and were mooing for their moms. They knew they probably wouldn’t like what was coming up! The funny thing…
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How to Style a Kimono for Spring and Summer
One way that encourages me to shop my closet is to set a theme for outfits for a week or so. I typically break it up some so I do not get bored, but it does help me make sure I wear all the things. At the end of April, I decided it was time to style my kimonos as the weather was perfect for a light layer and since kimonos can provide protection from the sun when needed. My goal was to create a variety of outfits to inspire you to shop your closet using these ideas as loose guidelines. With wide leg jeans While most of my kimonos…
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Floral Dresses with the Ageless Style Link Up
It has been a lot of fun wearing all of my thrifted dress the past few months. Dresses are great as a standalone and on cooler days, and look cute with denim jackets or blazers. I really scored at the end of winter with my dress search. Finding dresses on Amazon has never worked for me (and I really try not to buy clothes from them as who knows where returns go), and what is in store is often not my style or not in my price range. When looking for a dress, the fit is what does it for me: I will not wear an empire waist dress, so…
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Wildflowers: Take Time to Smell the Flowers
A few weeks ago, we went to the nearby Indian Mounds for a short outdoors outing. The 3 younger boys came with us as our oldest was taken part in an Academic bowl at his school. We took a walk around the historic site and sat by the river for a while. My youngest went up the tallest mound with his dad while the rest of us relaxed on a bench. This is probably the prettiest time of the year to come as all of the wildflowers are in bloom. Soon they will cut all of this down and roll it into bales. These crimson clovers are so pretty and…
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Camo for Spring and Summer
Most often, you associate camo print for fall and cooler months. What are some ways to make your camo appropriate for the warmer months? Jodie and I are sharing some inspiration to help you have fun with camo in spring and summer. When thinking of ideas of outfits to share, my first thought was brights! Instead of pairing camo with darker colors, choose colors you associate with summer to brigthen it up. Camo with Orange In the past, both Jodie and I have paired camo with orange. Here are those outfits. My outfit at that time was inspired by Paula from Dimples on my What. Like me, Jodie added some…
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Dresses for Days: Styling dresses for Everyday Wear
Do you only wear dresses on special occasions? For many years, dresses were not my first choice when getting dressed. Having spent a childhood wearing dresses and skirts, I was more interested in wearing pants and shorts. However in the past few years, I have really enjoyed wearing a variety of clothes and dresses have once again become of my favorite thing to wear. They are really comfortable in the warmer months when you do not want any fabric sticking to you. There are so many different fabrics, styles and lengths and the right one might be more comfortable to wear than a pair of jeans. Here are some ways…
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Take Time to Enjoy Nature’s Beauty
This will be a recurring theme this month as I share some pictures from the month of April. I have been trying to really enjoy the moments in nature big and small, whether it is noticing how different the landscape looks in the fog, wildflowers in fields or on a little day trip with the boys. In Georgia, in the spring we sometimes get mild weather like we have this year and we really enjoy those pretty blue sky and mild temperatures. Flowers blooms, the grass is new and green and the bugs minimal. One new found hobby is bird watching. We’ve had birdfeeders at the house since my mother…
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Two Dresses for Mother’s Day
A few weeks ago, I entered a giveaway on IG hosted by SusanRBallinger who was giving away two dresses in size M from Brindle Boutique. I thought the dresses were cute and the instructions were simple ,so I entered and lo and behold, I won! Today, I am sharing these 2 dresses which would be pretty options for Mother’s Day. I browsed their website some as I wrote this post, and I found the prices to be affordable especially if combined with a discount code. This is not a sponsored post but I wanted to feature the dresses here as I am grateful for them and thought they were of…
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Thrifted Spring Layers
You definitely have seen the recurring theme of thrifted finds the past couple of months! While I do enjoy shopping retail, I have been wanting to save more for our vacations and one way to do that is to spend less money on clothes. The other way to do that is to not shop at all and to shop your closet for your daily outfits. I have been trying to plan out my days so I am not tempted to browse online or at Target or TJmaxx. I am happy to say that I have had a successful period of xx days not shopping for clothes! Today I am sharing…