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Another Sunday, Another hike
As I have mentioned before on the blog, we have several really pretty places to hike in a 15 minute radius from our house. These trails are really handy if we want to hike on a Sunday afternoon since we have less time to drive somewhere after church and before dinner. I have shared this particular hike before here but found some different pretty little nature treasure to share this go around. The hike starts near this old furnace and is just a little over 1 mile long one way. You can hike through the woods or take a shorter road up. I like this hike because it borders a…
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The Fab 40s: Borrowed from the Boys
The Fab 40’s is a group of five fashion bloggers from around the globe. Each month we choose a different theme and invite a guest blogger who is also in their 40’s to join us. This group’s goal is to take on style trends and show how we each interpret and incorporate them into our own lives. With four widely varied views, you are certain to find something that speaks to you each month and encourages you to continue to have fun with fashion after the age of 40. The Bloggers Ada of Elegance and Mommyhood Daenel of Living Outside the Stacks Mireille of Chez Mireille Shelbee of Shelbee on the Edge Suzy of The Grey…
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Friday Favorites
I almost didn’t post today but then I decided to share things that made me happy this month. They were not purchases even though those were fun but they were moments and time spent doing things that I love! Outdoors Fire with the Family We’ve been making fires on Sunday nights as hubby is usually finishing work on Friday and we are at church part of Saturday evening. We love this time hanging out by the fire, eating treats, playing games (sometimes) and just hanging out. This past one was even nicer has the weather has cooled off in the evenings. Running Ran my 2nd 5K in 2 months and…
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Cozy Cardigans with the Ageless Style Link Up
Welcome to the Ageless Style Link up! As you will notice in the new collage below, we have some new faces around here and we are glad to welcome these awesome bloggers into our group. Style has no age and we are here to show you each month how we style a theme. This month, Amy chose Cozy Cardigans and I am sure you will see many styles of cardigan portrayed in our posts. Make sure to visit each blog (linked below) to get some fall inspiration! As I mentioned in my Monday post, I have come to realize that I am picky about cardigans and really like the waterfall…
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Inspired by Rena: Olive and Stripes
This is my 2nd inspired by post in a month! Why do I enjoy writing these posts? First of all, they allow me to share bloggers that inspire me and that I have enjoyed following for the past few years and second, they inspire me to not shop but to shop my closet to recreate an outift. I always make notes (sometimes written most typically with a picture) of an outfit I might want to recreate with things I already possess in my closet. While it is fun to buy something new (as my plaid pants in Friday’s post), there is something really satisfying about digging through your closet to…
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Target Plaid Pants: 5 Ways
I was totally influenced by Jodie (JtouchofStyle) and Cammi (CammiAllen) to buy these pull on plaid pants when they shared them on Instagram. At 20 dollars and a non skinny cut, I just had to have them. I first wore them to a visit to the aquarium and thought about taking blog pictures (I would have needed just a few more) but we were all tired and did not want to get stuck in Atlanta traffic on the way home. So I put together a post to show their versatility but I did learn from my experience: while I like variety and coming up with interesting outfits, I really like…
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A Visit to Carlton Farms, GA: Fall Fun
On the way to my parents, we pass this farm. Finally after 3 years of passing it by we planned a few hours of fun this fall. The first thing that caught my eye when driving by was the sunflower field so I looked up the activities there online since I saw a sign for a corn maze. After reading all of the activities offered, I didn’t even have to convince the children to come, they all wanted to join in the fun. We did not get any pumpkins but I couldn’t help but take a picture of this wagon full of white pumpkins: there is something so classy about…
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What to Wear to Visit a Winery
I will answer that that question right away: whatever you want! I have seen people wear very casual clothes to some being more dressed up as they celebrate an anniversary, a bridemaid luncheon or a date. Of course, I took the opportunity of this outing to put together a fall outfit and while I wasn’t sure if I would take blog outfit pictures, my 2 boys were more than eager to help out by earning a little money! Can I first tell you how much I love this newish kimono of mine? I shared it a couple of weeks in this post and bought it with a birthday giftcard from…
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Come Grocery Shopping with Me
I haven’t been making an effort at budgeting in the past few months and one of the ways that I notice that is that our grocery bill keeps increasing. Yes, the prices of food might be going up but most of what I buy seems to be about the same price and I should not see the large increases in my bill. I shared with my teen how high by grocery bill was last week (before this one I am sharing) and he asked me : “Remember when you were trying to keep your grocery bill at $75 to $100 a week?”. I spent $300 that week and barely bought…
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Fainting Goat Winery in Jasper, GA: Staycation
Last year, for our anniversary, my husband and I spent a few hours at the Fainting Goat Winery (read post here). For our last adventure with my brother and family (as well as my parents), we decided to take them there as I knew even the boys would enjoy it. Our visit did not disappoint. Once again, I packed a lunch and my brother treated us to a bottle of wine and a charcuterie tray. This is how much wine I had: I have never been much of a wine drinker and rather enjoy fruity drinks and wine coolers. I love the fun logo of the fainting goat. Of course,…