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2 more Pinterest Inspired White Beach Pants Looks
Big thanks to my son for taking my pictures on Sunday! I wanted to write this post as a follow up to last Monday’s which meant taking pictures on Sunday and it was really sunny. So we took to the front of our house for our pictures to find some decent shade and backgrounds. No fun outing since we were still recouping from our 3 hours on the river on Saturday. You wouldn’t think that floating down the river would be exhausting but even with hats, the sun sure was beating on us. We did have a great time though and added two 1 person rafts to our arsenal so…
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Chicken Drumsticks Recipe
We have several recipes that are go to recipes when we have family or friends over. One of these recipes is our BBQ drumsticks. These are best grilled on the grill but you can also bake them. You will need: soy sauce honey (local honey is best) herbs of Provence BBQ sauce of your choice chicken drumsticks or thighs, skin on First, you need to marinate your chicken: pour equal amounts of soy sauce and honey over your chicken and make sure it is covered on all sides by rolling your chicken around. Sprinkle herbs of Provence liberally on your chicken. You can do this step either in a casserole…
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Nature at its Best
This is my third and last installment of my series dedicated on the beauty found in nature. This quarantine time came at the perfect time as far as weather goes in Georgia: we have had the most wonderful weather: cool and warm most days, the highest temperature we have had so far has been in the mid 80s and not much humidity to speak of. Usually by this time, we are about to suffer from heat stroke. We have 3 places within 15 minutes drives from our house where we can enjoy hikes. Thankfully, the boys have really enjoyed this outdoor adventures as much as I have and they are…
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Inspired by Pinterest: White Beach Pants and Stripes
I have an old pair of white linen pants that I call my beach pants because they make me want to go to the beach, put my feet in the sand and relax. I bought them at Target years ago and while they are not pristine white anymore, they still look good and are very comfortable. Wanting to create new outfits from things in my closet, I did a little search on PInterest and found 3 outfits that I could easily copy. Here is the first one and the source is elleapparelblog.com White pants? Check. Cognac sandals and tote? Check. Stripe tee and denim jacket? Check. Cap? Not a plain…
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New Summer Routine
Today is the last day of school work for my children. The school year ends on the 22nd but no new work will be assigned giving students time to catch up on past assignments if they need to. Our routine will not change much this month as we stay close to home and kept our social distance. We will continue to enjoy the outdoors as weather permits and figure out later on how June and July will look like. Will the neighborhood pool open this summer? Will we visit our friends on our usual road trip to Missouri? And will we have our long weekend in the mountains with my…
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Beauty in Nature
Welcome to my 2nd post sharing the beauty our family has found in nature in the past week or so. We returned to the same Indian Mounds and state park last week. This time I really enjoyed taking it all in and let my oldest take care of taking pictures. I am going to look at websites to help him work on his photography and allow him to use my camera. He seems to have a great eye for photo composition. First off though, I wanted to share this picture of one of the blooms from my mother in law’s jasmine honeysuckle. These usually attract hummingbirds and the blooms are…
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Inspired by Vanity and Me Style
Last Monday, as I was doing my blog rounds, linking up my Monday post and visiting blogs, I stopped by Laurie’s blog, Vanity and Me Style. I have always loved Laurie’s classy style but this is the first time I have tried to replicate one of her outfits. Laurie is a 50+ lifestyle and fashion blogger from the UK and she always looks put together in her outfits. On that day, the first outfit she wore really stood out with its white monochromatic tone and because I knew I could come up with something similar from my closet. I always have loved all white outfit and this was a perfect…
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April Favorites
Well, I sure haven’t been the best about curbing my shopping this month but I also was able to stay on track with saving too, so April was a good month. After the first couple weeks at the end of March adapting to our new routines, we all settled into a school, play and eat routine. State Park and Natures Top of my list of favorites has to be the weather we have had and the opportunities for outdoor walks, picnic (only one so far) and blog picture in pretty locations. If you missed Wednesday’s blog with part 1 of a 3 part series featuring the beauty in nature we…
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Enjoy the little things!
We may not be able to fly anywhere right now nor plan any vacations but we can savor the little things. This is the first of 3 posts sharing some of the beauty in nature that my kids and I have encountered on our walks and adventures. One of the things that I have really enjoyed these past couple of weeks is nature and how beautiful the area I live in is. Wildflowers, grass, trees, blue skies: they make my heart sing. I am so grateful right now for the beauty in God’s creation. So today I am sharing some pictures my son and I took last week on our…
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Poshmark Finds
Well, I haven’t done too well with my slowing down on my shopping lately but at least I am trying to include some small business/substainable fashion in it! This past week Meg from @pixieandcurls on Instagram was sharing some pictures of some finds she was going to post on her Poshmark account and I decided to do a little shopping. It would both help her and my closet! Here are 3 of the items I purchased (there is a pink/purple denim jacket that I gifted to a tween and a cute little yellow bucket purse that might make an Instagram appearance at some point. Fun, Fun, Fun Bando Tee This…