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Family Friends and Me

The House is Ours!

April 17, 2012
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Closing last Thursday went so well, 45 minutes later, we were the proud owners of a 1979 fixer-upper with lots of potential.  I was so happy I told my mom I wanted to jump up and down like a little kid.  She smiled and said, go ahead.    I was jumping inside! It makes me [...]

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Spring: Pass it Forward with Bulbs

April 12, 2012
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Just in time for Easter, my mom got a beautiful bouquet of bulbs!  Stop over and see a great gift idea for those loved ones, a living gift of spring bulbs. The gift that keeps on giving!  Click here to see the pretties she got for Easter! Yippee, the house closing is today!!!  It’s almost [...]

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Beach Bumming in Destin

April 9, 2012
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Last year, right after I moved back to Georgia, I went along with my sister and brother-in-law on their annual camping trip to Destin.  They camp at a beautiful camping spot (Topsail State Park) right on the Gulf and it’s a gorgeous spot on the map.  We took our bikes and rode a few miles, [...]

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House Hunting!! BIG News!

March 30, 2012
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Happy day, happy day!! You’ll have to excuse the lack of Feature Friday today, but I’ve got some news to share that is making me about to burst with excitement. I haven’t written a lot about my house hunting journey, mainly because it’s been fairly uneventful and not a lot to talk about.  It would [...]

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Celebrating the Ones We Love

March 15, 2012
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{Giveaway is Closed} Winner is #91:  Anash Sharing time with my family, especially my parents, at this time of my life is certainly sweet. I don’t take them for granted anymore and know that time is limited with them. The days will go by quickly, and the older I get and they get, I know [...]

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Joss and Main: Online Shopping Event

March 1, 2012
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So many times, I take all of you along with me on my shopping jaunts, checking out a new shop for home decor items.  Wouldn’t it be fun to go shopping with me? Well, now you can!  Virtually, at least.  Imagine my excitement when I received an email from the online decor shop, Joss and [...]

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The Amandas: 6 Degrees of Separation on Reality TV

February 25, 2012
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Close to 2 years ago, I received an email in my inbox from a production company looking for messy people in the Birmingham area to possibly be featured on a reality organizing show that was going to be filmed in Birmingham.   I often get pitches like that in my inbox and didn’t think much of [...]

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Looking Your Best: What are Your Favorite Beauty Tools?

February 23, 2012
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I’m joining a few other bloggers today on the topic of looking our best.  Lord knows, we all want to  look our best, don’t we?  I sure do! Even though some days I get lazy, I do like feeling cute and dressing up in a stylish outfit and a new haircut can do wonders for [...]

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My Blogging Story: Part 3

January 22, 2012
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If you want to catch up with my story so far, read Part 1 and Part 2.  Get settled in comfortably, this is a loooooong one. We begin Part 3 at the end of 2008.  I had been blogging nearly 2 full years by this point.  I’ll start this post by giving some of you [...]

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Word Up: Hope

January 15, 2012
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Since my friend, Layla, is having a word of the year party (scheduled for early Monday a.m.), I thought that would be fun to join.  I am not one to often make New Year’s resolutions. Those seem to be lists doomed to fail for the most part, so why set yourself up for that?  But, [...]

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My Blogging Story: Part 2

December 29, 2011
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If you are just joining my story, read Part 1 first. I left you in Part 1 at the beginning of 2008, when I set up my own home business of decorating and blogging.  I had hoped to launch my decorating business and get in person consultations as well as online business. I did get [...]

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My Blogging Story: Part 1

November 27, 2011
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Without a doubt, the most-asked question I get when I tell someone that I’m a full-time blogger, is this: How did you get started blogging?   Then they will ask what I blog about.   Then they ask if you can make money blogging. Most folks who don’t know anything about blogs, will tilt their head slightly, [...]

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Family Thanksgiving

November 26, 2011
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I get comments when I share my family with y’all, that you enjoy seeing the folks that mean the most to me, so I appreciate that and since this blog is inspirational as well as a way to document my life, sharing family is part of that.  Once again, those memories are what we hold [...]

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