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6 Home Items on Sale
Spring Sale Happening on 6 of my Favorite Home Items Tis the season for spring sales! They are everywhere, but my ears perk up when they are spring sales on some of my favorite home items. The Serena and Lily spring sale event is happening and 6 home items on sale I have in my...
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6 Home Items on Sale
Spring Sale Happening on 6 of my Favorite Home Items Tis the season for spring sales! They are everywhere, but my ears perk up when they are spring sales on some of my favorite home items. The Serena and Lily spring sale event is happening and 6 home items on sale I have in my...
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Stage Your Home to Stay
How to Stage Your Home to Actually Stay to Love Have you ever walked through an open house that has been staged and been wow’d by how good it looks? It definitely helps to sell the home, and makes it easy for the buyer to envision themself in the home. Now imagine if all the...
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Beach Cover-ups
Favorite Shops for Beach Cover-Ups Yes we ESCAPEd to Hilton Head Island last week for our Spring Break. That’s why it’s been a little quiet over here. So nice for the break, and to be back to our old stomping ground. The weather was perfect, but with that eastern winds that brought a little chill....
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Easter Spring Coastal Table
Soft Pinks and Greens Spring Colors Combined with Rattan Textures Create an Easter Spring Coastal Table Celebrate the arrival of spring with colors of soft pinks, greens and whites flowers to decorate your Easter table. Adding rattan and woven home decor items are elements that remind me of our coast living. I love rattan and...
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Spring Planter Pots
Easy Spring Flowers to Update Your Planter Pots I repotted my porch pots right at the beginning of March because I was so sick of seeing my winter greens that had now turned brown and crispy. We had a few beautiful warm weekends the first part of March, and then the weather dropped back down...
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Home Decor Under $100
Favorite New Home Spring Decor under $100 There is definitely something about wanting to do home updating when the weather changes and goes from artic cold to spring weather. That is when I get the itch to want to renovate or change bits and pieces around my home. I love adding a few new items...
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Disney And Universal with Big Kids
Disney World and Universal Studios with Big Kids The last time we visited Disney World, my kids were five years younger. When it comes to the lifespan of a child, five years ago they were at that perfect Disney World age where princesses were everything, Toy Story was hilarious and Space Mountain was too scary...
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5 Top Small Business Tax Tips with Block Advisors
Thank you Block Advisors for sponsoring this post Tax season has arrived, and you may be scrambling to get all your ducks in a row, especially if you are a small business owner or self-employed. Every year you may say you are going to be more organized with receipts and paper trail, and then it...
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Favorite Natural Rugs
Neutral Natural Rugs to Use in Any Room Jute natural rugs are one of my favorite items to use for large spaces and rooms. These rugs are made of natural fiber and have that earthy, boho look. But they are surprisingly soft yet strong and look great with a variety of style. If you have...
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Valentine Candy Bar Cart
Decorate a Bar Cart with all the Yummy Valentine Candy Valentine candy might be my favorite seasonal candy. Red hot cinnamon gummies, heart-shaped jelly beans, and strawberry-flavored lips lollipops are just a few favorites. Colors and pink and red makes Valentine’s Day so festive. Let’s not forget all the fun chocolates like white chocolate raspberry....
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Favorite Kitchen Items
Must-Have Kitchen Items that are Recommended I tell my kids that mama’s toys are household items like my blender or frother or vacuum cleaner or washer and dryer. They always roll their eyes when I say that, but it’s true! Mamas love their household items, especially if it is good quality and helps make her...
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Walmart Finds For Dining Room
All the Best Finds from Walmart for the Dining Room I am definitely going through that urge of wanting to change all the furniture in my home and bring in a new style, especially my dining room. My dining room has a very traditional look. I love the dark blue grasscloth wallpaper. Still a favorite...
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teddy Coat winter Outfit
Winter Must-Have Teddy Coat Winter is here and gotta love a good teddy coat winter outfit. I love the oversize look of a teddy coat and also how you can wear it semi casual and then really dress it down to with workout leggings and sneakers. I have found that this is my favorite teddy...
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Amazon Winter Home
Winter Decor Finds for the Home from Amazon Come January and I always rethink my home decor and what I want to change, move or update. Must be the refresh motivation that comes with a new year. I like to make a home goal list of what I want to do with the home that...
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3 Ways to Make your Home Cozy
3 Ways to Make Your Home Cozy This Winter After taking down all the holiday decorations, the house feels so bare and empty! But at the same time it feels so good to clean up and take down all the greenery and shimmery ornaments. Why is it that when the home is bare, it feels...
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Favorite Winter Snow Boots
Make sure to Wear the Proper Winter Boots When you Go Out to Play in the Snow The winter season is here, which usually means snow may be in the forecast! At least that is quite normal to hear in my neck of the woods. I try and make sure we have the proper footwear...
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Natural and Neutral Christmas
DIY Orange Slice Garland for Christmas Tree This Christmas season I wanted to keep it a little more simple and bring in a lot of greenery and natural elements for our Christmas decorations. With fresh garland and wreaths with our decorations, it makes for a natural and neutral Christmas. I pulled out our golds, whites...
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Christmas Family Plaids
Get Fancy and In the Holiday Spirit with Your People by Wearing Your Christmas Family Plaids We love getting dressed up for the holidays especially the Sunday before Christmas. Usually there is a special Christmas program at our church surrounding the birth of Christmas, and we love to pull out our Christmas family plaids and...
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Christmas Fresh or Faux Greenery
Plus our last $750 Giveaway Amazon Gift Card this Year! Our Christmas greens are up, and I am loving all the beautiful greenery around the house. I am a sucker for fresh greens. I love the feel and smell of cedar and white pine in the home. It’s definitely one of those traditions that makes...
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Best Apple Pie Recipe
Best Apple Pie Recipe with a Sweet Cinnamon Taste Tis the season for harvest pies that are enjoyed all through the fall months into winter. If you are planning to make a pie this Thanksgiving, an apple pie is always a wonderful addition and a complement to the pumpkin or pecan pie. Truth in our...
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Serena and Lily Tent Sale
Irresistible Priced Designs + Last Chance to Sign up for the $750 Paypal Cash Giveaway Love this time of year when Serena and Lily has their annual Tent Sale and does deep markdown of some of their styles to make room for new items. One of the items that is deeply markdown is the rattan...
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Wooden Bead Fall Wreath
DIY Wooden Bead Fall Wreath with Dried and Faux Flowers I feel like everyone I know jumps from Halloween straight to Christmas, but I LOVE Thanksgiving. I love how it is focused around gratitude, thanks, gathering and family. It’s a time to focus on what really matters in life. I love that it falls in...
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Most Loved Gifts for Her & Him
Also $750 Paypal Cash Giveaway with Best Gift Guides for Women and Men ‘Tis the Season for gift giving! I am trying to be more on it this year to get our gift giving in order before December hits, so we can avoid or limit the global supply chain shortage. I thought it would be...
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Seasonal Console table
From Summer to Fall, Creating a Seasonal Console Table that Can be Changed Every Season If you ever come to my house, you may notice that my front entryway always seems to change. I move and shift furniture around in my house all the time to keep the area adaptable to the season. I will...
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7 Ways to Winterize Home
Tips and Checklist to Winterize Home that is Easy to Tackle Many homeowners wonder how and when to winterize their home. Fall is the time to winterize your home, not winter. And in fact the best time to start is at the beginning of the season, so if you are just starting your winterization checklist...
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Budget Friendly Fall Home Decor
Make your Home cozy with these Budget-Friendly Fall Home Decor Crisp cool air and the color of leaves changing ignites the need to make a home cozy, comfy and with the smell of pumpkin spice burning from a candle. To bring an autumn look to your home does not need to be a big project....
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White Washed Terra Cotta Pots
Quick and Easy 10- Minute DIY White Washed Terra Cotta Pots Recently, I changed out my summer plants for fall plants, and I love the natural elements and neutral earth-tone colors from my plants down to my pots. Terra cotta pots are wonderful pots to use to bring in that natural and rustic look to...
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Traveling to Puerto Rico with Kids
An Itinerary Traveling to Puerto Rico with Older Kids We traveled to Puerto Rico for spring break back in April of this year, and since then I’ve had so many inquires about where we have stayed, what we did, places to go. A travel post was definitely needed because traveling to Puerto Rico with kids...
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Blueberry Picking with Recipe
Summer Means Blueberry Picking and Sharing a Yummy Guiltless Blueberry Cobbler Recipe Come the end of July and the blueberries are ready to harvest here in Connecticut! We headed to the blueberry patch on a perfect summer afternoon and picked plump, sweet blueberries. They were some of the sweetest I’ve ever tasted, and obviously more...
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3 Favorite simple Summer Activities
Simple Summer Activities that We love to do as a Family. Also $500 Nordstrom Gift Card Giveaway Summer is here, and while so many people are traveling and taking time off, there are a few summer activities that we love to do as a family that gets us outside and cost a minimal amount of...
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3 Favorite simple Summer Activities
Simple Summer Activities that We love to do as a Family. Also $500 Nordstrom Gift Card Giveaway Summer is here, and while so many people are traveling and taking time off, there are a few summer activities that we love to do as a family that gets us outside and cost a minimal amount of...
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3 Favorite simple Summer Activities
Simple Summer Activities that We love to do as a Family. Also $500 Nordstrom Gift Card Giveaway Summer is here, and while so many people are traveling and taking time off, there are a few summer activities that we love to do as a family that gets us outside and cost a minimal amount of...
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3 Favorite simple Summer Activities
Simple Summer Activities that We love to do as a Family. Also $500 Nordstrom Gift Card Giveaway Summer is here, and while so many people are traveling and taking time off, there are a few summer activities that we love to do as a family that gets us outside and cost a minimal amount of...
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4th of July Outfits
4th of July Outfits from Past Years plus $500 Nordstorm Gift Card Giveaway I have teamed up with an amazing group of bloggers to give YOU a chance to win: one of two $500 Nordstrom Gift Cards to shop the Anniveresary sale! Simply enter below by completing the rafflecopter. You’ll receive one entry per...
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4th of July Outfits
4th of July Outfits from Past Years plus $500 Nordstorm Gift Card Giveaway I have teamed up with an amazing group of bloggers to give YOU a chance to win: one of two $500 Nordstrom Gift Cards to shop the Anniveresary sale! Simply enter below by completing the rafflecopter. You’ll receive one entry per...
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4th of July Outfits
4th of July Outfits from Past Years plus $500 Nordstorm Gift Card Giveaway I have teamed up with an amazing group of bloggers to give YOU a chance to win: one of two $500 Nordstrom Gift Cards to shop the Anniveresary sale! Simply enter below by completing the rafflecopter. You’ll receive one entry per...
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4th of July Outfits
4th of July Outfits from Past Years plus $500 Nordstorm Gift Card Giveaway I have teamed up with an amazing group of bloggers to give YOU a chance to win: one of two $500 Nordstrom Gift Cards to shop the Anniveresary sale! Simply enter below by completing the rafflecopter. You’ll receive one entry per completion....
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Last Minute Tips for Outdoor Living
Making the Best of Outdoor Living We are finally hitting temperatures in Connecticut to take the indoor living to the outdoor living. I love this time of year. We usually eat dinner every night on the patio and grill fresh vegetables from my little backyard garden. It’s my favorite part of summer. Those little moments...
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Last Minute Tips for Outdoor Living
Making the Best of Outdoor Living We are finally hitting temperatures in Connecticut to take the indoor living to the outdoor living. I love this time of year. We usually eat dinner every night on the patio and grill fresh vegetables from my little backyard garden. It’s my favorite part of summer. Those little moments...
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Last Minute Tips for Outdoor Living
Making the Best of Outdoor Living We are finally hitting temperatures in Connecticut to take the indoor living to the outdoor living. I love this time of year. We usually eat dinner every night on the patio and grill fresh vegetables from my little backyard garden. It’s my favorite part of summer. Those little moments...
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Last Minute Tips for Outdoor Living
Making the Best of Outdoor Living We are finally hitting temperatures in Connecticut to take the indoor living to the outdoor living. I love this time of year. We usually eat dinner every night on the patio and grill fresh vegetables from my little backyard garden. It’s my favorite part of summer. Those little moments...
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Master Bathroom Inspiration Board
Renovation Ideas for Our Master Bathroom Remodel Fingers cross that we will finally tackle our master bathroom renovation. We were planning to do it last year, but with the pandemic we decided to put it on the back burner. This year we are hoping to start and complete it, but the last time I spoke...
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Master Bathroom Inspiration Board
Renovation Ideas for Our Master Bathroom Remodel Fingers cross that we will finally tackle our master bathroom renovation. We were planning to do it last year, but with the pandemic we decided to put it on the back burner. This year we are hoping to start and complete it, but the last time I spoke...
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Master Bathroom Inspiration Board
Renovation Ideas for Our Master Bathroom Remodel Fingers cross that we will finally tackle our master bathroom renovation. We were planning to do it last year, but with the pandemic we decided to put it on the back burner. This year we are hoping to start and complete it, but the last time I spoke...
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Master Bathroom Inspiration Board
Renovation Ideas for Our Master Bathroom Remodel Fingers cross that we will finally tackle our master bathroom renovation. We were planning to do it last year, but with the pandemic we decided to put it on the back burner. This year we are hoping to start and complete it, but the last time I spoke...
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Father’s Day Gift Guide
Unique Father’s Day Gift for the Dad that has it All Disclaimer: My husband doesn’t show his face around here much, but we sure do love him and he is an awesome Dad! My children love to spend time with their father. He gives them his all! Father’s Day is right around the corner, and...
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Father’s Day Gift Guide
Unique Father’s Day Gift for the Dad that has it All Disclaimer: My husband doesn’t show his face around here much, but we sure do love him and he is an awesome Dad! My children love to spend time with their father. He gives them his all! Father’s Day is right around the corner, and...
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Father’s Day Gift Guide
Unique Father’s Day Gift for the Dad that has it All Disclaimer: My husband doesn’t show his face around here much, but we sure do love him and he is an awesome Dad! My children love to spend time with their father. He gives them his all! Father’s Day is right around the corner, and...
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Father’s Day Gift Guide
Unique Father’s Day Gift for the Dad that has it All Disclaimer: My husband doesn’t show his face around here much, but we sure do love him and he is an awesome Dad! My children love to spend time with their father. He gives them his all! Father’s Day is right around the corner, and...
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