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Fancy copycat soufflés elevate breakfast

I love the breakfast souffle’ tarts at Panera or Starbucks, and recently,…

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Cooking/ Life/ Travel

Chicken and Bacon Pasta with Spinach and Tomatoes in Garlic Cream Sauce: Summer trip to the suburbs yields two new recipes to share

We enjoyed our annual trip to my hometown in Oklahoma in July,…

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Farmhouse Renovation/ Home

Guest Bedroom Brightened Up with Accent Wall and Beautiful Wallpaper

A DIY accent wall, wallpaper, brighter paint, and a custom DIY built-in…

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Farmhouse Renovation/ Home/ Home & Garden

The Girls’ Room “Grows Up” into Comfortable Room for Guests

We have turned our grown girls' bedroom into a cozy room for…

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Life/ Travel

Four states, six cities, three points, a dog and two trees in September!

Our keeper pup from Rosie's summer litter moved to Dallas to live with Emma.

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Cooking/ Home & Garden

Life from Here: Gardening, Bouquets, Dogs

Just a few snippets from life on the farm this week. We…

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Cooking/ Home/ Life

A Shower for a “Berry Special” Baby

We hosted a shower for our daughter and our “berry special” first…

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Cooking

Tuscan Tomato Soup is the perfect comfort food

One of our favorite cold weather meals is homemade tomato soup, and…

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Cooking/ Life

Baking Challenge Success: Chocolate Soufflé

Tuesday night I tried a completely new recipe, chocolate soufflé, and I’m…

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Home/ Life

Determined to Take Down Christmas Decorations – but now what?

I’ve taken down the tree and nearly everything Christmas, but now, as…

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    In Cooking

    Starry, Starry Christmas Bread

    A new recipe I tried last year was a big hit with the family and was surprisingly easy to make, so I thought I’d…

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    In Home & Garden

    Simple Christmas Decorating Complete….

    It’s easy to keep Christmas decorating simple when it takes you so long to get in the Christmas spirit that you don’t have time…

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  • In Travel

    Riding the Rapids! (Actually, canoeing Bear Creek)

    Well, I can say now that I survived the canoe trip down Bear Creek last Saturday (November 7th)! This pic is the one I…

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  • In Travel

    Cane Creek Canyon Hiking

    When fall comes, we always get the urge to get outside and, if possible, go to the mountains! Last year, we discovered a wonderful…

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    In Life

    Rosie and Jack: Filling the the empty nest!

    Here’s a silly post about the clowns who live with us named Rosie and Jack. Our last kid went off to SMU (Pony UP!!…

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  • fall pumpkins flowers decoration
    In Home & Garden

    Bring on Fall!

    Last night we got our first frost of the season, on Halloween night, no less! So, it’s officially fall here in NE Mississippi! We…

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  • roses in scotland Abbottsford
    In Photography/ Travel

    Taking time to smell the roses

    One of my favorite subjects to take photos of are flowers and I’m taking today to break out of my empty nest funk and…

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  • In Travel

    Journey to the Holy Land- Part 3: Where It All Began

    Hello everyone! Welcome back to my Holy Land series. Today I am excited to share with you a place that is special for so…

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  • In Cooking

    Parmesan Gouda Fantails were a big hit!

    I’ve had this recipe saved for a while in my “BigOven” app, but I forgot about it! It’s originally from Bake from Scratch, a…

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  • kitchen reveal sink
    In Farmhouse Renovation/ Home & Garden

    Kitchen Renovation Reveal

    We finally have completed the renovation of our kitchen (cue the Hallelujah Chorus, please!) And it has been everything we planned and more! Our…

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