I’ve had the same Christmas wreath on my front door for a few years now. It was inspired by Pinterest (this pin) and seemed easy enough to make. I was working a palette with red, white, and lime green that year and it ended up being a pretty and fun design.
…Garage Pegboard Storage
When I was last working on the garage, I installed a pegboard. Let me tell you, it’s been a-MAZ-ing! It got a lot of loose stuff off the shelves, things that didn’t fit in bins or otherwise just didn’t go there.
…Swedish Chef Halloween Costume
I have to admit that Halloween is probably my favorite holiday of the year. I know it’s supposed to be Easter or Christmas, and I do love those, and especially the reason for those seasons! But there’s just something about dressing up for Halloween that strikes my fancy. My favorite costumes are homemade – I’ve been Effie Trinket, Maleficent, a hockey player with a missing tooth, and many others.
This year I picked my husband’s favorite muppet, instead, as a surprise. He loves the Swedish Chef! And it was pretty easy to do.
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Georgia / SC Trip Part 4 – Charleston
This is the last post in a series! I feel like I spent as much time writing about my trip, as the trip itself! I guess that means it was a really good one, huh?
You can also read Part 1 – Atlanta, Part 2 – Atlanta, and Part 3 – Greenville.
Wednesday I rode with Mom and Dad to my sister’s house near Charleston. Thursday was Mom’s actual birthday and we’d scheduled a trip for the three of us to take a boat over to Bulls Island. You can only get there by ferry or private boat, and it’s almost completely natural. It’s a great place for birds – which ironically isn’t why Mom or Laura wanted to go! But it’s also got a beautiful beach with shells and a section known as the Boneyard, which is full of driftwood, fallen, and dead-but-still-standing trees. It’s a good thing I’d practiced that walking earlier in the week, because by the time we finished my iPhone said I’d walked 7.2 miles! Holy moly. It was totally worth it though.
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Georgia / SC Trip Part 3 – Greenville and Pretty Place, SC
This is part three of my recent trip to Georgia and South Carolina. If you’d like to read more about the first weekend near Atlanta, you can check out part 1 and part 2.
After I got Peter tucked onto a Southwest flight back to Orlando, I drove from Atlanta to my parents’ house – and my second hometown – Easley, SC. It’s right between Greenville and Clemson. I basically got there in time to go to sleep. The next morning Mom and I returned my rental car and then did some shopping and had her birthday lunch at Trio in downtown Greenville. Did I mention it was her birthday week? That was the whole reason why I stayed up there longer and didn’t come back home with my son. We had some great mother-daughter time, something we don’t get much of since we don’t live closer.
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Georgia / SC Trip – Part 2, Lakepoint
This is part two of my recent trip from home to Georgia and then SC. This first weekend I spent with my son, who was participating in an academic showcase for baseball. If you’d like to read more about our first day’s adventures, click here.
Peter had a lot of skills assessment tests before his games actually started, so I took some time to go birding. I found the most amazing place called Leon Price Park in nearby Kennesaw. I found some amazing birds and made some decent shots, plus I enjoyed the scenery all around. Unfortunately it hadn’t gotten cold enough yet for the leaves to change color, but it was beautiful nonetheless.
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Georgia / SC Trip – Part 1, Atlanta
I recently made a little whirlwind trip across the southeast, starting with Atlanta, GA, then a brief stint in Easley, SC, and finally on to Charleston. My son Peter was with me for the Georgia leg. His second love is baseball (don’t y’all know his first love is his mama?!?!) so we were there for a baseball showcase. Fortunately we had some time to enjoy the city of Atlanta after our flight arrived, and I also had some time Saturday morning to do some birding before his games started. I ended up with so many pictures that I think I’ll make this into several posts, starting with our first day in Atlanta proper.
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Dining Room Chair Update – Part 1, Staining
It’s time for the ubiquitous post that every lifestyle blog must have. You guessed it…
Java Gel Stain
LOL. I’ve seen so many great Pinterest pins leading to major overhauls on cabinetry, and it ends up looking amazing. But I don’t ever trust myself to start with something that big, because while most things I try work out well, some just don’t. At all. And since I was afraid the gel stain would fall into this category, I decided to do it on my dining room chairs.
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Glad Tidings Cross Stitch
Earlier this year I pulled out a cross stitch project I hadn’t completed or even touched in a number of years.
Unfortunately I have several of these! There’s one of the Charleston SC south Battery Homes that I started in college and hasn’t been added to in probably 20 years now….
Nature Reuses
I’m a pretty devout environmentalist, if there can be such a thing. I’m always out taking pictures of birds and insects; it’s one of my favorite hobbies. There’s nothing like fresh air, a bit of hiking, and some awesome animals to help me relax after a busy week working.
Since I love the environment, I’m pretty big into the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. So I have really enjoyed watching the transformation of this pine tree cavity I’m about to show you.
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