My favorite things around the house.
Ok, the stockings are hung, the tree is trimmed and now it is time to decorate the table for Christmas. One of my biggest downfalls is that our dining room table is usually the catch-all for when we come in the door. As long as I have it set and decorated pretty we can keep…
I know, I may be a little late and most of the trees are trimmed already. I swear I prepared everything for this post before Thanksgiving when I decorated our tree, but time got away from me. I learned a few years ago that putting ribbon in the Christmas tree can really elevate the look…
It’s time to deck the halls up in this place. I usually try to take advantage of the warmer days before the frigid winter temperatures set in to decorate outside. There have been years in the past where our outdoor Christmas decor could give off some Clark Griswald vibes, but this year we went a…
The countdown is on to our favorite Thursday of the year where we stuff ourselves with turkey and carbs then nap while watching football and scouring the pre-Black Friday sales. I look forward to the sides more than the turkey and desserts. When you’re searching Pinterest for recipes, there are so many to choose from,…
The time has come to bust out the pumpkins so you can transform your mantle for fall. This year I decided to change up a lot of my fall decor inside to more whites and blues. Due to our house being log we have a lot of orange and dark tones as it is. I…
During the holidays the front porch always looks magical. Pretty evergreen pine, lights, wreaths and everything else to add some sparkle during the drab winter. I usually struggle keeping up the pretty home decor vibe but this summer front porch refresh seemed to do the trick! Before: See what I mean? After the garland is…
This winter I decided to redo my home office to make it work more efficiently for both Madison and I since I’m working full time on the blog from home and we’ve made the decision to homeschool Madison the remainder of this year. I’ve had my office space for years but it was due for…
One of our favorite things to do in the summer is to have fires out on the patio and roast marshmallows for s’mores. Sometimes it is a fight on who wants their marshmallow just a slight golden brown, or burnt to a crisp. I’m actually a burnt to a crisp kind of girl. Come wintertime,…
Do you try to have extra food and snacks stocked up in your pantry? Especially with the kids home all the time I swear we never have enough food in this house. I’m almost spending weekly at the grocery store what I did monthly! Fortunately, when we build the house we sectioned off for a…
I’m not usually one to do a big decor change for fall but this year I was feeling a little feisty. Now that I did an update and made my table look all pretty I’m half temped to try my hand at a Thanksgiving dinner. Finally after about 15 years of marriage I’ve mastered not…
Hello. My name is Alissa and I’m addicted to Amazon. I’m really not sure when I got my first hit, but I do know that within the past 5 or so years I’ve become full blown addicted! One of the first “extra features” I started using of Amazon’s due to a friends referral was their…