Southern Boys…Bake Jenny’s Double Stuffed Oreo Cookies ~ Picky Palate Cookbook Giveaway

May 14, 2013
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Mother’s Day this past weekend was sweet in so many ways. Usually the guys “surprise me” with breakfast in bed but this year my siblings and I went to our favorite breakfast house with mom. To have all nine of us together sleepy eyed and snuggled into a corner booth is a memory that will warm […]

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Summer Fit And Luxury Apparel ~ $100 Albion Giveaway

May 13, 2013
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Who else besides me enjoys starting their day basking in the comfort of the outdoors? Do you typically find yourself sporting your favorite worn hoodie and battered sweatpants as you head out the door? You know the ones I’m talking about, the pair that your family threatens to sacrifice to the fire pit if they […]

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Happy Mother’s Day…And Honeysuckle Dreams

May 12, 2013
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Only One Mother Hundreds of stars in the pretty sky, Hundreds of shells on the shore together, Hundreds of birds that go singing by, Hundreds of lambs in the sunny weather. Hundreds of dewdrops to greet the dawn, Hundreds of bees in the purple clover, Hundreds of butterflies on the lawn, But only one mother […]

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Chicken Pie With Summer Vegetables

May 9, 2013
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Living an impromptu gypsy life has it benefits. Traveling and exploring is always rewarding especially when you get to immerse yourself in another culture. For the last two weeks, DS was in the Caribbean fully submerged in the warmth that is the tropics, literally.

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In the Moment ~ {Beach Days}

May 1, 2013
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“Happiness is not another place, but this place…not for another hour; but this hour.” Walt Whitman

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Easy Family Meals~Manwich Mandays Roundup

April 29, 2013
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The elusive easy family meals, we seem to be ever on the hunt for them. A meal that is not only quick but also healthy and satisfying. Let’s be honest though we would love for it to be a little out of the box as well in order to break up the routine that we […]

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Touring An Old Beach Cottage

April 19, 2013
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Along the waterways and shores of the Carolinas there are still some stately old cottages hugging the banks, generations of memories echoing in their halls. Casual cottages with their understated lines, yet timeless details belaying the charm and elegance that awaits inside. For years, one such cottage held my rapt attention. Set on a waterfront […]

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Mushroom Parmesan Rice & Giveaway

April 15, 2013
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Our love of rice is not a secret; we haven’t exactly been shy about it, today though I want to talk about the nuances of rice. Have you ever noticed the distinctions in rice and by that, I don’t mean short vs. long or brown vs. white. Not all rice is the same every variety […]

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11 Things I Love About M2 {Birthday Wishes}

April 12, 2013
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After seven hours of labor, two weeks before he was ready our youngest, our last child came into this world letting everyone know that he was not thrilled to be here early. He could not have looked more like the Fighting Irish Mascot if someone had posed him. After more than an hour of constant […]

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Family Style Mediterranean Salad

April 10, 2013

The warm spring air right now is a gloriously tolerable 80 degrees. A lite cardigan in the morning, shorts by lunchtime and back into the cardigan for that evening swing in the hammock watching the sun set through the Spanish moss and old oaks.

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