Holidays make me nostalgic and I find myself remembering how I celebrated it when I was little. My dad used to hate Halloween and would give us lectures about how it’s a holiday that “celebrates evil.” I thought that was so silly. To me, Halloween was holiday solely for playing pretend – which was my
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 10/31
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 10/24
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Have a fabulous weekend!
It’s getting chillier and I can’t get enough of the bright blue sky against the changing leaves. This weekend my plan is to find the perfect oversize sweater, update the blog a bit, crochet a granny square (just one perfect square, that’s all I ask), and start on some Christmas shopping. What are you up
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Small Town Charm vs. Big City Luxury
I’m not sure when my small-town love began. It may be from those Christian romantic novels I used to read where the bad guy always seem to be from a big city. Perhaps it was all those Hallmark movies on rainy Saturdays I watched—the ones where the heroine moves to a small town and ends
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Autumn Decorating
One of the many reasons I love this season is decorating. I love buying pumpkins and gourds and filling my home with jars of candy corn. In fact, my sister and I were talking about how autumn decorating is so much fun because there are so little opportunities for decorating in the summer. I have
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My first NASCAR Race
Last Friday I drove to Charlotte and went to the NASCAR Nationwide Series race with my sister and brother in-law. I got the tickets through work so we were able to go to the pit to see the cars and garages before the race began. I also had no idea how loud races are! (You
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Weekly Money Check-Up: 10/17
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Happy Weekend
The weather here is windy, chilly and perfect for the middle of October. I am heading to Charlotte today for a NASCAR race (what what!) and have a few other fun plans up my sleeve that I will share next week. Take time this weekend to hug someone you love really, really tight. Have a
