Good Monday morning friends!  I\'m finally feeling like my old self after bouncing back from a long virus that seemed to take up extended residence in my head.  Also, I\'m in the process of moving my blog to Wordpress & have the new design in...

I\'ll admit it\'s a little early to be thinking about spring (is it ever too early to think about spring"), but my sights are set on warmer, sunnier days and I\'m not going to apologize.  I\'m pretty sure that my local friends have my...

I\'ll be honest.  Last week was a struggle.  Monday started off with a 2 1/2 hour visit to Fastmed only to find out that I had a nasty virus that later in the week turned into a sinus infection.  That combined with the fact that it rained all...

My family and I love French toast.  Until now, I\'ve always made it with whatever sandwich bread we had on hand.  A month or so ago, I discovered this French brioche bread at Trader Joe\'s and it has taken my French toast to the next level! ...

Perhaps one of the best surprises last week was finding out about the new Madewell store at Shops on Friendly.  An email popped into my inbox with an invitation to the grand opening and of course I attended.  I\'d say the grand opening was a...

Good Monday morning everybody!  Over the weekend I found a "new to me" design team, Light & Dwell, and immediately fell in love with this project.  The openness and flow of the home are just perfect!  I\'m especially drawn to the image by...

Hi everybody!  Hope you all had a lovely weekend!  I\'m off to a slow start this morning but wanted to check in with a quick Monday Inspiration post.  All this talk of cold weather has me dreaming of warmer days and pretty beach houses. ...

Last night I made the most delicious salmon dish!  I found the recipe in our local newspaper and could not wait to try it.  Even though the dish was quite simple to prepare, the end result tasted like something from a five-star restaurant.  I...

My love of smaller homes is no secret.  Make it a beach cottage and you have the winning combination!  I recently stumbled upon this 1,200-foot cottage located off the shore of Long Island.  Most of the home is original, though walls and parts of...

As I sit here typing this post, I\'m looking at the sun peeking over my neighbor\'s house, a welcome sight after the last couple of days of icy conditions.  Thankfully we didn\'t lose power, but many of our friends weren\'t so lucky.  R...

I mentioned earlier in the week that I had been away to the beach with childhood friends.  It doesn\'t matter what we do together - whether we\'re sitting around in our pj\'s, riding down the highway singing at the top of our lungs, laying...

I\'m in the early planning stages of a tv/den transformation at my house.  There\'s a room adjacent to the kitchen that currently houses R\'s office.  You haven\'t seen it on the blog before (for good reason ;)), but soon that will...

Good morning!  I just had the most amazing weekend with two of my childhood girlfriends.  We spent Friday night in Wilmington & Saturday night at Oak Island.  Let\'s just say that a healthy dose of late night laughter is great for the soul! ...

Happy Friday everybody!  Even though Fridays are normally dedicated to link love, admittedly, I haven\'t been reading many blogs as of late due to the holidays.  I\'m looking forward to getting back to normal blogging next week.  I have...

Happy New Year friends!  I hope you all are inspired and ready to embrace this new year with open arms.  I\'m always excited to have a clean slate and a fresh start with a promise of new and dreams and adventures.  It\'s been wonderful...

If you are still on the hunt for a gift for that hard to shop for person on your list, look no further.  I was browsing on Amazon and discovered tons of great gift sets for everyone - men, women, children, and even Fiddo.  A few of them are...

Winter fragrances are very nostalgic to me.  Until about two years ago, I\'ve always had a fresh tree and I really miss the scent of frasier fir.   So I each year at Thanksgiving I pick up a reed diffuser and it always lasts until after the...

The sun finally came out yesterday and the snow is almost gone with except for the piles in shopping center parking lots (ew).  I\'ll admit that I was happy to see it go this time - now if the yard would dry enough so that Reagan can go outside...

I\'m usually a blouse girl, but this cold season came in hot in a very cold way.  So, I\'m 100% a sweater girl right now!  While I have drawers full of sweaters that I rarely wear (and probably need to purge), I have a few sweaters that I...

Good Monday morning!  I\'m off to a bit of a slow start this morning.  We received a foot of snow yesterday and it\'s still coming down.  Maybe you saw it on Instagram"  Greensboro has seen lots of weather excitement in the last few months...

Friday\'s are normally link love posts, but this week I\'m switching it up by sharing a few pictures of my Christmas kitchen.  As I\'m writing this post, it occurs to me that maybe you haven\'t seen the kitchen since it was painted white...

In case you\'re looking for something for that special guy in your life, I\'ve got you covered!  I\'ve spoken with my fellas ages 20-50 and they are happy to share a few of their favorites with us today.1.  growler set with stainless steel...

Hello & happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great weekend!  I\'m closer to being finished decorating & am excited to share a few pictures of my Christmas home with you later this week.  Today I\'m equally excited to share images from the...

This week has gone by so fast which makes me a little nervous considering today is the last day of November.  This is going to be an action-packed weekend.  Today I\'ll be helping a friend move into his new home and tonight I\'ll be tuning...

Christmas decorations are popping up all over town and I\'m planning to get busy working on mine in the next few days.  I\'ll be making a wreath and maybe adding a few lights, but the plan is to keep it pretty simple this year.  When it comes...