Happy New Year, everyone! This was such an amazing year for me, both blog-wise and otherwise. I started this blog in May and never thought it would be going as well as it is today. I thank all of you, readers, for helping to make it so successful and look forward to a fantastic 2014! …
The Ultimate Thanksgiving Ideas Collection
So, I feel bad for Thanksgiving. I kinda think it gets the short end of the stick every year. Because as soon as Halloween is over, BAM! It’s all about Christmas. {And let’s face it: Christmas has even started creeping out of the woodwork well before Halloween recently.} I literally saw a Christmas commercial on…
How to Create the Perfect Mantel
Decorating a mantel. Scary proposition, isn’t it? There’s just this big, empty stretch of space with a big, empty swath of wall over it. And sometimes, that wall is brick or stone, which makes hanging anything on it all that much more difficult. How the heck are you supposed to figure out what to do…
Never Forget Your Paint Color Again
A couple of years ago, we had our kitchen and family room {which are one big room across the back of the house} repainted. We wanted a pale yellow, and it took about 2 weeks and approximately 972 different paint samples to pick a color that we loved. The painters came and painted, and…
Tailgating with Kids
As I mentioned before, we have season tickets for Penn State Football. Our three boys are all huge football fans {who am I kidding, they are huge any-type-of-sport fans), so we love taking them to games. We start ’em early, up in these parts. Connor was 3 weeks old when he went to his first Penn…