A Southern Life: my take on traditions, food, sights and more.
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Southern Snow Day
Yesterday was our first snow of Winter! It was only a light dusting but enough for the schools to close. Even though I was busy working, I still love snow days. Snow days always remind me of how exciting it was to get to stay out of school and stay home to “sled” and build…
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It’s That Time Again!
That’s right. The Christmas decorations are all gone and out come the Mardi Gras decorations! Are you ready for Carnival? More decorations to come! Thanks Susan for hosting: Today’s Lagniappe: Slow Cooker Red Beans & Rice Something warm and yummy to start the celebration. 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 pound…
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Happy January!
Hope everyone had wonderful holidays. I’m always so happy t0 be starting a new year. The days are starting to get longer and I’m already looking forward to Spring! January used to be one of my least favorite months. It always seems to be the coldest month.Here are 3 things that changed my mind about…
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Southern Favorites
The last week of the year! Thought it would be a good time to look back at some of my favorite tablescapes of the year. Actually, all of my favorites are from blogs that I visited this year for: I got a little behind on the settings around here. However, I did get a few…
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A Southern Life Favorite
A favorite post from December 4th 2009 for: A Christmas memory? Oh, so many it is hard to narrow it down. How about this one. Those are kind of peachy pink pajamas aren’t they Beverly? This was taken in 1967 (yes I am that old). From left to right that is my little sister Linda,…
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Southern Christmas Favorite Carol
Today is going to be a baking day here. Love to listen to Christmas music while I bake. It just really puts me in the mood. My very favorite Christmas song is Silent Night. It is what my mother and my sisters and I traditionally sing together every Christmas. I think we will have to…
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Gift Basket Winner!
We have a winner and it is Dorita Thank you to everyone who participated!
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Southern Christmas Table and Give-Away!
Thank you to everyone for your kind wishes while we were under the weather around here. I appreciate being missed! Today, I want to show you a Christmas table I did back when I first started blogging. I had not thought to post the pictures when I took them. I just liked the table and…
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Christmas Around the House
Well, the decorating is going really slow this year. We’ve been passing around the pre-Christmas crud around here the last couple of weeks. We are planning on being back to 100% this coming weekend! For now, I’ll post what we’ve got done and will try to post more once our ailing bodies have recovered. First…
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Southern Nativity
Recently, my mother and bonus father created this beautiful nativity. They ordered the pattern online. I love the simplicity of the silhouette. It looks so nice at night with a light shining on it. I’ll try to add some night time shots later. They were gracious in allowing me to borrow the pattern to make…
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Southern Fireside
It is still pretty cool here today. Glad to have a fire in the fireplace. Definitely time to stay in and have a cozy supper by the fire for today’s edition of Tablescape Thursday. I started with a small table in front of the fire. So glad I got a red tablecloth. It has had…
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Southern Christmas Beginnings
It turned sharply colder here today. Time for the first fire of the season! Our big Christmas decorating blitz will be this upcoming weekend. I have a pretty ambitious project going on that I hope to show you next Monday. In the meantime, our fireplace and my mother’s fireplace (she has a mantle, I don’t).…
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Southern Turkey
I know that the color pink is not something you usually associate with a turkey! However, according to birding.com, the quick way to identify the wild turkey is: Dark, iridescent body bare head is pink and blue Male has red skin patch on throat. How do you love that? Happy Pink Saturday! Don’t forget to…
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A Southern Winner!!!
Thanks again to everyone who entered the Cool Whip give-away provided by Kraft Foods. The lucky winner of this wonderful gift basket is . . . Kat Congratulations Kat!!!! I notified Kat of her win and I hope she really enjoys this fun give-away!
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Southern Blessings
Thanks to everyone who entered the gift basket give-away! Check back here in the morning to see the winner! In the meantime, I’m wondering what everyone’s plans are for Thanksgiving. Are you staying home, going to family, having the family coming to you? We are going to my sister’s house for Thanksgiving this year. I’ll…