On Fridays, I often share links to things I’ve found interesting or entertaining around the web. This week I’m sharing some of my favorite Instagram accounts dedicated to the things we talk a lot about on this blog: homes, books, and beautiful places. Home Decor Inspiration Eva Contreras: Interior Décor, Lifestyle & Renovation…
What My Small Book Club is Reading This Year
I am a member of two book clubs. The larger one has 13 members and we’ve been meeting monthly for 15+ years, which is amazing to me. I wrote about us here. The other book club began very informally when four of us friends met a few years back to discuss Gretchen Rubin’s The Four…
Five Links for Your New Year
On Fridays, I often share links to things I’ve found interesting or entertaining around the web. This week’s list has a definite new year theme, whether you’re looking to get more organized, a little healthier, or to have some perspective on all the beautiful homes we see online. Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links,…
Favorite Estate Sale Finds
Last Saturday Tom and I went to an estate sale which turned out to be a great one. I shared pictures of what I bought in my Instagram stories (I saved them in a highlight called Estate Finds) but here are my favorites. Twelve brand new, block print, cloth napkins. Here are the backs. So…
Links for Your Weekend
Happy Friday, everyone. What a week, right? I avoid politics on this blog (which feels strange sometimes because I’m interested in and follow politics closely) but I feel like I should at least acknowledge the events that are happening right now. Between the pandemic and politics, we’re all living through a lot right now. I…
A HomeGoods Shopping Trip
We’ve reached the point in the pandemic where a trip to HomeGoods seems like a big deal. Yesterday, I was coming home from an appointment and decided that masking up and seeing what HomeGoods had to offer was the most exciting idea in the world. It’s amazing what passes for a thrill these days. The…
What I’m Loving Right Now
Happy New Year’s Eve! Like almost everyone, I am happy to see this year go, but I’m trying to keep my expectations for 2021 in check. As one meme that is going around social media right now says, “We’re all going to walk in real slow. Be good. Be quiet. Don’t. Touch. Anything.” As we…
My Favorite Books of 2020
At the beginning of 2019 I set a goal to read more. Specifically, I set out to read 24-30 books (I ended up at 25). I renewed the resolution at the beginning of 2020 and I’m working on book #32 this week. I am surprised by that number. It doesn’t feel like I read that…
Links for Your Weekend
Happy Saturday and Merry Christmas! If you celebrated, did it look different this year? We spent Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with just our immediate family of five, but we had two great meals and lots of presents to open so I’m grateful. As I often do on weekends, I’m sharing with you some things…
A Christmas Table Setting by the Numbers
I’m using a new combination of dishes and linens for Christmas this year. I knew I wanted to use some blue so I played around with things until I settled on this. Here are the details. Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which means if you click on a link and make a purchase,…
Links for Your Weekend
Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? I’ll be doing lots of wrapping and trying to figure out my table settings for Christmas dinner. As I often do on weekends, I’m sharing with you some things I’ve found interesting or entertaining from around the web. Note: This post contains Amazon affiliate links, which…
So We Bought a Lake Place
You’ve probably noticed more references to the lake lately, both in the blog and on Instagram. Some of you have messaged me to ask if we bought a lake place and yes, back in September, we bought a condo at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri, which is about 2 1/2 hours from where we…
