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  • Summer

    It’s just begun to feel like fall in the past few weeks here in Arkansas. These cooler temps make me reflect on summer and where it falls when ranking the seasons as I get older. When I was young, summer was my favorite season by far. It was the only one that really mattered to

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  • Sister Trip to Pawhuska, OK Part 2: Where We Stayed; What We Did; What We Wore

    In part 2 of my Pawhuska recap, I’m going to share the remaining details about the trip my sister and I took a few weeks ago. If you saw part 1, I shared all about the food! The food really did deserve a post all its own. We did, however, do a few more things

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  • Sister Trip to Pawhuska, OK Part 1: THE FOOD

    My sister, Monica, and I spent a weekend in Pawhuska, Oklahoma-our 3rd and favorite sister trip we’ve taken. We spent a weekend in Eureka Springs one year and stayed in the haunted Crescent Hotel. Another year, we went to Laurel, Mississippi, and ate the best greens and cornbread. Those trips were great, but it’s hard

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  • Spring Break in Fayetteville, AR

    Over spring break, we spent a few days in Fayetteville. Tylar flew into Fayetteville with UK softball for their series against the Razorbacks, so we made the much quicker trip there to see her. Before getting into Fayetteville, we had so much fun in Fort Smith at Temple Live seeing Geoff Tate in concert (originally

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  • Tiger Apparel

    I’m still a sports mom. While Brodie doesn’t focus on sports with the intensity of Tylar (it’s not the focus of his entire life), he is still on the basketball, golf, and this year baseball teams at school. After awhile, I always feel like I’m in a rut when it comes to what to wear

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  • Snow Day

    Living in the great South means that snow is fairly rare. I remember Scout seeing snow for the first time in To Kill a Mockingbird and thinking the world was ending. While it isn’t that unheard of in this part of Arkansas, it still isn’t part of our routine. Tornado warnings are routine. I would

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  • Ugg Dupes

    While I don’t own a pair of Uggs, I do have a couple of dupes from TJ Maxx and Amazon, of course. I find myself going to these quite a lot because they can be paired with so many outfits, whether dressy or casual. These were the first pair I got from TJ Maxx, and

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  • Jesus is King!

    Last weekend in Lexington, I attended church with Tylar and Grant, and the sermon was about government and Christianity. Ooh, that could have been sticky! Instead, it was such a good reminder of our role as citizens of a country and our role as God’s children. Both are important: one is the most important of

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  • Chicken Pot Pie Soup

    I hope you enjoy this easy to prepare soup in the cold months ahead. I also hope you enjoy going straight to the recipe without having to scroll or jump down to it. 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken breasts 48 oz carton chicken broth 29 oz can Veg-all 1 can cream of chicken soup 1

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  • Outfit Ideas for Work

    Since I’ve started my new job after retirement, (yes, weird), I began keeping up with some of my work outfits. For many of them, I used either tops or pants that I had owned for years, but I did add in a few new pieces. Here are some tops I wore with my Worthington black

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