A Guide to some of our favorite Mom & Pop food joints in the Auburn/ Opelika Area
My husband and I love to find local dives and restaurants to eat! Every place we have lived, we have gone exploring each...
The other day I was looking around my kitchen trying to figure out how in the world it had gotten this messy. I literally didn’t have any counter space. I needed to cook, yet I couldn’t find a clean...
I love scrolling through Pinterest for new recipe ideas. What's even better is when I hit on a recipe that is so good it becomes a family favorite that we repeat again and again. I want to share a...
It wasn’t uncommon for me to receive a message that my front porch was loaded down with grocery bags of homegrown eggplant, cucumbers and squash. That backyard could grow things like some sort of magic wand was at the...
For the past two years, I've hosted a Christmas cookie swap in our home: Everyone arrives with a few dozen homemade cookies, spreads them out on the table, and gathers around talking and sampling. There are kid crafts, a...
The holiday season is here and this year seems to hit a little different. Having experienced a great deal of loss this past year and realizing our holidays don’t look the same as they once did, I’ve been doing...
A fashion blogger’s rare non-clothing post caught my attention when she wrote about introducing solids to her son by giving him real, whole foods: a concept that was foreign to me. While I was searching for maternity outfit inspiration,...
Parenthood
“Attitude Reflects Leadership”
The movie Remember the Titans resonates with me on many levels. Like Coach Bill Yoast's daughter, I was nine years old when integration was...
