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February 13, 2025

5 Tips for Creating a Cozy Dining Room

I don't know about you, but when people visit my home, I want them to feel at home. I want my living room to invite them to kick off their shoes and curl up with a cup of coffee, and if they're staying the night, I hope the bedroom is a relaxing place that promotes a wonderful night's sleep. Even the bathroom adds to the cozy feeling you create in your home. From the foamy soap at the sink to the pretty hand towels you provide, the powder room can be quite as charming as any other room in the house. One room that is sometimes overlooked when it comes to cozy is the dining room. If you're like me, I often shut the door and forget about it ...

February 8, 2025

Summer is Coming. Is Your Home Ready?

It may be February, but it was 85 degrees here the other day so summer doesn't seem quite so far away. Now is the perfect time to start getting your home ready for the season of warm weather and outdoor activities. Here in Mississippi, summer comes quickly, and you know you want to be ready for all the fun the season brings. Your home should be ready, too, and there are a few simple ways to be sure it is. Clean The Windows Okay, when it comes to cleaning windows, I have to confess that I fail miserably, but the truth is that windows are quite literally the eyes of your home. It’s the first thing people notice when walking ...

February 8, 2025

The Busy Mom’s Guide to Decluttering and Simplifying Your Life

For me, one of the most challenging aspects of homemaking for me is keeping control of all the clutter. Let's face it: time is a precious commodity, which means decluttering your home can feel like a challenge you don’t want to undertake. It's overwhelming, and to be honest, I avoid it like the plague at times. Still, even I realize decluttering is important because it can really help to make your space feel more organized, which does great things for your mental wellbeing and your readiness to show hospitality to others. With spring just around the corner and with it the itch to spring clean, this busy mom’s guide to decluttering and ...

January 2, 2025

Guacamole and The Easy Way Out

Sometimes it’s best to take the easy way out. To the perfectionist daughter of the man whose photo is probably found beside the very definition of the word, those words feel like laziness as my fingers fly over the keyboard tonight. We do hard things here. We don’t take shortcuts. If we do things, we do them well. We don’t take the easy way out. Not in high school when your science teacher says you should take two advanced science classes your senior year. And not now either. Except when it seems possible to “work smarter, not ...

January 1, 2025

The Writer Returns

Day one. Dipping my big toe back into the world of writing. Just about as timidly as I would dip it into the cold water of my grandmother’s pine tree-shaded pool on the first warm day of spring. And, just like that cold water, I know it’s best just to plunge in deep and fast and not look back. The shock to my system will pass, and the water will warm, and eventually, I’ll swim so fast I won’t feel the cold. I’ll know it’s warmer to stay in the water. Writing is like that when it’s been a while. The words are there, deep in the parts of my mind that have been put on ...