The historic Omni Homestead Resort in Hot Springs, Virginia has been on my list of domestic travel destinations for probably 6 or 7 years now. Finally, we were able to go for my birthday in March this year, and it made for an absolutely perfect birthday weekend! It’s nestled in the Virginia mountains– almost in West Virginia– and is a…
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I recently tried my hand at preserving my garden’s huge abundance of cilantro by drying out the fresh cilantro in the oven. A lot of my cilantro was beginning to bolt with the warmer weather so I knew that time was running out to use up the cilantro. Just look at all this harvest! Although this looks like a ton…
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About a million years ago, I used to weekly (if not semi-regularly) post my Friday Favorites on here. Recipes, music, Amazon finds, just random things in general! I’m not going to hold myself to the standard of reviving the Friday Favorites to every week, but I do think I will start doing it more regularly again! Peppermint tea with lemon…
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I recently read This Time Tomorrow which I picked for my neighborhood book club that I am a part of. It was the first book that I chose for book club and was so nervous that it was going to turn out to be bad and everyone was going to hate it. Luckily, I ended up liking the book and…
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If you were lucky enough to score tickets for Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, you might be like me and seriously deliberating what to wear and which era to dress for the concert! I am going to see Taylor perform at one of the August Los Angeles dates and I’m so excited. Thankfully I have plenty more time to decide on…
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Have you ever had Dilly Beans? I was just introduced to Dilly Beans AKA dill pickled green beans a few months ago and I’ve found that a lot of people have never heard of them either! But if you love fresh pickles that have a good crunch and lots of garlic flavor, and you like green beans, you’re going to…
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Theo is turning 6 MONTHS OLD today. Where is the time going? How can I make it stop? In all seriousness, time is flying at an unprecedented rate for me, and as tough as that is, it is SO sweet to watch Theo grow bigger and take in the world. It feels like just yesterday that Garrett and I were…
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I’ve been reading LOTS so far this year, but I actually read Carrie Soto Is Back in December. Regardless, it has been one of my favorite books that I read in the past few months, and it’s been super popular among others as well. Even though its been a few months since I finished it, the book has been stuck…
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I’m going to call this post and review of Tomorrow, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow the very first post of the Regular Folks’ book club! For some time now, I have been playing around with the idea of making a little online book club here on the blog. I have wanted to start sharing more in depth reviews of books I’ve been…
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