Fall Decor ~ October 6, 2026

 Good morning. Today I am sharing my fall decor.  Last year, I was in the midst of selling my house during the fall, so I did not decorate.  I was happy to decorate this fall, especially in a new place!

I bought a new welcome sign for my front door from Hobby Lobby.

I have this picture of me and my daughters on my kitchen counter.

I have a simple towel hanging that says "Gather" & some pumpkin hand soap at my kitchen sink.

My TV console

I am still loving my photo wall of pictures from my vacation!

This is a new fall pillow I purchased for the season.  I sold a few others I had from previous years.

I love having blankets draped along the chair and sofa for the fall and winter months.

This is my back patio door with a new simple fall wreath.

I am loving my simplified, clean fall decor in a new place!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Amazon Prime/Bath & Bedroom Edition ~ June 16, 2026

Good morning!  Last week, I mentioned some Prime household items and today that continues, but with a focus on the bath and bedroom.  These are all items I have purchased for my new place and really like.

First, is the curtain rod, which is the same I used in my den, however, this one is black. I love the simple, but nice look of these.  They accommodate any type of curtains!  

Curtain rod

These are the curtains I have on on the curtain rod.  They are black out and work beautifully!  The look and feel of these are so nice.

Curtains

Have you heard of ceiling fan filters? I bought a package and put them on the ceiling fans in my bedroom and my daughter's bedroom.  They stick to the top of the blades and work like an air purifier.

Ceiling Fan filters

I had so many throw pillows when downsizing, so I was able to purchase some new pillow covers to use for my bed.  I love doing this for any pillows and it is especially nice to purchase pillow covers for the holidays too. I love that the two larger ones and the smaller ones have different textures, which is a design element for choosing pillow.

Pillow Covers

Small pillow cover

Have you seen these waffle bath mats?  They surpass any bath mat I have had!  They are soft, absorbent, and they don't move on the floor!  The quality is so good if you are in need of a bath mat refresh.  They come in different colors and sizes.  I have 2 in my bathroom...one in front of the mirror cabinet and one in front of the tub/shower.

Bath mat

I ordered this makeup organizer and love it!  Mine sits inside my bathroom cabinet, but it would also be a nice display on your bathroom counter as well.  It has 2 drawers and then the other open compartments that can be arranged in different ways.  This is the easiest way for me to access my makeup each day and it has a sleek look to it.

Makeup Organizer

This is a basic item I ordered to use under my new bed so I could store a few things underneath.  These risers can be used on furniture or appliances too.

Bed Risers

Last but not least, is this air mattress.  I once considered upgrading my new sofa to a pull out sofa, since they have greatly improved since the 70's design!  However, to add this feature to my sofa would have cost close to the price of the actual sofa.  I decided to invest in a new air mattress instead to have for extra sleeping space.  This one has a headboard and a cup holder, ha!  

Air Mattress

As a reminder, Amazon Prime Days are next week so some of these items may even be on sale then!

Have a great day!

Talking About it Tuesday ~ Blog Trip/April 14, 2026

 Hi!  I am happy to be back here today with you all talking all about the blog trip!

As most of you know by now, we had our 3rd annual blog trip this past weekend.  It was wonderful!  We haven't had the same group every time, but it has become a yearly fun girls trip I look forward to every year. We met in North Carolina and stayed at this cute AirBNB.

We started our Friday evening with snacks and lots of talking! It was great to see each other again.  Tanya and I drove together from Nashville so we had some extra time to catch up in the car.

Saturday morning was so nice to have Joyce join us for the day.  For breakfast, I brought sourdough bread and we had a delicious quiche and coffee cake from Joyce and Maria provided some fruit.  It was after 12pm when we even looked at the time to decide to leave the house.  After a curvy drive up a mountain that Maria navigated like a champ, we had some beautiful scenery along the way and once we arrived at our destination, Jump Off Rock.  There were lots of rhododendrum, a plant I don't see in my area.  It always makes me think of NC.  I lived in North Carolina for 5 years in my late 20's, early 30's. 

Maria is such a joy!

Joyce is so delightful to be around and I have loved both times being with her.

(side note...this is one my new tops from Old Navy)

I am thankful for each of these ladies & loved our time together!

After the hike, we had Celtic ice cream.  It was so creamy and delicious!  Y'all know I am a frozen yogurt girl, but I really enjoyed this style of ice cream.  I had the "From the Sea and Bee" flavor, which a mix of caramel, sea salt and honey.  We then did some local shopping.

Saturday evening, Joyce returned back home and we went to dinner at Sierra Nevada Brewery, a beautiful brewery that serves farm to table food. I had a burger with bacon and it was delicious.

I am not a beer drinker, but it was very interesting to hear/read about the brewery & see some of the process.

It was a great evening!

Maria left on Sunday morning and Joanne, Tanya and I went to the Biltmore. I had been twice before, and this place is stupid expensive, but it is beautiful to see the architecture.

Here are Tanya and I modeling our matching Amazon jeans in black and white!

This is the inital view walking into the home.

I love ceiling in buildings and these were impressive.

A few other random pieces that caught my eye were this globe

And this rolling ladder for the library

This furniture in the sitting area between Mr. and Mrs. Vanderbilt's rooms was unique.

I noticed the picture molding in this room which standard for older homes.  The older home we lived in North Carolina had this throughout the house.  It was used to hang pictures, as seen here.

Below is the bowling alley and swimming pool.  The last time this pool had water in it was in the 50's.

This is the kitchen.  In the lower part, you can see the big pot on the stove and the one small oven and small refrigerator in the center picture.  The bottom picture on the right is the dumbwaiter to send food up to the floors.

We walked in the gardens after the house tour, so we all got our steps in this day.

I enjoyed the greenhouse plants the most and loved this unique pink flower I had not seen before.  This got me motivated to get some plants soon!

I did some wine tasting afterwards since it was included in the ticket.  I wanted to get my money's worth, ha!

We ate dinner at Tupelo Honey afterwards and I love their "Bless Your Heart" glass!  I had an egg/veggie omelet with tomatoes, which was delicious.  I had taken a snack with me for a light lunch that day, so I enjoyed every bite of this dinner meal.

I was so, so tired when we got back to the AirBNB and we all went to sleep earlier this night.

Monday, we took Joanne to the airport early and Tanya and I drove back to Nashville.  On the way, we stopped at Buc-ees for breakfast, which was so yummy!  I loved having the car time with her once again.  I dropped her off and continued my drive home.  

What a fabulous trip with fabulous ladies!  

We missed you Jenn and Amy!

Thanks for reading my long post and enjoy your day!