I recently acquired a music cabinet that once belonged to my great-great aunt. I would guess that this cabinet is about 100 years old. My grandmother had it in her basement for years, intending to fix it up to use, but never did. When granny moved to a retirement home, my aunt took it, thinking…
While browsing in a kitchen store in Vermont, I came across this unique clip-to-your pot spoon rest. I’m constantly having to get a small plate out for my stirring spoon, so I thought I’d give it a try and possibly have one less dish to wash. I’ve used it every time I’ve cooked since we…
I have a friend at school who is going through a rough time. She’s recently divorced and has had some other tough things happen to her recently. I wanted to do a little something nice for her, so I made her some Ginger Soak using a recipe in the January issue of Martha Stewart Living. …
Mr. SP gives me a Swarovski snowflake ornament every year for Christmas. I usually display them on a thorny branch that my grandmother used in her church for alter arrangements. My collection has grown so large that I needed a new way to display these beautiful ornaments. I like to display them separately from my…
Mr. SP asked me the other day why I hadn’t blogged about our Vermont trip. The answer is I simply haven’t taken the time to do it! The first town that we come to when we arrive in Vermont is Bennington. The following four pictures are from Bennington. This church is one of the prettiest…
Happy New Year! I wonder how long it will take me to get used to writing 2010 instead of 2009? I hope everyone had a safe and happy time last night celebrating the end of the decade and the beginning of a new one. We went to a dinner/dance at our club and had a…
Today is my car’s 12th birthday. She’s only been driven 115,000 miles and looks pretty good for her age, until yesterday. I got a little too close to a concrete pillar in my hair salon’s garage and badly scraped and dented the back passenger side door. I was so mad at myself for hurting her!! …
I really got out of my regular exercise routine over the past two weeks. I’ve been able to run, play tennis, spin, and do weights over the past two days and I already feel so much better. I’m sore and tired, but it’s a good thing! Athleta is having a huge sale right now and…
When I saw how to make salted candles in the December issue of Martha Stewart, I knew that this was a project that I would have to try. The picture below is from the Martha Stewart website and you can click here for a link to the directions. This project is super easy. All you…
Isn’t it fun to win something? While I was in Vermont, I got an email from Shelly of Chic Crafty Chic telling me the great news that I was the winner of a Wilton prize package from her Cookie Blog Carnival. When I returned home, my package was waiting for me, and it was a…
Does anyone else feel like they’ve done nothing but eat for the last few days? I am itching to run, but it won’t happen today because we are going to Richmond to meet family that we haven’t seen for a while in Cary Town. I’m hoping to at least get to walk around a bit…
This is the first Christmas in a long time that we’ve had with snow on the ground. Virginia had a gigantic snow storm while we were in Vermont and we missed all of the excitement. Christmas Day here brings freezing rain instead of snow. We had a very nice Christmas Eve dinner here last night…