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Meredith’s Recommended Books: November
My picks for the November Recommended Books are here & they’re Christmas themed! Well, both of the fiction books are. Yes, there are 2 fiction books. Since y’all are reading this in December, I thought choosing books that had a Christmas setting would be a good idea. I wanted a cute, fun, romance style Christmas-y book. Then it was brought to my attention that that’s not everyone’s thing–even at the holidays. So I made an adjustment: 2 books. 1 cute and fun, 1 murder mystery. (I totally just typed ‘murdery’ and that honestly is totally true too. Haha!) There’s something for everyone here! I went in a totally different direction…
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Honesty Hour: Practicing Gratitude
The season of thankfulness & gratitude is upon us. And by upon us, I mean it’s here. For a lot of people at this time of year, they are truly grateful and have no problem practicing gratitude. It’s just part of this season & this month as we celebrate Thanksgiving. I can see that this year may have been much harder to practice gratitude than normal. No one is going to argue that it’s been…rough. Thanksgiving celebrations may not look normal for you which may also be hampering your ability to be grateful. So, in honor of this being the season of gratitude & it possibly being more difficult than…
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Meredith’s Recommended Books: October
I’m sharing my October recommended books & thinking about Thanksgiving. How. Is. October. Over? I feel like I was just thinking about what I was going to do for my birthday back in April. Time sure does fly by. I guess it’s true what they say, the days are long but the years are short. Anyway…October has three recommended books but I don’t want you to panic. Both of the fiction books go together & you should definitely read them both, one right after the other. I’ll explain more in my thoughts on the books (I combined my thoughts on them into one review). Also, don’t worry. I don’t plan…
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Thanksgiving Recipe Ideas: Turkey, Sides, & Desserts
I’m sharing a bunch of Thanksgiving recipe ideas for y’all to try this year. I don’t know about y’all but for awhile we were eating the same foods at Thanksgiving every year. Last year we started mixing things up a little bit with new recipes for the same foods and I really liked that change. We tend to decide on what exact recipe to make closer to the actual day. I know everyone isn’t like us (good for you!) so I wanted to go ahead & share a bunch of ideas early. I’ve scoured Pinterest & my favorite food blogs for side dishes & desserts. I’ve also found recipes for…
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Public Service Announcement: Take the Photo
PSA: Take the dang picture. As the holiday season is rapidly approaching with family events and family photoshoots for fall sessions and Christmas cards, I’m here to tell you to take the picture. They’re important. Even if they seem like they’re not. Even if it seems unnecessary or inconvenient because you really just want to watch sports or cut into the turkey or just not get dressed up for the photos. Even if you don’t like how you look and don’t want your picture taken. They’re necessary. They’re important. They matter. Your kids, your grandkids, they don’t care how you look. They love you no matter what. In the future,…
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Guide to Ponte Vedra Beach, FL + A Recap
We just got back from a short 5 day vacation to Ponte Vedra Beach & I’m going to give you a guide to Ponte Vedra Beach! Ever since we got back from Panama City Beach in July, Macy was itching to go again. This time we were able to get Grammy & Andy to go with us so it was more of a family vacation this go round. We haven’t been on vacation with them in 10+ years so it was fun to be able to take a trip with them again. None of us except for Mom had ever been to Ponte Vedra so it was fun to be…
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Recommended Young Adult Books: Part 2
My Recommended Young Adult Books are here for part 2! I really enjoyed reading each of these books. There are some good ones, y’all! There’s a variety here so hopefully there’s one that you or the YA reader in your life will like. 🙂 I’ll share a link to each of the recommended young adult books where you can read the description of the book & purchase it if you like (it’s not an affiliate link). I’m going to include a photo of the book & my thoughts on it! If you have any YA readers in your life, or like YA novels yourself, please share this with them! Onto…
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The Best Homemade Brownies
It took a few tries to get these Best Homemade Brownies to become the Best Homemade Brownies. They made me work for it, y’all! It took 5 tries. 5(!) to get this recipe right. But, I finally got it. I have a secret though. Anytime I don’t want to go all out for a dessert for some event, I make brownies. And every time, people love them & rave about them. But. And this is my secret… They’re box-mix. Duncan Hines makes a really good brownie. You’ll find no complaints from me if you serve me one of those. So to everyone reading this that loved my brownies, they were…
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Meredith’s Recommended Books: September
I cannot believe we’re in October & that I’m sharing my September recommended books with you. March feels like it was just yesterday. Remember the fiction book from March?! That book was crazy. Anyway… It’s October and that’s unbelievable but I just want to say that I am back to my normal self when it comes to reading. As in, I have motivation to read again. I have no problem just picking up one book after the other. And more importantly, I really want to read. Yay! So happy that my usual reading self is back! I read the fiction book that I’m sharing with you today & and that…
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Honesty Hour: It’s Time to Let Go
I read this quote recently by Rupi Kaur that says, “you have to stopsearching for why at some pointyou have to leave it alone” There are so many things in my life that has happened over the last few months and up to a year or so, even longer than that, where I just want to know why. I want to understand. I want to understand why something happened or didn’t happen. I’m very much an “I need an answer” person. Philosophy never had a shot at being my major in college. I often think in black and white about things and am having to work on noticing when I…
