The South Will Rise

Tomorrow is Walker’s last day of 4th grade.  He keeps saying he can’t believe how quickly the year went by. I can’t believe how quickly the year went by.  The years somehow keep getting faster.  Fortunately, while summer does seem to disappear on me too quickly as well, I am looking forward to enjoying the […]

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Happy Memorial Day!  We spent a wonderful weekend out on boats and at the beach.  The weather could not have been more perfect, and I am now convinced that every tourist who is currently in Charleston wants to move here, so I should probably get my real estate license as opposed to my continuous attempts […]

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  We went to a friend’s wedding in Wilmington, NC this past weekend.  I have never been to Wilmington, and it was awesome!  We got into town on Thursday and walked down to a restaurant on the river.  The city is so beautiful and strolling along the streets, the historic homes were so much fun […]

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Walker and I have a morning routine that really never varies during the school week- I guess that is why they call it a routine.  I wake Walker up at 7- we get dressed, and he goes downstairs to fix breakfast while I make the beds.  Corby on the other hand, usually gets up around […]

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Now that it is finally getting warm out and hopefully staying that way, there is nothing more refreshing on a hot day than the taste of lemon.  For some reason to me, the taste of lemon always seems cool.  This is a great recipe for a glazed lemon bread which is really a dessert, but […]

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Growing up the words grits and hominy were interchangeable.  There was no difference between the two, and it has only been recently that I found out there actually was a difference.  It was actually brought up last night as a topic of conversation preceding dinner.  What is the difference between grits and hominy.  The answer […]

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