When I was a kid we lived in this drafty little house with single-pane windows that did nothing to prevent cold air in the winter and blasts of heat in the summer. We could not afford storm windows, so when the weather got cooler, my dad would head outside with a roll of opaque plastic and start cutting it into huge rectangles. Then…
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When we bought our house, the upper garage had a HUGE and janky double garage door. This “double” garage door was seriously like 20 feet wide, and it was constantly breaking down. I paid a local door company many hundreds of dollars to come out on several occasions and patch this behemoth up, but it was on it’s last legs. Notice I put…
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Did you guys know you can use essential oils in recipes? I had no idea you could cook with essential oils until I discovered Young Living a few years back. I always assumed they were just for the smell-good factor but there is so much more to them than that. Here is the biggest advantage to cooking with essential oils-…
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One day last year I was sitting by my neighbor’s pool chatting with some friends when the subject of jealousy came up. I admitted that the older I get, the more I feel jealous of other women. It’s strange, because I used to rarely feel jealous about other people’s lives. But these days it seems to creep in when I least expect…
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It’s Parade of Homes season once again, so all you interior decorating lovers out there get your cameras ready for a huge snap-fest around town. I love going out to all the decorated Parade homes to see the latest trends from some of Birmingham’s best designers. Earlier this week I got a behind-the-scenes sneak peek into the 2017 Ideal Home…
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