• The Financial Side of your New Home

    Anyone having trouble falling asleep at night? I present this blog post on finances just for you and the fix to your sleep problems! Just be sure to come back and read it again in the morning if you’re considering building a house, because it does (more…)

  • So You Want to Build a House

    The title of this post may or may not have been inspired by my interest in the show ‘So You Think You can Dance’. It seemed fitting to write this phrase in the same tone. Our big adventure this year is building our forever home and it all started 5 short months ago when we sat down for a consultation at Schumacher Homes naive to the entire process (well, I was anyway), but ready to dream. We’re learning a lot along the way so if you are thinking of building a house or (more…)

  • Parmesan Garlic Roasted Potatoes

    Taking a quick break from the Magnolia Table cookbook to bring you one of our favorite side dishes! But speaking of the Magnolia Table cookbook, I’ve since tried the meatloaf and chicken pot pie and will definitely cook both again (with slight modifications) to photograph and share with y’all! And thatΒ banana bread? Yeaaah, I’ve made that one three more times. If you make it, I promise (more…)

  • Grilled Havarti, Tomato & Basil Sandwich

    One of my go to side dishes and a new series of posts all around our home building process (construction starts tomorrow!!) are coming soon, but first…one more recipe from the Magnolia Table cookbook! I warned y’all about this last time! I still don’t think anyone is complaining though, because who doesn’t love (more…)

  • Banana Bread

    Just letting y’all know, the Magnolia Table Cookbook is going to be a bit of a theme on the blog for a while as I recreate her yummy recipes over the next several months! Everyone okay with that? I thought so πŸ™‚

    Delicious banana bread is stored in tupperware on our kitchen counter right now thanks to (more…)

  • Fresh Tomato Salsa

    As promised, this is part two of ‘taking your taco Tuesday to the next level’ and it’s all about the freshest tomato salsa. I suppose this could also be called pico de gallo, because I think they are pretty much the same thing. A small warning…making this will (more…)

  • Homemade Taco Seasoning

    There are a few ways to take your taco Tuesday to the next level and it starts with the basics: ditch the store bought seasoning packet and make your own seasoning mix! It’ll take you around five minutes to make and you probably already have all the ingredients in your kitchen. In every scenario, regardless of what I’m making, I always find the (more…)

  • Avocado Egg Salad

    One of my good friends is moving to the country too, about 10 minutes from where our new house will be. A few weeks ago we were texting back and forth about the build process and living in the country; we both want to have chickens living in a cute coup providing fresh eggs for us! The funny part? Who would have (more…)

  • Three Cheese Stuffed Shells

    It’s been a busy few weeks, y’all! I’ll get you up to speed. Working, packing, moving, cleaning, picking up take out, repeat. Busy. That sweet place we’ve called home for the past eight years officially belongs to another family now. We backed out of our driveway for the last time on Wednesday, left our keys behind and completed the closing on Thursday. It’s such a weird feeling at first, like strangers are living in your house. I do hope they enjoy it as much as we did; that house was (more…)

  • Creamy Pasta Salad

    There is always two ways to look at everything. This past week has been a bit exhausting, yes. You know what else it’s been? Productive! That’s the positive perspective.

    So this past week… (more…)