Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop - September 4, 2019

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It's after Labor Day, so that means its time to decorate for fall!! Don't you love this time of the year with football, tailgating, the fall colors, picking apples, enjoying fall festivals, soups, and especially the weather cooling down? Do you decorate some for fall?

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3 Ingredient Post Roast Recipe

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30 Quick & Easy Back to School Dinner Ideas


A Mothers Birth Story


Charming Free Vintage Halloween Postcards


An Easy Teacher Gift Idea

Editors Choice

Fall Kitchen Reveal

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Sunflower Three-Tier Stand

With summer coming to an end, I wanted to change the decorations on my three-tier stand, but wasn't quite ready to go all pumpkin and fall just yet.  Anyone else having a hard time of letting go of summer?  Sunflowers were the transition I was looking for!

Ever since I was gifted the three-tier stand, I've loved gathering treasures to decorate.  This time I kept it pretty simple - some sunflower blooms with a few spoons rests propped up on picture stands and it was done.  

This tray is the focal point behind my kitchen sink.  The sunlight streams in and adds a bit of happiness to the spot!

Do you have a decorate three-tier stand at your house?  What decorations are currently on yours?

Five on Friday - August 30, 2019

Happy Friday!  Do you have a long weekend ahead?  I'm so looking forward to being off on Monday!  We've had a busy week, so an extra day off is just what we need.

Enjoy my five for today ~

1.  Starbucks's New Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew
Ok - did you wait in line at Starbucks on Tuesday to be one of the first to try their new Pumpkin Cream Cold Brew?  The baristas are busy whipping up the cold brew with vanilla, topped with frothy pumpkin cream cold foam and a little sprinkle of pumpkin spice topping.  This is their first new pumpkin-infused coffee drink since the famous PSL (pumpkin spice latte) in 2003.  If you've tried it, let me know what you thought.

2.  The Pioneer Woman Magazine

Something new showed up on the news stands this week - The Pioneer Woman Fall Magazine!  This publication only comes out quarterly and I have to admit, I get a little giddy each time a new one arrives in the mail.  Hoping to find some time this weekend to sit back and thoroughly enjoy each and every page.  Want a subscription?  Click HERE to get started.

3.  National Toasted Marshmallow Day

Celebrate today's national holiday by lighting up the firepit and roasting some marshmallows!  What a day to celebrate!  How do you like your's cooked?  Do you stick them straight in the fire until they are ablaze?  Or do you keep them just above the flame and let them get nice and gooey?  I'll take them either way because toasted marshmallows are one of my favorite things! 

4.  OPI Nail Polish

I got a new OPI polish this week and, I have to admit, I bought it just because I loved the name.  It's called Tickle Me France-y.  So cute!  Who gets the job to name nail polishes anyway?!?  I would love to just sit in on one of those meetings.  Anyway - back to the polish.  It's a wonderful neutral color perfect for the transition between summer and fall.  Click HERE to grab some for yourself.

5.  Reminder for the weekend.....

Hope you have a great weekend!  We don't have a lot planned.  Tonight we're having dinner out and the rest of the weekend is up for grabs.  Maybe, just maybe, I'll try to do a little cleaning in the basement.  Doesn't that sound like fun!  Somewhere down there is a recipe for homemade apple butter.  It would make my week if I could find it.  Wish me luck!

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Simply Sweet Home
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Walmart Beauty Box

Welcome to Thinking Out Loud Thursday where I share something I'm thinking about and invite you to do the same.  Link up below and share what's on your mind today.

It always makes me smile when I pull down the door on the mailbox and there's a package sitting inside waiting for me.  That's just one of the many reasons I'm in love with the Walmart Beauty Box.  Four times a year, once each season, Walmart delivers to me a little box of happy.

Did you know Walmart even had such a magical thing?  I've been a subscriber for some time now, but I'm not sure I've ever shared this secret with you.  For only $5 per season (shipping included), they will send you a box full of goodies from the best beauty brands sold at Walmart.

Let's take a peek at what was in my latest arrival ~

Soleil Sensitive Disposable Razor

3 Flexible Blades

Comfort Shield Helps Protect Skin from Nicks & Cuts

Effortlessly Glides for Silky Smooth Skin

Soothing Moisture Strip Enriched with Aloe Vera

Blistix Conditioning Lip Serum

Blistex Conditioning Lip Serum's ultra-rich

daily use formula soaks in to thoroughly moisturize and 

completely revitalize lips.

ROC Eye Cream

Refresh & Revitalize the Skin Around Your Eyes

3 Age-Defying Results

Visibly reduces the appearance of puffiness, dark circles and fine lines around the eye by 50%

Silhouette in Bloom Fragrance

Christian Siriano Silhouette in Bloom is the sophisticated, feminine and

elegant vision of women translated into a flowerful fragrance.

Neutrogena Blackhead Eliminating Strip to Scrub

An innovative new strip that

transforms with water into a scrub

All this for the low price of $5.  Heck, the excitement of having a package in the mailbox alone was worth the five bucks!  In all seriousness, I love this subscription box because 9 times out of 10 the items are ones I will truly use.  The sizes are convenient to throw in my travel bag too.  

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Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop - August 28, 2019

Welcome to the Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop!

I hope everyone had a wonderful week! Fall is definitely coming and you can tell by all the posts with pumpkins!  Are you ready for the new season?  I'm still hanging on to summer, but can feel the shift slowly starting.  Enjoy all the goodness this week ~

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Simple Redo of Old Deck to New

Fabulous French Buffet

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Banana Upside Down Cake

Some New Old Stuff…The Camp Edition

What's After Blogging

French Farmhouse Lemons and Sunflowers Tablescape

Super Easy Mini Pumpkin Scones

Editors Choice

Cozy Fall Decor on the Screened Porch

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Ireland - Day 3

Today I'll be sharing Day 3 of our trip to Ireland.  If you missed Days 1 and 2, you can catch up HERE.  Disclaimer:  Not a single picture we took completely captures the beauty of the actual scenery.

After exploring Dublin on Days 1 and 2, we were ready to hit the road and see some of the countryside.  We had booked the Northern Ireland Coast and Belfast City Full-Day Tour with Wild Rover Tour Company for Day 3.  The scheduled departure time was 7:00 am, so we were up and out of the hotel early.

It seems several tours meet at Upper O'Connell Street, so when we got there we had to figure out exactly what we were doing.  It didn't take long to find a tour guide and he pointed us in the right direction for our specific trip.  Once loaded on the right bus, we sat back and listened to Kevin the tour guide tell us interesting facts about northern Ireland and Belfast as we worked our way to the first stop.

You had a choice of the political black taxi tour of Belfast or the Titanic Museum.  Eric and I chose to check out the Titanic museum.  Kevin had our tickets ready to go, so we bypassed the line and walked straight into the displays.

The museum is located on the docks where the big ship was built and first launched.  It opened in 2012 to mark the 100th anniversary of the maiden voyage.  We meandered through the creative displays which took us through the building and launch of this infamous vessel.  Our allotted time for this stop went by very fast.

Our next stop was the Giant's Causeway.  This stop was top on both Eric and my list of things we wanted to see in Ireland.  Legend has it that the columns are the remains of a causeway built by a giant.  The basalt columns are truly an epic sight.  We didn't personally count the hexagonal-shaped pillars that date back to almost 60 million years ago, but we understand there's over 40,000 of them!

We grabbed a bowl of seafood chowder in the visit center then loaded the bus to get to our next stop - Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge.  Originally designed for fishermen, this 90-foot-high bridge crosses a 65-foot wide chasm between two islands.  I'm not going to lie - Eric and I both questioned rather we wanted to do this.  It was a bit adventurous for us, but we were both so happy we did it!

The trek to the bridge was gorgeous - and a bit strenuous!  My fitbit was getting a workout!

Wasn't really sure how I felt when we ran into this ~

Eric and I marched right across like pros and felt pretty invigorated in the process.

After our exciting day, we loaded the bus to head back to Dublin.  Luckily, the days in Dublin were long.  It didn't get dark until around 9:00 pm, helping us see all the beauty for hours in every day.  We arrived and walked back to the hotel to grabbed dinner at the bar.  Over our meal, we reflected on Day 3 and planned Day 4.

Day 4 was taking us to the Wicklow Mountains.  I'll be summarizing that day soon.