(another) Famous Friend!

A high school friend of mine is a star!

Sarah Simmons is on Season 4 of The Voice and she is going to WIN.

Listen to her- SHE IS AMAZING:

Click HERE to watch a clip of us talking about her on the morning show.

GO SARAH!

Sending love and support from Huntsville!

 

 

New Years Craft

A cute idea for the New Year…

Start yours today!

It’s a daily calendar that can be reused each year and gets better the longer you use it. “Each day you write the year and something that happened that day like, “(Child’s name) took her first steps.”

I imagine the first year wouldn’t be as fun, but imagine how neat it would be in 10 years.”

MORE HERE

Simmer Pots!

 

Make your house SMELL like fall with these recipes from ApartmentTherapy….

Instructions: Fill a small saucepan with water and bring to a boil. Add the ingredients from your favorite recipe, continue to boil for a few minutes, then turn the heat down to simmer. Add water as needed, usually every 30 minutes or so.

Recipe #1
Cinnamon sticks
Apple peels
Orange rinds
Whole cloves

Recipe #2
Peel from 1 lemon
Peel from 1 orange
2 bay leaves
3 cinnamon sticks
2 Tablespoons whole cloves

Recipe #3
A few drops vanilla
Orange peels

Recipe #4
1 cup dried lavender
1 tsp anise
1 Tablespoon nutmeg
1 Tablespoon whole cloves
1 Cinnamon stick

Recipe #5
5 bay leaves
1 Tablespoon whole cloves
2 sticks cinnamon

 

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

I hope you get to enjoy the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this morning!

It’s always one of my favorite parts of the day.

I love this vintage parade pictures.

Click HERE to see some more.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade Trivia

The first Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was held in 1924. It featured Central Park zoo animals, people in costumes, and floats.

The first large helium-filled balloon was of Felix the Cat in 1927.

Each year, more than 2 million people line the streets of New York City to watch the parade.

The parade began airing on network television in 1948 and is now seen by roughly 50 million people at home.