My sister is having a baby in about six weeks, and I’m throwing her a fall themed baby shower. As I did with her bridal shower, I went kind of crazy with the Pinterest planning (check out the board here!). Invitations You can find tons of options for gorgeous fall invitations. We didn’t have a…
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A day trip to some North Georgia wineries
In our effort to get out more and explore where we live, Mac and I drove a few hours to check out a handful of North Georgia wineries over the weekend. While wine tasting wasn’t on our “official” Georgia bucket list, we both really love wine tasting and wanted to make the most of Virginia…
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Congaree National Park
Congaree National Park sits just outside of Columbia, South Carolina, so we decided to stop on our way back home from Blacksburg. Congaree National Park features over 20,000 acres of old-growth, bottomland hardwood forest. It was created to protect the forest from logging and to preserve an area of what America once looked like. If…
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Recent Reads – October 2018
Eliza Lucas Pinckney: Colonial Plantation Manager and Mother of American Patriots 1722-1793 – Margaret Pickett I really enjoyed this biography on Eliza Lucas Pinckney. After moving to the United States as a teenager, Eliza spearheaded the cultivation of indigo as a cash crop in South Carolina. She also managed her family’s plantations while her father…
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Life lately – October 2018
Whew. It’s already the second week of October. I feel like once football season starts, the weeks pass by so much more quickly. We spent the weekend in Blacksburg for the Virginia Tech – Notre Dame game. The outcome isn’t quite what we wanted, but we had a great time hanging out with friends and…
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St Marks Lighthouse
The morning of the Virginia Tech – Florida State game, we found ourselves with hours to kill. We had to check out by 11 am, and kickoff was scheduled for 8 pm. We grabbed breakfast at Cracker Barrel and looked for stores that we don’t have in Augusta. After a quick trip to World Market,…