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,…
Happy Monday and happy first day of October! It’s in the 80s here today, so I’m ready for fall. I’m also ready for fall baking. Y’all may be in “pumpkin spice everything” season, but I am firmly on team apple. I recently grabbed a bag of apples at the grocery store and headed to my…
Our final stop on our Georgia National Park Service day trip was Jimmy Carter National Historic Site. Jimmy Carter hails from Plains, Georgia, about a 30 minute drive from Andersonville. The Jimmy Carter National Historic Site includes Jimmy’s childhood home outside of town, their former high school in town, the historic district, a butterfly trail,…
How many of these posts can I start with “And we’re back”? Another month, another recent reads. If you follow me on Instagram (and you should), you can check my recent reads highlights for more books that I haven’t posted here yet. I also totally meant to post this the first week of the month,…
Stop number two on our weekend road trip was Andersonville National Historic Site. Andersonville served as the site for the notorious Confederate prison Camp Sumter towards the end of the Civil War. The prison held around 45,000 men, while over 13,000 of them died. Address and Location You’ll find Andersonville National Historic Site at 760…
Yesterday, my Facebook page officially became Extra Black Olives (follow me!). It was a very lengthy and frustrating process, so I decided to share how I updated my Facebook page with my rebrand. I think I submitted around five requests to update my page name before it was approved. So I can’t guarantee that following…