Delicious, spur-of-the-moment get together with friends on Saturday night. We watched the Southern Miss football game (which we won!) and wanted to celebrate. So we went down to Chruch Street Wine Shoppe

Last Friday President Donald Trump visited my town of Huntsville, AL to campaign for Luther Strange for US Senate (spoiler alert - Strange didn't win!). Friday morning at 7:30AM I was on my walk with Nina

I attended the Women Honoring Women event in Huntsville, AL. It's a fabulous night of recognizing women from all walks of life and their accomplishments - there are public officials, entrepreneurs,

Here we go! Let's spend an in inordinate amount of time laying this shed on the ground...and we did! It was a beautiful day to start! See the garden coming up behind the two crape myrtles? The next day,

We just flew from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas to Milan! Landing in Milan it was very early in the morning so the airport wasn't too crowded, which was a blessing as we now had to figure out how to get to

It is a big Spider....what the heck is lurking outside my front door?

I love to cook, especially from scratch, but sometimes I don't have time or nees something fast. That's when I cheat! These green beans are my go-to fast side dish or even snack....that's what I was doing

Yep, want to know the hardest part about building a shed? Laying the first board is the hardest part about building a shed. After that, making sure it is square, plumb and level. First Step, get rid of

On my morning walk with my best friend Nina and we came across this huge 'Sweets' shack that someone had decorated... If you look under the awning, there's a sign that says "120 Sweets." We didn't

I love avocados! Unfortunately, they can be expensive to buy in Alabama (about $2-3 each for small). So it was a great treat when my parents came to visit this past weekend for my birthday and brought

Over the past few weeks we've experience the tail-end of both Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. Thankfully, being in North Alabama, we just got some winds and a lot of rain, but nothing that would cause

Even thought we live in a small house in the city, we've turned our entire back yard into a garden. This year Collins planted 90+ tomato plants, so we've had a huge crop all summer! We do give most of

We have the strangest dog! His name is Apex and he's part Boxer and part Akita. Although he is very big, he's the sweetest dog! He likes to carry around this stuffed racoon that our friend Kellie gave

The next leg of our travels started by us leaving the hotel at 4:00 AM to catch the shuttle to the DFW airport. We were tempted to catch a few more Zzz and get the 5AM shuttle, but I'm glad we didn't as

Had a pantry full of leftovers and items that needed to be used, so put this recipe together - the boys thought it was delicious and it was very fast! The run-down of ingredients... 1lb ground beef onion

Ready, Set...GO! We were officially off on our Marrymoon! The festivities started Saturday evening with great friends sending us off at dinner at our house! We toasted and cheered all night and were sent

OK, college football is moments away....so, Let's go! Here is Collins' picks for College Football Top 25 for 2017, pre-season... Who are your favorites? 25 - Washington State 24 - Utah 23 - App State 22

Amazing what happened when a juice company dumped 12,000 metric tons of orange peels and pulp in a deforested area! This is why we are such big proponents of composting...why throw away all that precious

Although we are hundreds of miles away from Hurricane Harvey, we are getting hurricane rains for the next 5 days. Awesome to get a 2nd growth in my garden! post by Collins

Last night we celebrated our good friend Hope's birthday. It was an amazing dinner with wonderful friends! One of the appetizers we served was Garden Tomato Brushcetta. You need to make this! It's SUPER