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Catching Up with Friends over Amazing Chicken Salad

September 19, 2017 110 Comments

“I am receiving compensation from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to raise awareness about purchasing poultry at farmer’s markets. All opinions and content are my own.” After working this summer at a local farm. I have a new found respect for farmers. And when I get to combine a trip to see my daughter for her 22nd birthday, a trip to the Piedmont Triad Farmer's Market to interview and purchase items there and to create a recipe for an amazing chicken salad Read more [...]

The Chair That Changed Many Lives

August 23, 2017 29 Comments

This post was made in conjunction with Healing Transitions and their thrift store, Recovered Treasures. On the way to the open house that I attended with my middle daughter at her college, we stopped at a place that would make an impact on my outlook as well on my life. As I have mentioned before, when I talk about my dad that he left a huge legacy of giving back. It was basically what his whole life stood for, from giving back and lending a helping hand to his brothers and sisters, to the Marines Read more [...]

Stepping Out of My Comfort Zone at Xtreme Park Adventures

August 15, 2017 4 Comments

This post was created in conjunction with Xtreme Park Adventures in Durham. All opinions are honest and my own. If you had told me ten years ago heck even a year ago that I would get over my fear of heights and go zip lining. I would have told you that you were crazy. So imagine my surprise when I received an email asking if a guest and I would like to come try out Xtreme Park Adventures in Durham. I said sure, but then I started to think that my girls could go do it and I could just tag along Read more [...]

Fields of Happy

July 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

Today I am honored to have Emily Odom from Odom Farming Company guest posting again. She has guest posted in the past and today she is going to tell you about the Barefoot on the Farm Festival happening today July 30 on the farm and also their amazing sunflowers. We planted our first sunflower field in the fall of 2015. It was so beautiful. Seeing that field full of those gorgeous golden flowers was enough to brighten any day. I don’t care what kind of mood you are in when you see Read more [...]