It has officially almost been a year since I started this blog. It is always a work in progress. I wasn’t completely thrilled with the blog name, so after much deliberation I decided on several different alternative titles. I decided to try this one out. So from now on this blog will be “Seasoned with Style.” This title seemed to make more sense to me.


Hopefully by now everyone has their Christmas gifts bought. I finally finished my Christmas shopping today. I tried to do a lot of local buying this year. I attempted to buy as much as I could from local stores and from Etsy. Some chain stores and internet buying was inevitable. Some other stores I looked into for my gift buying were k. hall designs, the Foundrie, and other stores that I can’t give their names until after Christmas (might give away what the gift is or who it’s for). I also made a few gifts this year.

I’m looking forward to going home to Kennett this week so see the family.  I have spent Christmas in Kennett every single year of my life and I can't imagine being anywhere else.  I look forward to my family's Christmas traditions of:  going to Wal-Mart right before they close on Christmas Eve to watch the last minute shoppers, looking at Christmas lights around town, and of course the annual viewing of "Christmas in Kennett."  Through the years I have memories of the Hallelujah Chorus at the end of the Christmas Choir Concert, the high school Christmas Ball, and changing the words to Christmas songs ("we need a little Christmas house shoe" Haley).  I am thankful each year when I'm blessed enough to spend Christmas at home in Kennett. 

I hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! See you in January!

On Halloween, I celebrated my 27th birthday (hence the Good Charlotte reference in the title). Because my birthday fell on a weekend I decided to go home to Kennett and spend it with my parents. My mother hasn’t had a chance to go all out for my birthday in many years so this year she really did it up big. I had a Wizard of Oz (my favorite movie) cake, cupcakes, plates, napkins, and center piece on the table for my grand Wizard of Oz birthday party. Most of the items from the party can now be added to my ever growing Wizard of Oz collection.


With Halloween now over, I’ll take a quick glance in my holiday closet to find my Thanksgiving decorations. These few items will grace my living room with their presence until Jason decides he can’t wait any longer for the Christmas tree to go up.