I've been anxiously waiting for September since starting this "A Year of Chocolate Desserts" project.  This month's dessert combines my two favorite things:  peanut butter and chocolate.  I used this recipe to make September's dessert, Peanutty Brownie Bites.  Oh.  My.  Goodness.  I've been waiting all year and it was totally worth it.  This one is my favorite so far this year.  These were easy to make,...

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On Saturday, Katherine and I joined my mom at Vintage Market Days.  Hundreds of booths selling vintage and repurposed items?  Yes, please.  I can't imagine a more perfect day to go vintage shopping and to officially kick off the fall season.  I finally got my boots out of "winter storage" so it's officially fall in my closet.  But more on Vintage Market Days.  I am always amazed at how...

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On Saturday, Katherine and I met my mom for a beautiful day of rummage sale shopping.  It was absolutely perfect weather and a nice way to kick-off what will be a fall season filled with outdoor outings.  {Saturday morning breakfast} I was able to score a few items on my yard sale/thrift store shopping list and a couple of unexpected awesome finds.  The...

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How many times do you have left over tortillas after you make tacos, burritos, wraps, etc?  This always happens to me.  I usually end up throwing them out when they eventually go bad.  This week, I got crazy and decided to make homemade tortilla chips.  {I started out by painting olive oil on a stack of corn tortillas.  I did this on the...

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I think it was around February when my friend Heather asked me if I wanted to participate in a "mud run" in September.  My almost nine month pregnant self was eager to get out and do some running and obstacles in the mud.  As the date of the mud run got closer and closer, I was a little apprehensive.  What had I signed...

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When we moved into our house, we had to paint just about every room.  The previous owners, as darling as they were, had different decorating tastes than we did.  Lots of pastels.  We went pretty neutral in most of the house, but I decided to get crazy with the hall bathroom.  I'd been scouring Pinterest looking for ideas.  I came across a bathroom...

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Labor Day has come and gone, marking the official end of summer.  This weekend I spent time with my family, got a new serger (more on that later!), and finished the ottoman I had been working on. We have an ottoman that sits under the living room window.  This is where the dogs like to sit and look out the window.  Our poor...

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