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***UPDATED 6/25/23*** We hope you s pend your Independence Day celebrating with pride and great food. T hese all-American desserts make for a tasty   Fourth of July celebration.   No-Bake Berry Cheesecakes Delish.com Serving them in little dishes means everyone gets their own, and who doesn't love to dig their spoon into their own cute mini cheesecake?! To make for fewer dishes, use clear plastic cups.   Firecracker Strawberries Delish.com We all know there needs to be booze. These  red, white, and blue  strawberries are first soaked in vodka, then dunked in marshmallow fluff and sprinkles for the most patriotic look ever. Just make sure when serving children, you have an identifiable tray of RWB strawberries just for them ;)   Flag cake FoodNetwork.com Oh say, can you see...this delightful cake is all about the stars and strips and creamy icing!    FROZEN CHOCOLATE-COVERED BANANAS twosisterscrafting.com Bananas & chocolate...OH MY!  Red, White, and Blue Crispy Ri

Our annual trip to the OBX came in May this year. Typically the weather is super nice this time of year. But the ocean water is still to chilly for me.  We stay at my husbands family vacation home in Rodanthe. Have you ever seen the movie Nights in Rodanthe ? That house is just up the street. It's especially fun to look at that house and take pictures. Someone actually moved the house a few years ago from it's original beachfront property because it was getting ready to go into the ocean. I'm glad whoever bought the house saved it. We stayed ten days this time around. The weather was perfect, in the mid 70s most of the time. Our daughter and grandson came along. We’ve been coming done as a family for over 30 years. My husband's family has been coming down for over 45 years.  Day1: We usually stop at a rest area a couple hours into the trip. Virginia has these LOVE signs all around the state. The next stop is ALWAYS The Border Station. Half the store is in Virginia and

Southerners have come up with some out of this world sayings. Whether you are from another part of the country or from another country altogether, we hope you enjoy this collection of Southern sayings. 1. Bless your heart. While this phrase can be meant sincerely, it usually has an edge. This is a refine way of insulting your intelligence without using so many words. 2. If I had my druthers. "If I had my way" or "If I had my choice." Merriam-Webster points out that " druther " has its origin in classic American fiction, where  Mark Twain's  characters Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn used it as a shortening of "would rather." 3. Hold your horses. If you're rushing into action without thinking things through. 4. She's stuck up higher than a light pole. If a "stuck up" person thinks that they're better than everyone around them, someone who's "stuck up higher than a light pole" has some serious ego issues. 5. Finer t

***UPDATED 5/31/24*** Did you know you can use household pantry items to help grow your garden and are great insect/animal repellants? Here are a few tips & tricks: BAKING SODA - S prinkle it on the surface of your soil to make your geraniums, coneflowers, daylilies, and clematis bloom like crazy. That’s because baking soda is alkaline, and those flowers thrive on alkaline soil. Also makes your tomatoes sweeter. Y ou can use it to prevent fungus because its alkalinity creates an environment hostile to fungal growth. Simply stir a teaspoon of baking soda into a liter of water and spray the leaves of your fungus-prone plants (these include tomatoes and lilacs). CREAM OF TARTAR -  makes a great ant repellant, s imply sprinkle a bit on the perimeter of the table or wherever you want to dust their trail. CAYENNE PEPPER - Repel  squirrels, these little buggers like to  dig flower bulbs. To deter them, sprinkle cayenne pepper around your bulb gardens. Reapply when you see the squirrels