Take a look at the new furniture collection from The Pioneer Woman. It gives vintage looks without the price.

November 29, 2024 • Lifestyle

We all know about The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond for her best selling cookbooks, and her cooking show and, I am sure if you have been in a Wal Mart lately, you have seen her line of utensils, dishes and other kitchen items.

I own a few spatulas from her line, but that is about it.

But, recently she released a new line of furniture

and it really caught my eye.

My home is a mixture of collected items and new items, and I love the feel, because it gives me peace. I have my Grandma's writing desk, I also have a dresser of hers, and on the back it shows every payment my Grandpa made on the piece. These pieces of furniture mean the world to mean.

The Pioneer Woman Furniture collection give me this same feeling.

"It really is a blend of my own love of vintage-chic pieces and my husband's love of durable, rustic-ranch items," she recently told Southern Living. "I love for the furniture pieces in our home to look like they aren't necessarily brand new, so when I designed this collection, I made sure to incorporate great texture so they had an heirloom, passed down-down feel to them."

Here are just a few of my favorites.

You can see the full collection here.

This spindle bed looks straight from your Grandma's house

Pioneer Woman Harper Queen Spindle Bed

Pioneer Woman Harper Leather Recliner Whiskey & Faux Cowhide

Pioneer Woman Tufted Sofa Teal

Pioneer Woman Callie Round Dining Table

Thanks for stopping by!

Dana

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Easy French Meringues

July 17, 2024 • Cooking

For years, I have adored these cute French Meringues, but never thought I could make them.

They look so delicate!

I used this recipe from Preppy Kitchen and, they turned out perfect!

I colored mine pink

Tips for the perfect meringue

Eggs must be at room temperature-cold eggs tend to reduce merinque volume

Never let any yoke get into the whites

Don't over beat the eggs

And maybe the most important tip is to add the sugar slowly, very slowly!

Love,
Dana

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Coffee & Conversation

July 12, 2024 • Coffee & Conversation

Happy Mid Summer!!
I am a tad behind but, here is the Readers Digest version of things!
Man it has been HOT here in the South, but really everywhere!
But even though it is hot, I am the weird one who still drinks hot coffee, no matter what the temp outside!
Are you team cold coffee or hot?
Around here it has been a busy summer so far, we are trying to pack as much as possible into the time we have before we all head in different directions in mid August.
Ella, Gary & I started playing weekly tennis.
At first we sucked, but now we suck less & less and really enjoy it!
In May, Ella and I took a fantastic girls trip to NYC and it was amazing.
This was the first time we had ever spend any time there and we loved every minute of it.
Here just a few of the hundreds of pictures I snapped.

NYC view from The Hudson River Line

OMG! I ran into Wallace Shawn while walking to dinner!

We met a Rockette after touring Radio City Music Hall

NYC Dana was loving it!

In June, we took our yearly family cruise trip to the Bahamas.

Taking a cruise is one of our favorite ways to travel.

We cruised out of Tampa and it was so much fun.

Allure of the Seas was an amazing ship!

Central Park on Allure of the Seas

Loving our Perfect Day at CoCo Cay!

Here are some items I have been loving around our house!

Coffee Pod Holder

Kitchen Cafe Curtains

Heads up, cafe curtains are coming back in style and I am loving them! I recently removed my blinds from my kitchen and put up cafe curtains. They are shear and allow light thru, but give privacy.

In my neck of the woods, the only thing that is outside of our windows are Deer.

Acai Refresher Cups

We have enjoyed some lazy days at home inside trying to stay cool, but also loving the long days when we are floating down the

New River or kayaking on Lake Norman.

I have eaten my share of watermelon this summer and it is always a refreshing treat!

Do you salt your watermelon? I think it is a Southern thing!

We have also been cleaning our garage(ugh) and our attic. Whew! It is a dirty chore, but so needed. Having clean organized spaces is my love language. It is amazing the crap we keep!

I have used Bagster in the past because it is so easy, I throw all my junk in it, schedule pick up and done!

Sorry so short and sweet! See you next week!

Love,

Dana

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Simple Pasta Salad

July 10, 2024 • Cooking

I love pasta salad!

The thing about making pasta salad is you can do your own thing.

This is my version with all my favorites!

12 oz Tri Color Rotini Pasta

16 oz Italian Dressing

1/2 Red Onion Diced

1 Small Can Black Olives

1/2 Block of Sharp Cheese cubed

1/2 cup Parmesan Cheese

1 cup of Pepperoni

Love,

Dana

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A 1950s Boone, NC Motel is Transformed into Rhode's Motor Lodge

July 8, 2024 • #rhodesmotorlodge, #travel, #wheretostayinboone, Travel

I know when you hear motor lodge and it brings up visions of old, dark, scary motels on the side on the road! Not in this case,we visited the newly remodeled and stunningly gorgeous Rhode's Motor Lodge in Boone and WOW!

Let me show you around!

We loved the fire pit after a long day of tubing