Everyday Living

Top 5 Posts Of 2017

~ Christmas, Decorating, Food & Entertaining, Gardening, Home Tours, Travel

 “I perceived that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken from it. God has done it, so that people fear before him.”
‭‭Ecclesiastes‬ ‭3:14‬ ‭

Hello sweet friends! I hope everyone is staying warm and cozy as the arctic blast makes its way through! This cold weather has been a good excuse to catch up on some reading and much needed relaxing after the holidays. For me, the New Year always feels so refreshing and I love to reflect on what the previous year held.  As I have been looking over my most viewed blog posts from 2017, it’s obvious that you, my sweet readers, share a love for the same things as me…travel, decorating, and gardening! I know some of you are thinking “why are there no tablescapes in Everyday Living’s most viewed posts?”  I am glad you asked!  This year, I divided my Top Ten most viewed into two different posts, and the tablescapes have a post of their very own!  I love to share my Everyday Living with you all, and today you are allowing me to do just that…from walking around a Historic Southern town, to Christmas, to gardening!

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Simple + Southern Sunday No. 164

~ Christmas, Everyday Living, Faith, Simple + Southern Sunday

   

The Birth of Jesus Christ

 “In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria. 3 And all went to be registered, each to his own town. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn…

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Our Christmas Traditions

~ Christmas, Decorating, Faith, Food & Entertaining, Holidays, Music

“And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased!””
‭‭Luke‬ ‭2:13-14‬ ‭

Is Christmas really only 4 days away?!  I hope all of you are finished with your shopping and all of the hustle and bustle that comes along with this time of year so that you are able to relax and enjoy this coming weekend with your families! Here at Everyday Living, we have been busy sharing our home decorated with things collected over many years…the precious items that are held so deeply to our hearts and full of memories! Before Christmas arrives on Monday, I wanted to let you all, our dear readers, in to a more personal side of our family’s Christmas…some of the traditions we have.  Some have been a part for a long time and some are a little newer! Traditions are the moments and the times that create memories that last a lifetime!  
    *No one gets into the Christmas spirit more than my Renaissance Man. He begins with the cutting of pine, cedar, and Leyland Cypress from our twenty acres.READ MORE