Welcome to my 2018 Christmas home! If you are coming from the ever so talented Kim of Sand & Sisal, welcome to my little blog! If you are just joining in, each day this week there has been a group of talented bloggers sharing their Christmas homes as part of The Happy Housie’s Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series. Today is my turn and I hope you get the chance to check out Thursdays Christmas homes line up! I’m also sharing my post at Jennifer Rizzo’s Holiday Housewalk Linky Party 2018.[...]
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Happy Holidays! It's been an overwhelming month for me, I've gone through a lot of changes and I'm slowly trying to cope with them all. I will share my story in another post, but for now, I want to share a simple and inexpensive gift idea! You can also check out more holiday gift ideas at the end of this post. Ever since the first time I was introduced to Daiso here in Okinawa, Japan I haven't been able to stay away. If you have not been to a Japanese Daiso, let me tell you... you are mis[...]
Can you believe that we have 14 days left until Halloween? Where did this month go? It's already mid-October, and I haven't started making my kids Halloween costumes. Eeek! Hopefully, I'll get them started this week and take pictures. In one of my previous posts, I had mentioned that during October we watch 31 days of Halloween movies with our kids (it sounds crazy, I know) but, it's one of the traditions we like to do as a family to get into the spirit of All Hallows Eve. Plus there's no better way to[...]
I love all the spices and foods that Autumn brings. The aroma of cinnamon, spicy clove, pungent ginger—these are some of the fall spices that make me wish for crisp days, autumn leaves, baked goods fresh from the oven and hearty soups and stews. Even though it's been raining, we even had a few typhoons hit us these last few weeks! Our temperatures are still hot and humid. With the tropical weather we live in year around, it's safe to say that Autumn doesn't exist here. We are on an everyday basis of a h[...]