A simple easy recipe for a fall snack....

I love Facebook memories feature. It reminds me of things that I did so I can do them again. Such is the case with today's memory from a few years back. I had purchased a Pyrex Halloween bowl with the black cat. When candy corn started showing up in the stores everywhere, it reminded me of a concoction I had made for several years. I purchased a bag of candy corn and three packs of honey roasted peanuts. 

I filled the bowl 1/2 full with candy corn.

Then I added a layer of honey roasted peanuts. 

I put the lid on and shook it up real good to get it mixed up. Not only is it colorful and delicious, but it tastes exactly like eating a Pay Day candy bar. I really suggest you try it this fall. I am never without it now.

Speaking of candy corn, this also popped up in my memories. My niece Amy had made this out of clay flower pots and a glass bowl candy dish. Isn't it just adorable? If I am not mistaken, she may even have made the runner underneath it.  

What a crazy sky....

As I was driving to work the other a storm was brewing. Funny thing was, it was only brewing on one side of the road. To my right hand side it was dark billowing clouds. To the left hand side big white fluffy clouds. It was so crazy but kinda cool. Check them out. 

My Food Blog

For a little fun today, I thought I would do a food blog. I look at other food blogs and am so impressed with the elegant dishes, the fancy names of the dishes and the amazing layout of the photo shoot for the dishes.

Since I am a picky eater and a lazy cook, I had to laugh at myself for some of the "meals" I fix. I was discussing this with someone the other day. They suggested I do a food blog entitled "What Real People Eat." I thought that was cute so here I go, sharing some of my real-life meals that real people eat. 

Being in the south, we don't always eat healthy (well, I'm not sure I EVER do.) But we sure love our pork sausage and fried bacon. In an iron skillet but in a pinch we will do it in the oven.

Biscuits. Most definitely biscuits. And for me, it's from a can. NEVER EVER from scratch. Wouldn't even know where to begin. 

Homemade beef cabbage veggie soup. This one does take some effort because you have cut up the cabbage. But it is so delicious.

I will occasionally make homemade spaghetti sauce from scratch with a pinch of this and a pinch of that. I love it, but it would probably never be found in an Italian restaurant.

Oh and homemade biscuit gravy. A once a week thing when I have the time. I love bacon gravy instead of sausage gravy. Oh great, now I'm hungry.

And homemade pizza bread. The best in the land. I make these 2 or 3 times a month. So simple and so good.

I also buy what is called barbecue buns which are top sliced hot dog buns and grill the sides for delicious hot dogs. 

I also make a pizza cheese sandwich quiet frequently. I just make a grilled cheese but the inside is pizza sauce, pork sausage (cooked) and colby-jack cheese. A creation my grandson, Caleb, came up with when he was 8 that is now a family favorite.

And the one meal every grown up will fix for supper in a pinch but never admit to....cereal and buttered toast. I always have apple butter on the side. 

There you have it my food blog. The simple meals for a simple life for a simple person. I am what I am. 

Starting my fall decor.....

I got started on my fall decor by accident yesterday. I wanted to do the flower arrangement in my wagon with all my Dollar Tree stuff. So I just went ahead and did it.

It looked so cute with my scarecrow that I had to put the new blue place mats on to see if his blue denim made everything pull together. I was really happy with the result and the place mats go great with my wallpaper border.

I started thinking about what to do with the extra leaves so I got out my box of fall decor and decided they would be great with my little pumpkins and squashes in a basket on the living room table so I went looking for one of my empty baskets to use and decided to see what they would look like. Next thing I knew I was digging in my fall box to just go ahead and do the coffee table to see if I liked it. I did. So that decorating was done. 

Then I realized that one of the many coasters I bought at the beach was the same fabric as the table runner I made a few years back so I got that to put out for any drinks on the table.

There were some extra flowers in my fall box and some extra raffia from the wagon arrangement so I decided to take the summer display off the kitchen table and went back to my box of fall goodies and came up with all this.

Then I spotted my mums and sunflowers in the magical box of goodies. So I replaced the summer flowers in my McCoy pitcher that belonged to my Mamaw Eden. It's on top of my fridge and I keep the flowers changed out for the different seasons. 

That was four new arrangements in one morning. Well, I made it that far so I decided to see what else I could do. I moved my DVD and TV box to a little side table instead of the shelf in my fireplace. So I put a little decor in there.

Then I got out my favorite fall blanket that Mom made me years ago with primitive stitchery.

And I hung my little sign I got at Dollar Tree.

I even had a new spoon holder for the stove that I found at the beach.

Since I had just rearranged my bakers rack for the new Pyrex, I put some fall stuff on there with all my fall colored bowls.

I did some rearranging on my wine rack to incorporated my blue and white stuff the other day. I won't put any fall on it unless I find something else with blues and oranges. But I want to show it to you anyway because I am in love with it.

The great part about all this is I got it all done (dusting included) in two hours then go dressed and went to work. I still need something for my kitchen bar and the top of my TV. I'm off this weekend for a four day weekend so I'll do a little shopping and see what I can find. I'll show you what I do with those when I get them done.

Top 10 Tuesday

Thanks to Pinterest and their recommendations of things they think I will like, I now have some new holiday decor thought. 

I don't have a real fireplace, but I have one of the artificial ones that holds a TV so I'm looking for a way to decorate around the top. It brought me up some ideas.

Gorgeous fall and thanksgiving centerpiece idea.

I love this. I have a Harvest angel to match the turkey. I am going to check around to see if I can find that turkey.

This is cute. I need to let my kids make this in Children's church.

I love this. 

Oh how pretty.

I have a table almost like this. I need to figure out something for it similar to this. 

Another cute mantel idea. 

Oh I really, really love this one. 

I am really enjoying all the ideas with buffalo plaid this year.

Some final things to share....

My trip was so wonderful to the beach this past week and I did share some photos Saturday. But I forgot to share this one. Our resort has a restaurant that does an amazing breakfast bar. Since we booked early in the year, we received a free breakfast coupon for every day we were there for each of us. We feasted every morning on a variety of things like eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, gravy, cereal, waffles, etc. The free part was awesome but the view was a great way to start our morning. 

One day while we were there, Krispy Kreme released their lemon donuts. Oh my word! Never have I had a donut so delicious. Couldn't wait to get back home and have some more of them. Only to arrive home and find out our Krispy Kreme isn't going to carry them. So sad.

We loved the walks on the beach, sitting out on the beach and reading, sitting on the balcony. But we also loved the times we would take shopping trips to various stores we enjoy at Myrtle Beach. On one of our trips, I actually found the casserole dish in the new 60th Anniversary Corningware Cornflower Blue pattern. I was so excited. I can't wait to make something in it. Just trying to decide what to fix first in it. 

We always go to a place called Homespun Crafter's Mall. I like to pick up coasters to use for special occasions and holidays. I got these for my sister. She loves anything for her camper and she decorates like crazy at Christmas, just like I do. She sells these so cheap and they make great little gifts as well.

That particular store is a "booth" store similar to an antique store. It has crafts, craft supplies, home decor and vintage items. in one booth I found the Butterfly Gold vintage Pyrex for $7 and I was beyond thrilled. Of course I snatched it up. Then when I was checking out, I saw the stripes bowl sitting on their back counter. I asked about it and some lady had changed her mind and when I found out it was just $8, I snatched it up as well. It is hard to find. Very hard to find in my area and I have wanted one for years. I was ready to do a happy dance. 

Then we went to our favorite place, Tomlinsons. They are a huge store with just plain metal racks and concrete floors. They sell home decor, linen, clothes and shoes but all at amazingly low prices. We also went to Christmas Mouse, which we do every year. So between those three stores, I scored a few new items for Christmas at a great bargain. Some of the coasters are for me and some to tuck in with a few gifts for friends.

We went in a few different stores this year and this stuff came from a variety of place, but I am so excited to incorporated this into my other Halloween decor in October. 

But my favorite of all were my fall items. I love fall. I found some beautiful woven square placemats for $1.49 each (what a deal) I fell in love with them but knew I wanted something for fall so I was torn. I decided to buy them anyway and look for something blue and orange to tie them into fall. So I found a scarecrow in denim bibs in blue and found a few other things to go with it to create a centerpiece for my table. Hopefully I can tie all this into together for a fall table. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Some people laugh at me for putting fall stuff out before Fall actually begins. But I decorate by the month. September will be fall, October I incorporate the Halloween into the fall decor. November I take out Halloween and put my Thanksgiving stuff in with the fall. Then after Black Friday weekend it all goes up and Christmas comes out. I love the last four months of the year better than any other time of the year. I can't wait to get started decorating this week.