Girlfriends Guide 2

Because Homeschooling Is A Lifestyle

Custom Graduation Stationery

I was asked to do a sponsored post by Basic Invite, although I am compensated, all opinions and thoughts are 100% mine. It's time to start planning for graduation! Can you believe it's that time already? Another homeschool year is coming to a close in a few months. Where does the time go? I'm here to help you plan with my Homeschool Graduation Planner that will help you be organized and not forget anything for your senior's graduation. Check it out here! Why start planning now? Whether you are planning Preschool graduation or Kindergarten graduation for your adorable little graduate, or Senior graduation for your child that has grown up way too fast, starting to plan now will ... read more

How My Allergies are Destroying My Health & How I’m Taking My Health Back

So I'm not really sure how to start this post. It's very personal and I've kinda strayed away from posting about myself lately, but I feel like I really need to share this with you. Maybe it will help someone else. So here goes! I've been having really bad allergic reactions lately, I mean really, really bad. I've had allergies for years, but come on, I'm turning the big 5-0 this July and you'd think I'd be past the point of getting new allergies, right? Apparently not. The sad thing is I think this may have been going on for much longer than I've thought and it's just really catching up with me. Maybe even years. So what's going on? For the past few months, I've been breaking ... read more

New Favorite Kitchen Must-Haves

So, after 29 years of marriage, it's time for a kitchen overhaul. I really need to throw myself a kitchen shower or even a housewarming party, but that would be kinda tacky wouldn't it? So instead of throwing myself a shower, and spending all kinds of money on a party, I've just been slowly making a list of all the things that need to be replaced, things I'm missing and some new gadgets and pretty things that I'd just love to have. I started doing this last Fall, slowly replacing a few things here and there and there have been a few items that I've gotten so far that I'm not sure how I've been cooking without them. So here are some of my new, favorite things that I've bought or been ... read more

Red Velvet Cheerwine Cupcakes For My Valentine

Red Velvet Cheerwine Cupcakes...For my Valentine...Perfection! My husband is crazy for Cheerwine and don’t go thinking that it’s liquor! It’s not, it’s only the best soda in the entire world. There is no description for it because there is nothing like it. It’s closest cousin is a cherry soda, but that would be like a seventh cousin. It’s amazing and full of cherry flavor and all fizzy and yummy. Ok, back to the recipe!  I saw a picture online of a cupcake that was red velvet with Cheerwine, cream cheese frosting with dark chocolate drizzle and a maraschino cherry on top. Sounds divine, right? Well, I spent the better part of yesterday looking for the recipe but I couldn’t find one. I ... read more

Chocolate Overload! A DIY Women’s Galentine’s Meeting

“This post may be sponsored or contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. See my full disclosure here.” Way back in December a friend, Joy, and I asked if we could do a chocolate themed women's meeting at our church, and of course, February is the perfect month for that! It turned out so pretty! I was hoping that all the ladies would feel loved and tickled pink when they walked in. You could smell the chocolate! We didn't even need candles. We are a small group, and we kept things simple, but elegant. The pictures just don't do it justice. Our color scheme was black, gold, pinks, and red. ... read more

Let’s talk Fever Blisters. Yuck!

“This post may be sponsored or contain affiliate links, which means I may receive a small commission, at no cost to you, if you make a purchase through a link. See my full disclosure here.” It has officially switched from summer to winter here in the south. Where did fall go? We didn't get one this year and since with the weather swinging like a pendulum, everyone here is you guessed it, coming down with colds, including me and to top it all off I woke up the other day with a fever blister. (Insert eye roll here) I would like to take this time and thank my family for sharing these. They can be inherited, did you know that? So just about everyone on my mom's side of the ... read more