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Sep 10

When your teacher gives you homework over the weekend but you know your only plans consist of watching Daria, Beavis and Butthead and TRL on MTV all weekend long. #90s

It’s decades day at school and we chose the 90s. She has no concept of what a decade is and certainly doesn’t get the fashion, but I DID tell her to greet all of her classmates this morning with “Sup, home skillet?!” 👍🏻

I’ve done my part. #90sbaby

*Update: we had to do a last minute costume change because apparently overalls are too stressful to deal with during potty breaks. She is now representing the 1950s as Rizzo from the Pink Ladies. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Sep 9

Build your perfect burger in the comments! 👇🍔⁣
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In true Laura fashion, if you were to ask me this question tomorrow, my answer would probably be different than whatever I told you today. I'm a very "moody" eater and decision maker. It truly depends on my mood in that moment in time. I cannot commit to having a favorite food, favorite music genre, favorite book, favorite movie, etc. People like me are a delight to try to make any sort of plans with, am I right? 😅⁣
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Honestly, I'll take a burger just about any ol' way. Just don't put peanut butter on it. That's actually a thing in some restaurants, and I can't get past it. Also, hold the mustard and processed cheese.👌

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Sep 2

Hey friends! Could you lend me an ear? 🌽

Sorry. I’ll refrain from being….corny. 😏

Just kidding! Can’t stop, won’t stop. My latest blog post is all about corn, and if you’re firing up the grill this Labor Day weekend, you’ll want to …”stalk” it out! 🙃

Recipe linked in bio!

https://www.southernmadesimple.com/mexican-street-corn/

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Aug 27

First day out of quarantine and she’s finally getting to participate in her first spirit day of the year at school.

She’s ready to (punk) “rock the eagles” like it’s the summer of ‘03 and she’s headed to Warped Tour 🤘🏻🎸😜

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Aug 26

No, your eyes do not deceive you. I'm sharing a food post. For the first time in many, many weeks. ⁣
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And honestly, I'm not even encouraging you to try this recipe. (Although it's killer, and you should.) This post is really for me.⁣
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To remind me that it's okay to hit pause when you need to, but to always hold the things that ignite your soul close to you. I love to cook. I'm subpar at it at best, but I really love it. I love food. I love cooking. I love creating. I love food photography, and I 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 love writing. I love the blog I created. I love looking back at my old posts and cringing at how I worded things, how I photographed things, and how I didn't always include precise measurements in recipes. I'm still not great about that. But I love it because I see the growth. I see that passion growing over the years, and it's such a sweet reminder to me.⁣
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My Etsy business boomed very quickly - and for which I am super grateful. Finding time to balance that work and doing the "work" that I love has been hard, but I've always believed that you make time for what's important to you. I've been apart from my blog for far too long. I'm ready to step back into it and continue to do what I love. ⁣
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These food posts may not be as frequent as they once were. You'll still likely see a lot more life photos than food for a while, but today - for the first time in a long time - I feel excited and hopeful to feel that spark I feel when I'm cooking, photographing and writing once again. #southernmadesimple

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Aug 11

Day 2 of school photo mainly because I want to remember the days that she let me dress her with minimal complaining. 👍🏻

And I still have my 4th of July decor on my front porch. I quit worrying about it. My family is probably taking bets to see how close I get to Christmas before I think to switch it up. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Aug 10

First day of first grade! ✏️🍎

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Aug 9

Are your kids heading back to school this week? I've got a little one ready for her 1st day of 1st grade tomorrow!⁣
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If you give a gift to teachers on the first day, I've got a FREE printable gift tag up for grabs on the blog - link in bio!⁣
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https://www.southernmadesimple.com/free-1st-day-of-school-hang-tag-printable/⁣
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#firstdayofschool #printable #freeprintable #southernmadesimple #teachergift #firstdayofschoolgift

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Aug 1

765 orders in the month of July. 1536 individual items created and packaged. My hands are dried out from handling cardboard boxes. My fingers are cramping from writing a thank you note to go in every single package. I’m probably over caffeinated, I’m certain I don’t get enough sleep, and my house is rarely clean these days.

But man, there’s just something about these days. I’m so grateful for them. I work long hours 7 days a week. My girls have always seen me work from home, but never like this. They’ve always been my drive, and I want to always show them that it’s okay to fearlessly work towards your dreams and creative pursuits.

And that goes for you, too. If there’s something you’ve always wanted to do, here’s your sign to go for it. You can do it - I’ll be right here cheering you on! 💪🏻

Oh, and here’s a parent hack: Kids won’t look at the camera at the same time? Sunglasses my friend. No one will know. 👌🏻

#smallbusinessowner #etsyseller

www.Etsy.com/shop/southmadesimple

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Jul 29

Felt a little nostalgic this morning. I was 19 in this picture. I had just moved into the Chi Omega house at my university and loved every part about college life. My memory box is filled with my sister’s wedding invitations and save the dates now. 19 was fun and mostly carefree. I thought my 30s were a lifetime away when I was 19, but here I am - rocking my 30s and aging like a fine cheese. My hip only hurts occasionally and my gray hairs are coming in like they’re in a hurry. Life is good. 😂

If you attended a university, were you active in Greek life? I’d love to hear what you pledged! ❤️💛 #chiomega

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Jul 26

Three years old today!

Happy birthday, my sweet Laken. 🎀

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Jul 19

2100 orders and growing. So insanely grateful. These orders from over the weekend are heading out to the post office with my two tiny business partners. They have the task of putting the packages into the crates at the post office. The littlest one treats them like basketballs and thinks she has to dunk them into the bins with extreme force. The post master thinks it’s hilarious, and it’s a huge part of the reason mama had to upgrade our packaging to boxes. 🤦🏻‍♀️

That, and the postal service handles my packages like a bull in a china shop. But that’s neither here nor there. I’m just super grateful. Thank you, you beautiful people. ❤️

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Jul 18

One of these girls gives me a whole lot of grief about getting Sunday morning pictures.

I’ll give you a hint - it’s probably the one with her hands folded in the front with a sweet little innocent smile. Good Lord Jesus in Heaven help me when her pretty little mouth sasses me one more time today.

How’s your Sunday morning going, friends? 😅

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Jul 17

I had to let my flower garden go.

When I planted all of these zinnias, I was pretty excited at the idea of having fresh cut flowers every day. My garden thrived. The flowers are beautiful. But I’ve made peace with walking away from it, because I’ve had a few shifts in my life recently that have taken over a lot of the time I had dedicated to things like raising a flower garden.

I’ve found that if I sit and think about that too long, I’ll get sad. Really, these shifts have been wonderful, though slightly unexpected. Nothing to be sad about. I just hate to walk away from such beauty and let it wither like that.

But I’m learning that there is also beauty in walking away, closing doors, saying no and not looking back. I’m glad I planted the garden. I got joy out of it. I took T’s picture in it for memories. And now I’m moving on. ❤️

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Jul 8

Sliding into the bases on their new baseball diamond shaped slip n’ slide from @aldiusa!

$20 well spent - my only regret is not picking up some peanuts and cracker jacks while I was there. 😏

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Jul 7

“Hey Mom, like my new zucchini??”

Bless her. She means bikini, but I didn’t have the heart to correct her. 😂

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Jun 29

May your day be filled with more joy than a little girl in a red checkered dress drinking a Shirley Temple from the Cracker Barrel on a hot summer day! 😋

Filing that one away in my “The Most Southern Things I’ve Ever Said” file. 👍🏻

This adorable watermelon hair bow is part of the summer collection from @southernbelleslikebigbows! Isn’t it lovely? 🎀😍

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Jun 28

Somewhere in amongst these 3 totes full of packages headed to the post office today is our 1000th sale on Etsy.

To be clear, I am overwhelmingly grateful. I absolutely do not want to give the wrong impression here. But there has been something gnawing at me as sales have begun to pick up and I am dealing with more customers, and yesterday it just really felt like my sunshine was being dimmed.

I’ve always loved people. I am moderately extroverted, and I just typically enjoy people in general. But people have been a problem for me lately. In the last two weeks I have dealt with more horribly rude venom spitting nasty women than I could stand, and somewhere down the road my skin wore thin and I let them really get to me. I started to feel negatively towards people as a whole. It was awful. It was and is not like me. At all.

But I still believe people are good. I will still love them. My light, my joy, my talents and my passions are just a little more guarded right now.

Nothing is going to steal my joy through this crazy business journey that has begun to take off for my family. Look at these two girls. They are watching their Mama. They will see their mama love people anyway, and my light will not be dimmed. Through it all, I am grateful.☀️

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Jun 20

He’s such an incredible father to our girls. He’s also an incredible husband, and I am so eternally grateful he is mine. Happy Father’s Day, my love. 💙

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Jun 18

I’ll be honest - I don’t love gardening. I love watching other people enjoy gardening and seeing what they’re growing, but I personally am just not into it. It’s probably just the season I’m in. Goodness knows I’m distracted by a million other things.

I planted a small garden this year. Nothing crazy. My goal was to make sure I had enough tomatoes for a summer full of tomato sandwiches and enough zinnias to bring myself fresh cut flowers every day. So far I’m doing okay, and that’s enough for me. Good grief, aren’t they gorgeous? 🍅 🌺

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Jun 15

Here’s to chapter 31 ❤️🎂

Kids are the best at photobombing.

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