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Schoolyard Inspired

There's nothing more freeing than taking it back to those long gone days of the schoolyard.  And skirts with tennis shoes is the absolute best way to bring back that merry-go-round and jumping out of swings that's buried deep down in us all.  

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strawberry love

I love strawberries to say the least. And May is prime time in Tennessee for strawberry pickin'.

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5 Best Things About Being A Daddy to Little Girls

Growing up I always wanted to be that feared dad that had beautiful little girls. You know, the kind that scares off any boyfriend (I just threw up in my mouth a little) when they come over for the first time. Then, when I found out we were going to have another little girl (Mallory), I knew two things at that point, I was going to have to step up my game or I was in trouble and…I was in trouble! So here is the list. It was actually quite hard to narrow it down to just five things, but I managed to somehow. 

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5 Ways To Take Care of YOU

Since becoming a mother, I’ve learned I am dead dog last on the priority list of people.   I secretly day dream of someone in my immediate or extended family noticing this. After taking notice they extend an offer to let up on their demands or let me escape to take care of me. Then reality hits, I wake up and I remember the cold, hard truth. They don’t. They won’t. I need to take care of me! So my darling friend if you find yourself in the same place, here are my top five survival skills.

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Allgood's Top 5 Tennessee Wines

Below you will find my personal list of the best 5 Tennessee wines that I keep stocked, especially in the warmer months of the year. These wines range from sweet to semi sweet, I have never been a fan of dry wine, so my apologies to the dry wine drinkers. I prefer desert wines, like the blackberry from Arrington Vineyards or something that is good to eat with a good fruit and cheese tray like the Lantana White or Southern Rose and are semi sweet

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the twirl

These collected images are my story.  They are the one dimensional representation of my life.  I am movement & energy.  My life breathes out a screenplay script scribbled full of scenes fueled by nothing more than the devout passion to create and a holy hope to connect.  

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celebrating simply.
{concentrate on our callings}

When we neglect to concentrate on our callings we lose sight of the vivid spectrum, this magnificent refraction of light, that can happen.

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{pencil to paper}
{deliberate in motion}
{dream tracks}
{eclectic-esque}
{texture & january goals}
{behind}

Power & worth are big words.  Enormously impacting, they live. Breathing hope.  Nurturing try.  This duo of potential is forthright & robust in reservoirs procured by our very heartbeats.  It's a zesty notion, you know?  One a bit zany for the practical kind.

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{bettering}
{booking}
{bringing to Christmas}
{red & green}
{gratitude}
{gray}

Shall I mention now that I see no reason to discriminate between prints and wearing them ALL TOGETHER or should I just let you make your own fashion deductions?  No, sweetie.  Don't adjust your screen.  It's not flashing at you.  That would be the dots on.my.legs and the not just horizontal or vertical BUT BOTH type of stripes combined on my torso WITH a hot-tastic splash of..wait for it...SHARPIE NEON YELLOW for a belt.

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