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August 28, 2020 · Southern Living

I love porches! When we lived in Ohio we, unfortunately, did not have a porch. When we were looking for our home in South Carolina, one of my requirements was it had to have a porch and palm trees. I not only wanted one porch, but I also wanted a southern home with a double porch. My wish came true! For as long as I can remember I have loved porches, they make a home look more inviting in my opinion. Growing up in Ohio my childhood home did not have a porch, my parents moved to Montana and my Mom always had dreamed of having a porch also. My parents built their dream home and my Mom finally got her large porch looking out at the mountains, beautiful!

Southern Porches

Porches have a few different names, piazza, and veranda. I guess it depends where you live geographically and where your porch is on your home. Porches were popular in southern homes prior to AC. They were a place where families could go to sit and take advantage of the breezes to help cool off. I have seen many porches in Charleston with a “privacy door” on them, people used these as “sleeping porches” or for privacy to just strip down to their bloomers back in the day when they dressed to the nines to cool off!

I don’t think I need to tell you how much I love my porch, I have decked it out with rocking chairs and a swing. My husband and I love to go and sit with a Moscow Mule and relax. We also love decorating for holidays, the 4th of July, and Memorial Day we put up red, white, and blue flag banners. I will link them on my “favorite things” page. This year I put up some hanging ferns, I found these awesome retractable hooks that you can pull down to the water and then push them back up when you are done. Amazing! We had Cardinals build a nest in there. I will have to tell you my theory on Cardinals another time, but they are one of my favorite birds!

Do y’all have porches and if you don’t are you going to put it on your must-have for your next home? I am looking forward to decorating for the holidays, how do y’all decorate your porches? I would love some ideas!
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๐‘น๐’๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’” 12:6
Letโ€™s age ๐’ˆ๐’“๐’‚๐’•๐’†fully together ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿป

๏ผช๏ฝ•๏ฝŒ๏ฝ‰๏ฝ…  ๏ผญ๏ฝ๏ฝŽ๏ฝ‘๏ฝ•๏ฝ…๏ฝŽ
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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ญ๐œ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž, ๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฒ๐ž ๐จ๐ง ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐. ๐™ฟ๐š›๐š˜๐šŸ๐šŽ๐š›๐š‹๐šœ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿป:๐Ÿน
It's difficult sometimes when someone hurts us. We sometimes wonder why God "isn't doing anything" about the bad things in the world, or the bad people in our lives. 
But it isn't up to us. We only need to worry about ourselves. He sees it all, the good and the bad. And sometimes we only see a small part of what is really going on in someone's life. It is easy to make a judgment. It is difficult to ๐Ÿ‘‡
Give it to God ๐Ÿค
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•! 
 #christianblogger #hellosouthblog #Floridablogger #prayonit #Godsgotthis #prayerchangesthings #talktojesus #inspirationalwords #Godisgood #praywithoutceasing #proverbs
๐Ÿ“Œ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ก๐ž๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ? 
There are a lot of benefits to having a dog, besides unconditional love. ๐Ÿค Studies have shown that just petting a dog can:
โ€ข Lower your blood pressure
โ€ข Lower heart rate
โ€ข Slows breathing
โ€ข Relaxes muscle tension
I think Theo has been doing a good job of all of the above! I won't even get into what he does when I have a migraine. ๐Ÿคฏ Dogs are amazing. ๐Ÿค
Do you have a dog? Do you agree with what these studies have shown? 
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•! 
 #dogblog #lifestyleblog #hellosouthblog #Floridablogger #shinefromtheinsideout #doglife #doglover #dogloversofinstagram #therapydog @theos_corner_
โ€ข ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ โ€ข
๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‹๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ; ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐ž๐ž๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ. ๐™ด๐šก๐š˜๐š๐šž๐šœ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿบ:๐Ÿท๐Ÿบ
Have you been looking for someone that is always by your side, someone that you can always talk to, and someone that you can count on? God has your back, you just need to invite him into your life. ๐Ÿค
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•!
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โ€ข ๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’š ๐’Š โ€ข
๐‘ญ๐’Š๐’๐’… ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‚๐’–๐’•๐’š ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’•๐’๐’† ๐’…๐’†๐’•๐’‚๐’Š๐’๐’”. ๐Ÿš 
It took me a while to find some barstools that I liked. I didnโ€™t want your classic ones. I wanted a coastal feel to them. I also didnโ€™t want to spend an arm & a leg for them! Can you believe how expensive bar stools have gotten?! ๐Ÿซฃ
I am a bargain shopper and I finally found these at @target of all places! I have them linked over on my ๐‹๐“๐Š ๐ฉ๐š๐ ๐ž if you want to check them out. ๐Ÿ‘‡
https://liketk.it/46BcW
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•!
 #targetstyle #coastaldecor #coastalliving #coastalkitchens #barstools #homeblog #ltk #LTKFind #LTKhome #targetfind
โ€ข ๐‡๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ โ„›๐’พ๐“ˆโ„ฏ๐“ƒ! Happy โ€ข
๐‡๐ž ๐ข๐ฌ โ„›๐’พ๐“ˆโ„ฏ๐“ƒ! 
Happy Easter friends! Jesus' story didn't end on the cross. It only just began. 
Sometimes on our hardest days or toughest times in life we look back and realize it was the beginning of something good. ๐Ÿค
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•!
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โ€ข ๐“—๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’ง โ€ข
๐“—๐“ฎ๐“ต๐“ต๐“ธ ๐–๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ’ง
If you have read any of my blog posts over on ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐  then you know that drinking your water is important for both healthy skin and hair. 
Our body is made up of about 50-70% water. So, staying hydrated is important! Experts recommend that you drink half your body weight in ounces. 
I was gifted this great water bottle to help me remember to drink my water from @venturepal_usa. It has such cute reminders on it to help keep you motivated throughout the day! They also come in different sizes and colors. 
How much water do you drink every day? I need to drink more so hopefully this will help! ๐Ÿค
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•!
#venturepal #venturemoment 
 #beautyblog #favoritefinds #hellosouthblog #reminderoftheday #shinefromtheinsideout #helpfultips #drinkyourwater
๐ˆ'๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐‰๐ž๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ๐๐š๐ฒ! 
The world around us can get stressful. We have become a society of being "honest" to the extent that it doesn't matter if it's true but it's that person's opinion. Opinions have become facts. I don't know about you, but a lot of this causes me anxiety. 
Do you struggle with anxiety? If not, you are lucky. But if you do all is not lost. The Bible talks about anxiety and worry. God doesnโ€™t want us to be anxious, He wants us to come to Him for help. Remember, you are never alone! 
Head over to ๐‡๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐  to read our post, I'm Only Talking To Jesus Today! When I am worried and anxious, I often find myself going into this mode. 
We are sharing a few tools to help get you through those times. The link is in our profile! ๐Ÿ”—
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•! 
 #christianblogger #hellosouthblog #Floridablogger #shinefromtheinsideout #prayerchangesthings #prayonit #inspirationalwords #Godsgotthis #Godisgood #anxietytips #praywithoutceasing
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๐ƒ๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐›๐ž ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ ๐จ๐จ๐.  ๐š๐š˜๐š–๐šŠ๐š—๐šœ ๐Ÿท๐Ÿธ:๐Ÿธ๐Ÿท
This has been a rough week for a lot of us on many levels. What makes evil happy? Tearing each other apart, dividing, and breaking down. How do we overcome evil? With good. 
Be good. Be kind. Don't participate in the unkindness and negativity. And above all else, pray. ๐Ÿค
~๐‘บ๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’† ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’Š๐’๐’”๐’Š๐’…๐’† ๐’๐’–๐’•! 
 #hellosouthblog #Floridablogger #shinefromtheinsideout #christianblogger #inspirationalwords #prayonit #Godsgotthis #talktojesus #Godisgood #prayerchangesthings #bibleverse
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