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House Notes

A football dusted with snow rests on a snowy field, symbolizing finding gratitude and joy in cold, messy, and unexpected moments.

When Snow + Subfreezing Temps are the Real Winn...

What started as a freezing, snowy game day turned into a quiet reminder that gratitude doesn’t wait for perfect timing. Between hand warmers, hot chocolate, and a few choice words...

When Snow + Subfreezing Temps are the Real Winn...

What started as a freezing, snowy game day turned into a quiet reminder that gratitude doesn’t wait for perfect timing. Between hand warmers, hot chocolate, and a few choice words...

Empty stadium bleachers in autumn — southern football season blog header for ‘Trading Sweat for a Sweater: Weather Whiplash as Defined by Football Season.’

House Notes | Trading Sweat for a Sweater | Mil...

Fall arrives late around here—usually right after we’ve survived three months of sideline saunas and cheer camp humidity. This one’s all about fake fall, football season, and the sweet relief...

House Notes | Trading Sweat for a Sweater | Mil...

Fall arrives late around here—usually right after we’ve survived three months of sideline saunas and cheer camp humidity. This one’s all about fake fall, football season, and the sweet relief...

Overhead view of a tailgate table filled with snacks, drinks, and friends reaching in to serve themselves, with the title “Tailgate Fumble: A Love Letter to Hand Sanitizer” displayed across the image.

House Notes | Tailgate Fumble | Millie Lily Belle

There are two kinds of people: those who pack early and those who don’t. Somehow, I’m neither. Meet the fretter—me—who created a Tailgate Checklist and still forgot the hand sanitizer.

House Notes | Tailgate Fumble | Millie Lily Belle

There are two kinds of people: those who pack early and those who don’t. Somehow, I’m neither. Meet the fretter—me—who created a Tailgate Checklist and still forgot the hand sanitizer.

Front porch decorated for fall with pumpkins, mums, and a football-themed ghost graphic for Millie Lily Belle’s ‘Team Spirit vs. Spooky Spirit’ blog post

House Notes | Team Spirit v. Spooky Spirit | Mi...

Our house can’t decide if it’s celebrating Halloween or football season—or both. Between birthdays, tailgates, and pumpkin-farm selfies in 85-degree “fall,” we’re embracing the chaos with a little Football +...

House Notes | Team Spirit v. Spooky Spirit | Mi...

Our house can’t decide if it’s celebrating Halloween or football season—or both. Between birthdays, tailgates, and pumpkin-farm selfies in 85-degree “fall,” we’re embracing the chaos with a little Football +...