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44 Comments
Gosh can't believe how hot it is still with you Linda from a cool morning here in England. 🏴 wish i had an invite to your hot dog gathering😅. Thank you for sharing your evening.🎉❤
Do you know why I enjoy watching your channel? Of course I watch for your content, but also because I just love listening to you speak. You use words and phrases so beautifully.
Love your show, great ideas for entertaining.
But please stop that front tuck with your tops. Everyone seems to be tucking, be yourself. Untuck
So fun, Linda! Such a wonderful reminder!😊
Just hosted a family birthday party for my son last night with Thai takeout! Everyone was happy, but especially me because I didn’t have to cook!
You inspire me to get out into the garden and now to be less pressures and enjoy having people over. Thank you from Australia
FYI…the potato salad at Trader Joe’s is about as close to homemade as you can get. I usually add some chopped celery, a little dill pickle and some fresh scallions to the top and have passed it off many times as homemade….people are amazed when I tell them that it is purchased.
It’s in the prepared salad section.
Linda said she misses Leah. Does anyone know where Leah is? Thanks.
Love all these ideas!! The cookies are adorable. Another easy side with hotdogs is a bag of slaw mix and jar of dressing. 🌭
I’ve never seen “ Chicken in a Biscuit “. Is it a cracker that tastes like chicken? 🇨🇦
♥️Great video….I know y’all had a great time making beautiful memories. Sending love hugs prayers and kindness with a daily dose of encouragement ♥️🙏🏼🇺🇸🌹👍🏼
Fantastic video! It was perfect for encouraging us not to be so perfect. Also, the menu is one of comfort and fun with great memories! A happy “dash from the past” 🎃. Thank you for sharing a great survival skill.
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Why not get vegan hotdogs? You won’t even know the difference and they’re much healthier. 😅
Hello Linda and Stewart from South Colorado 🤚🏼💚!! Love all your videos no matter the content…Saturdays I enjoy the most because I’m not working on Saturdays and I really get to enjoy the video in evening when I’m relaxing…YES to all you said Linda…I don’t entertain much but admittedly because I always think in my head I need to “do so much” just to entertain…WTH am I thinking?!…Your setup and brilliant food items show all the thought and love you put into your guest…Perfect and yummy!! You supported local too…Thank you Linda, and by the way you look beautiful in that color🍂🍁🌶️💚…
We were at a party last night… and we all agreed… people don't want perfect! They just want to be Invited and feel Welcomed… whether food is catered, from scratch, Costco…a mix of all, we will all just remember the Gathering itself… and as long as the bathroom is clean…we, as guests, are not looking to see if you dusted or vacuumed the hall coat closet! A good Note to Self as I am hosting our Canadian Thanksgiving here at our house today…and am dusting, and vacumming everything in sight! Lol!
I love you and the video
Such a beautiful message !! Yes give yourself grace and a pass !! It’s ok !! we can’t do it all !! Yet we can have a beautiful garnished tables !!
Thank you Linda ❤
As I m reading the comments woow !! This message resonates with so many of us !! I’m so surprised 😊 !! Again Thank you so much Linda.
Oh my! You hit a 1970s memory of our first trip to England where we stayed at this small, charming hotel, The Connaught, and with their evening cocktails in the 'lobby'..(more like a living room!) they served warm potato chips in little silver bowls. That immediately made such a good impression on me and I never forgot it. Warming the chips is a real PLUS! 😋 Thank you for your words of wisdom, Linda, and your kind reminder that perfection is really not important! At 86, I've finally learned that… and I'm trying to do it with grace and a smile! 😄
I have started buying and not making desserts. So much easier! At 74, I just can’t do it all, like I did when I was young.
Please Linda
We want to meet that friend from the cookies and a tour please.
That lady sounds amazing.
Amazing displays Linda.🎃🎃🎃
Yes! I do what I am good at and gives me pleasure and the rest I will cut corners to simplify so I can enjoy my own party. Love the theme. Linda your herb garden it is so lush and bountiful. What do you use as a fertilizer and how often ?
hope you enjoyed your get together. Everything looked so nice. it is cool and rainy in Michigan. Where has Leaha been?
Loved your attitude about entertaining!
Life is short and we need to enjoy it!
Your message to prioritize spending time with friends instead of waiting till everything is perfect totally spoke to me. “Good is Good Enough”.
Also- love your blouse!! 🧡 link please.
I needed this!❤️🌾🍁🍎
What a relatable video! I just dropped off weekend guest at the airport and dropped into a chair to my favorite comfort programming. I look forward to each of your videos. You are simply the best at presenting an achievable lifestyle that elevates the ordinary.
Ok. Will admit to enjoying potato chips frequently with my lunch. We love lays lower salt ruffle chips. They are so good!!
Linda, your garden is SO gorgeous it looks like a page from a calendar! Your guests will not want to go home!
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Great video! I love the entrainment vids. Can we get a “Holiday” playlist tab, please.
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Haha, I like the Lays reduced sodium.
So enjoyed all your perfect imperfections. ❤ That may be a song 🤔
Linda, this is the perfect lifestyle when you make things simple, they are truly beautiful and delicious and fun, your ideas are wonderful!!!!!!!!!
I love beer brats and on my mini Solo, toasted marshmallows. I have a grilling attachment on the outdoor fire pit so steaks and chicken are perfect. I don't serve Lays or Jays, but here in West Michigan, Holland, I buy Great Lakes chips… Yum! Nice and crunchy. And Mitten chips are airily fabulous with guacamole I buy at the Mexican store in my neighborhood. I've been baking Martha Stewart's EASY PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES… No butter or flour. But I DO add 2 teaspoons of flour anyway to give them more crunch. I use crunchy PB in my cookies. And just recently we went to Snappy Apple Farms in Casnovia Michigan and I picked up large bags of Ludacrisp and Cortland apples. Right now at this moment I am drying them in the oven after cutting them into very thin slices and sprinkling them with cinnamon. Hopefully they will be totally dried out by tomorrow morning. And they will be nice and crisp and sweet. With all the additional apples… I have them soaking in lemon juice and will be baking pies in the morning and then freezing them for special events and friends who stop by. Speaking of baked beans, I have a special recipe that I make using bacon and brown sugar and barbecue sauce, and a little bit of soy sauce.
Linda, do you recall where you purchased the metal table you’re using to store wood near your back porch area?
I just love you and your vibe. I cannot stop watching your videos, you are addictive and a really natural TV talent. Hi from Europe (Romania).
Well said! ❤ Thanks for sharing!
I enjoy all your videos and this one is important. No stress entertaining so you actually enjoy the time with your guests, the people you care about. Any guest will enjoy that you went out of your way to have them over. ❤ Yes, my hubby and I eat Lays potato chips on occasion. We love the Simply Lays with sea salt. They are addictive. Hope you enjoyed your evening. 🥰
I wish you would film your party so we could see everyone having a good time!
What a wonderful idea, so simple and sweet! I really needed to hear this also!
Amen Linda!! You have hit the nail on the head with his video!! Thank you for freeing up our hearts and minds to entertain AND enjoy it! ❤🇨🇦🍂🍁
I like asking people to bring a dish and call it a pot luck or dessert party. I like the idea for the Weinie/weeny roast! Let me get my silver bowls out!