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Saundra Traywick and her husband, Walt, never intended to own a donkey dairy farm, but when their young daughter was diagnosed with PANDAS (an autoimmune disease that can cause dramatic behavioral changes overnight), they were desperate for solutions. “An autoimmune disease is tricky because people can respond to treatments differently,” says Saundra. After antibiotics didn’t relieve their daughter’s symptoms, including severe OCD and night terrors, the Traywicks researched every alternative they could find....

When it comes to cleaning your home from top to bottom, it’s always easier when a smart gadget or a convenient appliance can do the grunt work for you—especially for tiresome tasks like scrubbing, mopping and vacuuming, which require a lot of elbow grease. Luckily, there’s a simple way to approach those chores: Simply push a button and have a robot vacuum tackle the job for you while you relax on the porch with a refreshing drink in hand....

January is a time of change—and ridiculously great sales that can help you make some of those improvements to your home, wardrobe or lifestyle. The weather and temperatures might still be chilly, but they’ll start to fluctuate sooner than you think. In the meantime, you should start preparing your wardrobe for the transitional period with lightweight hero pieces that can easily be layered and won’t cause you to overheat. Thankfully, Tuckernuck’s highly anticipated annual Sample Sale is finally here to make filling in those gaps in your closet easy and wallet-friendly....

I wish I could sweep on blush, bronzer, and contour to my heart’s desire—but I haven’t been blessed with these skills. I’m a little all over the place when it comes to determining exactly where I should be applying blush based on my face shape, and don’t even think for one minute that I would take fate into my own hands and put my skills in shadowing to use all in an effort to make my cheekbones pop and camouflage a decades-old bump in the bridge of my nose....

Single this Valentine’s Day? You could either mope or move to Florida. But really, though. Okay, a move to Florida may be a bit extreme, but if you’re looking to find love, relocating to the Sunshine State may seriously up your odds, at least according to the personal-finance site, WalletHub. For their latest survey, WalletHub compared the 50 states across three categories: dating economics, dating opportunities, and romance and fun, using nearly 30 metrics ranging from the share of single adults and online-dating opportunities to restaurants per capita and movie costs....

Before you know it, Thanksgiving will be here, and friends and family will be expecting a traditional spread. That includes a grand turkey, right at the center of the table. But do you know when to purchase a turkey? Butterball Turkey Talk-Line Expert Tyler Loranger says turkeys should be available in stores beginning in early November, and the best time to buy your turkey will depend on what kind of turkey you want....

Good news for Yellowstone fans who are already hankering for their next helping of Dutton family drama. Just a few weeks after season four’s knockout conclusion, executive producer David Glasser told Variety that co-creator and writer, Taylor Sheridan, is already “deep into” the next season of the Paramount hit. “I know with Taylor, he’s got a lot to say and a lot to write. He’s deep into season five of Yellowstone now,” he said....

Everybody’s favorite beaver has been busy! After successful recent launches in Alabama and Florida, Buc-ee’s rapid take-over of the Southeast has extended to Georgia. Not one, but two Buc-ee’s locations are currently underway in the Peach State. The first, a 53,000-square-foot roadside oasis in Warner Robins, is expected to open in early 2021. The second one is slated for the charming Gordon County city of Calhoun, with an expected opening in August 2021, Atlanta Business Chronicle reports....

Sometimes, a funny video works wonders to brighten our mood. Now, straight out of Crescent City, do we have the clip for you. Here’s the background: On Tuesday, June 22, there was a truck accident at around 9:30 a.m. on the Bonnet Carré Spillway, which is situated along Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans, Louisiana. While traffic was shut down to deal with the accident and the diesel spilled on I-10 East Bound for five hours many likely sat in their cars frustrated, talking on their phones with loved ones and rearranging their plans for the day....

Chapel Hart made their highly anticipated Grand Ole Opry debut over the weekend, and the country trio did not disappoint. The Mississippi phenoms earned not one, not two, but three standing ovations from the crowd. The former America’s Got Talent contestants, who were introduced by “Miss Country Soul” Jeannie Seely, performed three songs including “Made for Me,” “American Pride,” and their viral hit, “You Can Have Him Back Jolene.” Sisters Danica and Devynn Hart, along with their cousin Trea Swindle, make up Chapel Hart....

Chick-fil-A is testing out a bold new breakfast offering in select markets. Baked fresh every morning, the chain’s new Chorizo Cheddar Egg Bites are made with whole eggs, Mexican-style chorizo sausage, and a blend of cheddar and Monterey Jack cheeses. Each order includes four egg bites, making them an ideal on-the-go option. This is the first new breakfast entrée Chick-fil-A has created since the Hash Brown Scramble Bowl joined menus nationwide in 2017....

Pasta is the key to some of the fastest, easiest meals, which is why it’s one of our go-to ingredients on busy weeknights. Boil some water, throw the pasta in, add a sauce, and you’re done. Right? Almost. The only thing that can be tricky about cooking pasta is knowing how to pair the right noodle with the right sauce. I’m not talking about noodle shapes (although that matters too), I’m talking about fresh versus dried pasta....

I love to grill. Rain, shine, or black of night, I always prefer to cook out. My affinity for grilling probably came from my father. Growing up in West Virginia, I still remember him bundling up in his coat–flashlight in hand–to check on the coals. Many of us are not that dedicated, but no one can argue with this fact: Summer is grill time. Charcoal vs. Gas Charcoal is the traditional grilling method....

Yep, that giant exhale is us, dear friends and fellow Home Town fans. Today, we’re happy to report that one of our all-time favorite HGTV shows is coming back for a fifth season and we couldn’t be more excited to see what magic Ben and Erin Napier create in Laurel, Mississippi —and beyond. Yes, as in, the Mississippi mavens will be taking their talents outside The Magnolia State. As the HGTV announcement explains, “As we reported earlier, aside from the regular series, Erin and Ben are set to embark on a massive on-the-road adventure titled Home Town Takeover,” in which they makeover a whole small town and not just individuals’ houses....

1. Remove the Leg and Thigh Place the cooked turkey on a large cutting board, breast-side facing up. (A cutting board with a juice channel is especially helpful when you’re carving a turkey.) Using a sharp chef’s knife or carving knife, slice off a leg and thigh in one piece, keeping the blade of the knife close to the bone. The meat should separate from the body easily. Make nice fluid strokes until you expose and separate the thigh joint, keeping your blade as close to the carcass as possible....

My mother-in-law hated blue hydrangeas and called them tacky trailer park plants. She poured hot grease from her kitchen on the roots, trying to kill them, but it never worked. Those blue blooms just kept coming, clashing with her glorious golden euonymus and red plastic poinsettias. If only she’d known the trick I’m going to tell you, she could have turned her hydrangeas pink—a color that goes so much better with red plastic poinsettias....

Southern cyclists have a new route to ride thanks to Kentucky’s recent completion of an impressive 10-county bicycle trail. Following a four-month roadside signage project, U.S. Bicycle Route 21 is officially open and ready to welcome its first riders. The 265-mile route begins at the Cumberland Gap in Middlesboro, Kentucky, and ends on the south side of the Ohio River in Maysville, Kentucky. Along the way, it takes cyclists through the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains in 10 counties: Bell, Knox, Laurel, Rockcastle, Madison, Clark, Bourbon, Nicholas, Robertson and Mason....

It would seem that homemade pimiento cheese—the classic Southern spread made with cheese, mayonnaise, and jarred pimientos—would be hard to mess up and even harder to differentiate between a good one and a bad one. Oh, but bad ones there are. Goopy, mushy, too much mayonnaise, not enough pimientos, and the most royal misstep of all: zero seasoning. While the best pimiento cheese will inevitably always be the one you grew up eating, my grandmother’s recipe has garnered quite the compliment from crowds....

Some say that baking is a science, but in our households, baking is often a game of substitutions. Southerners are nothing if not resourceful; when we’re out of a particular ingredient, we figure out a way to work around it. Today, we’re offering up some substitution ideas for a form of dairy that we don’t always have in our fridge: heavy cream. When you’re thinking about substitutes for heavy cream, it’s important to consider the recipe you’re making....

We Southern Living editors know a thing or two about good biscuits. And since 2005, Carrie Morey of Callie’s Hot Little Biscuit has been shipping out some of the best and buttery-est. This winter, the Charleston, South Carolina-based baker teamed up with Greenville artist and 2019 Southern Living Tastemaker Dorothy Shain for her latest delicious endeavor, and it’s going to save Southern cooks everywhere from spending Christmas morning in the kitchen....