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Heavy Workload

heavy school workload

Sabreena is working on her Junior year class schedule. This is what it’s looking like AP English & Composition Honors Pre-Calculus Honors Chemistry AP Biology AP United States History Honors Spanish IV Drafting and Design CAD II Art Fundamentals This is a full workload with no room for rest. If she were to drop the [...]




DIY Handmade Coasters

handmade coasters, diy coasters from tiles.

For some reason we go through a lot of coasters. We either by crappy ones that get moldy or don’t keep the water off the table or they break or we lose them. Over the last 10 years we gone through dozens easily. I made a couple trips to home stores looking for new coasters [...]




That Time Emeril Tweeted Me

emeril

Yeah THAT Emeril, Emeril Lagasse of Food TV fame. I posted a review the other day about a purchase we made of his Emerilware cookware.  It was a mostly positive review and it fed out to my Twitter account. He picked it up. The kids and I were sitting at the kitchen table just finishing [...]




If You’re Gonna Have Any Kind of Cancer It Might as Well Be This One

creepy me, Mom and my sister Kim

Wednesday night I received some news. My mother has breast cancer. We had been working on appointments and biopsies for about 2 weeks but the news was still a little shocking. I woke up Thursday morning and was literally assaulted by emails and blogs posts all pointing to breast cancer awareness, treatment and prevention. I [...]




Handbags with a kick PonyUP! Kentucky Review and Giveaway

ponyup indian summer

Handbags for a mission. That’s a simple way to explain what PonyUP! Kentucky is all about. In an effort to raise funds to aid in horse rescue facilities PonyUP! Kentucky was created. Founder Rallie McAllister knew the gorgeous details of riding equipment horse leather would also make great details on handbags. Using this idea PonyUP! [...]




Experience with Emerilware Cookware

emerialware, cookware,

Rob and I don’t typically celebrate Valentine’s Day so when the conversation came up what I wanted I said nothing; in fact just last week we had a mini shopping spree for new kitchen “stuff”. I said I got all my gifts last week, I know I know so very un-romantic but it’s what I [...]




KidsBowlFree.com is Back

kids bowl free

Now in its 5th year, KidsBowlFree.com serves more than a million children and 700,000 families across North America each summer- allowing them to bowl for free all summer long. More than 950 bowling centers participate in the program from coast to coast which provides kids with 2 FREE games of bowling every day all summer. [...]




I don’t understand this behavior

eagles village, man cave

I admit I have a bit of an obsession with handbags and makeup but I keep them reasonably tucked away in their own spot for when I need them.  What I don’t understand is a man’s need to dedicate his love of a sports team from floor to ceiling and everything in between. Man Caves [...]




Look Mom! I’m Driving!

Proud teenager girl to drive a car

Two years ago the big announcement about Sabreena was she was getting braces. Yesterday Sabreena drove for the first time. This really snuck up on me. I know she’s 16 now but driving didn’t really enter my mind until signing the Driver’s Ed forms last week. Then I get a phone call Tuesday morning from [...]




Sesame Street Live coming to Philadelphia plus giveaway

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I wish Shae was a touch younger so we could still enjoy Sesame Street Live.  Last year’s show was a lot of fun but this year Sesame Street Live 1-2-3 IMAGINE! WITH ELMO AND FRIENDS is looking to be a whole new kind of fun. Join the excitement with Elmo’s friends Abby Cadaby, Oscar the [...]