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Not Quite Ready

Not Quite Ready

[caption id="attachment_1207" align="alignleft" width="225" caption="The tradition we kept - Christmas Eve dinner and new jammies at Poppy's house"][/caption] Here it is, January 6th and the tree is still up. The kids’ new toys are still scattered around the living room. I know I should put the mess away, take down the ...

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New Year, Clean Slate

New Year, Clean Slate

Happy New Year! There’s something so refreshing about putting up a fresh, new calendar…a blank slate, wide open for new adventures, unending possibilities of what the New Year could become.  Even though 2011 was an amazing year for me, with fabulous experiences that outweighed the drama, I was excited to ...

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Have A Safe Halloween

Have A Safe Halloween

Happy Halloween! We hope that you and your trick or treaters have a safe night out! Please remember that Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving this (and every) evening, so be sure to designate a driver if you are attending a party or event where alcohol is being served. If you're holding ...

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Child Passenger Safety Week - Seat Check Saturday

Child Passenger Safety Week - Seat Check Saturday

While my boys are all out of car seats and into boosters (and old enough to drive, as the case may be), child passenger safety is always an important subject to me. Though we're past the days of the LATCH system and the five-point harness and into the phase of ...

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We're Spending a Day Out with Thomas!

We're Spending a Day Out with Thomas!

It’s been a bit since I’ve posted about our fascination with trains in this house. Our toy bins are still overflowing with our wheeled friends and just last night, I rolled over to find a couple of engines sharing my bed. Trains have held my boys attention and been a ...

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Smooth Slider

Wordless Wednesday – It’s Almost Here

December 22, 2010

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First Snow of the Season

December 16, 2010

After last year’s blizzards, it’s a wonder that I found myself wishing for snow again this year. When the flakes started up this morning, I couldn’t help but smile. While I don’t want to drive in it and SURE don’t want to measure in feet, there’s just something magical about the first snowfall of the [...]

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Tassimo T20 Brewbot Review and Giveaway – Closed

December 16, 2010

Here’s the post where I admit my addiction to coffee. Shocking, right? I sorta kinda have to start my day with coffee (or some other form of caffeine) or I am seriously not a fun person to be around. Besides the addiction, I find nothing more enjoyable than relaxing with a latte…or cappuccino…or some other [...]

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Toys For Tots – Giving Back This Holiday Season

December 15, 2010

I’ve always been blessed. Sure, I gripe and complain about life and challenges and roadblocks that I run into, but all in all, we’re pretty okay. We’ve had the lean Christmas or two, but always had enough people in our lives to pick up the slack and make sure that the kids had a good [...]

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Getting In The Kitchen This Weekend

December 13, 2010

I’m having a really rough time believing that Christmas is only a few days away. Less than two weeks to go! I’m starting to get a little more in the Christmas spirit and planning the holiday baking for the upcoming weekend. Of course the standard chocolate chip and sugar cookies are part of the itinerary, [...]

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Virtual Holiday Extravaganza for Toys for Tots – Giveaway – Closed

December 13, 2010

A few weeks ago, I was invited by some of my favorite Philly bloggers to join them in a fabulous fundraiser for Toys for Tots. Unfortunately, due to timing and logistics, I wasn’t able to join them at the Holiday Extravaganza on December 9th, but instead I, along with several other fabulous bloggers, was given [...]

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iGo Charge Anywhere Review and Giveaway – Closed

December 10, 2010

Anyone who has spent even five minutes at a conference with me this year knows I have battery issues. Between tweeting and obsessively checking email and taking pics, my battery drains within a few short hours. When I met the people from iGo at the Type-A Mom conference back in September, I was seriously impressed [...]

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Creating Traditions

December 9, 2010

In our family, Christmas was always a time of tradition and routine. As I grew up, my parents cooked a big dinner on Christmas Eve and my grandparents plus other various relatives came over to enjoy the feast. We were allowed to open our Christmas pajamas and one small toy to help stave off the [...]

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Buzzed Driving IS Drunk Driving – Stay Safe for the Holidays

December 7, 2010

The holidays are here! The last month of the year will be filled with parties and friends and reasons to celebrate. Sadly, for more than 250 families last year, the year ended in tragedy when someone lost their lives to drinking and driving. Having known several people whose lives ended too soon because of the [...]

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Me and Scrooge Have A Lot In Common

December 1, 2010

The smells of Thanksgiving have faded and the last of the leftovers are heading toward the garbage. The initial insanity of the Black Friday shopping craze has slowed to a consistent buzz of activity. It’s official. We’ve moved into the Holiday season. The next few weeks will be a whirlwind of shopping, decorating, baking and [...]

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