Yeah I won!

I entered to win a Bath and Bodyworks gift card last week and I just found out that I won!  Woo Hoo!  Many thanks to Knit Purl Gurl at Mommatudes for offering the giveaway…go check out her blog, there’s lots of money saving tips, crafts and fun family ideas (I think I’m going to do [...]

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I’m back…really!

I really mean it this time LoL!  I’ve come here many times since the last time I posted but I just didn’t have the energy to catch up on six months worth of stuff.  Anyway, tonight hubby was working and since I had today off  and we had a late lunch, that left Abbey and [...]

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Tackle it Tuesday!

Ok, I realize I’m a day late for this but I was quite happy with how many little jobs I managed to cross off my list between late last night and this afternoon.  Last night I sat down and finally put all my photo cd’s in a cd album in order, then I sorted the huge pile [...]

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Sports Camp and other warm weather fun…

Yep, Abbey is signed up for Sports camp in our town.  Its just a one hour a day, one day a week thing for the next month but it will be fun.  Abbey and her cousin Matt are signed up and it started today.  From what her Nana told me, this week was Soccer week [...]

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Happy Mother’s Day Weekend!

I hope all my Mom friends are enjoying a whole Mother’s Weekend instead of just a day…you deserve it !  MY Mother’s Day is tomorrow since Scottie is working Sunday afternoon and the morning is for his Mom and that night Abbey and I are joining the rest of the family for dinner out [...]

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I’ve been Tagged!

I was tagged for this Me Meme by my buddy Vicki at the Adventures of Bittymand and Ittyboy. 
Here’s my answers…
What were you doing 10 years ago?
Planning our wedding!
Name 5 things on your to-do list today:
1. Make a Ziti for dinner tomorrow night.
2. Have Abbey finish her Mother’s Day Gifts for her Grandmother’s
3. Plant the [...]

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A Picture’s Worth 1000 Words…

When I saw there was a Motherhood Photo Contest  on Five Minutes for Mom, this is the first photo that came to mind!  A picture of my daughter and I when she was just 6 weeks old…seems like just yesterday and a hundred years ago all at once. 
ETA: It appears that I’m too late to [...]

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The Ultimate Blog Party!!!

 

Oops!  Should have mentioned right off the bat…Cead Mile Failte is Gaelic for One Hundred Thousand Welcomes!  I’m not from Ireland but we take our Irish Heritage very seriously.  Our big holiday is coming up on Monday and we can’t wait !
 I’m very late arriving to the party, but 5 Minutes for Mom  is [...]

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We’re off…

Abbey and I are off to Cape Cod this week with my parents.  I am so looking forward to it!  We don’t have any concrete plans of what to do…except that Abbey’s been talking about ‘going to the beach’ for weeks and promising everyone she knows to bring them back a sea shell so we’ll [...]

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One week and counting Birthday Plans…

Ok, so we finally have a head count for Abbey’s party next week.  Looks like 14 adults and 5 kids.  I guess it won’t be long before the adult and kid numbers are reversed huh? LoL. Anyway, the plan for food is to order a 4 foot sub (they provide the macaroni and potato salads [...]

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