Another Birthday Weekend

  Yup, my little girl is now a TEENAGER! And to keep  with our family traditions, we partied all weekend! We celebrated Erinn’s actual birthday at Cousin Kim’s. The girls had some friends over and surprised her with an ice-cream cake!   Keeping with birthday tradition, Erinn was able to choose the dinner of her [...]

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Easter Weekend

  We were blessed with a beautiful Easter Weekend! I was so relieved to have rain-free weather, I even let the kids begin their vacation a day early!   Matty had his first LAX game of the season, and we couldn’t have asked for a nicer morning! This is his first year as Goalie!   [...]

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Spoiled Rotten

  Yup, I was spoiled rotten on my Birthday! Hubs was the most guilty..One of the presents I was given by him.. My 2010 Beach Badge! WooHoo     And my little buddy went shopping with his mom, and picked out another Willow Tree Angel  for ‘Lissa all by HIMSELF! He knows me so well     [...]

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Pizza Pie

        I used the Dough Cycle on the Bread Machine yesterday, and I have to admit, I was a bit nervous. Pulling the Recipe from the Bread Lover’s Bread Machine Cookbook, it produced two nice size pizza doughs! I had my doubts, when Matty had a friend over, that there would be enough. Should I [...]

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I am ANNOYED!

Annoyed, Frustrated, Ticked Off….. Take your pick *BEWARE*  this is a major VENT Matty needed a “Re-Cert” for Lacrosse. For those who don’t know, a Re-cert is just a slip a paper signed by the doc that is used each sport season between the year the actual Physical was taken. It states that he hasn’t had any [...]

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Slowly but Coming along!

Well, our bathroom re-model is taken a bit longer than I hoped for, but it is finally moving along! It has been a lot of hurry up and wait. We had to wait until after our Superbowl party to even start. We needed the 2 bathrooms for sure, with all of us! It then took [...]

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Baked Potato Soup

My kids are NOT big soup eaters, but this they love..and I also realized  this is an almost meatless recipe. Another meal I can add to my list! This meal cost about $10, and fed all of us, plus of good amount of leftovers! 3 boxes value size Au Gratin Potatoes 2 cups of milk 2 [...]

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Here comes the Snow….again

Everyone here on the East Coast has their opinion of Snow. For those who don’t know, I believe we have gotten over 50 inches of snow this winter already! Some enjoy a snow storm or two, and enough already! Others don’t like  Snow, PERIOD! Yup! I can not even conceive it, and if I didn’t have one of [...]

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Hail to the Chief

My oldest son is a sophomore (gasp) and in the JROTC program.  We never could have imagined how much he would have enjoyed it! It is his passion. He loves Football, likes Lacrosse, but he is passionate about Drill Team. So, needless to say we were on pins and needles waiting at Parent’s Night to [...]

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I am in now in the Twilight Zone

Well that’s what it feels like anyhow. Nobody sent me the memo on how things change so quickly when the kids become older and more independent. I mean, yes I knew some things would get easier..and some tougher, but somehow it has happened so quickly right before my eyes! All of the sudden, the kids [...]

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