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My Friend Heather

April 21, 2013 3 Comments

The first time I met Heather (aka Housewife Heather) is a memory that always makes me laugh. It was spring of 2010 and I joined my friend Beth Ann and her friend (Heather) for a walk along the bike path where Beth lived. Jackson was about 6 months old and I was still out of [...]

Thankful Thursday- April 4th

April 4, 2013 8 Comments

Good morning! I’m writing this on my iPhone, in a gas station parking lot while Sidney sleeps in her car seat and Jackson is at play group, so please excuse my brevity. The sun is shining and we are all here, so there’s much to be thankful for. Here we go: -I’m thankful for sunshine, [...]

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These are the Days

April 2, 2013 5 Comments

There are some moments in life that make time stand still and help you to realize that these are the days. I remember Natalie Merchant’s song piping through the barns at the Florida State Fair Grounds while grooming my horse Dewey at a show in 1996. Later that day I rode him around the fairgrounds, [...]

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I’m here…

March 26, 2013 3 Comments

Sorry I’ve been missing, but I’m here. Exhausted and fighting a cold but here. Last weekend was a tough one emotionally. One of my dearest friends (who lost her husband last August) moved back to Florida. She’s been living with family in Seattle & Florida for the past 7 months, but packing up her house [...]

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Random Photo Challenge

October 21, 2012 3 Comments

My friend Liz over at Learning to Juggle has posted a new photo challenge for this week and I’ve decided to join the fun. This week’s challenge is: This Week’s Challenge: Go to where you have the most pictures readily available digitally (phone, blog, computer, shutterfly, where ever) and pick your oldest picture (based on the [...]

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100 Things You Didn’t Know About Me

October 19, 2012 17 Comments

Yikes, 100 things is a lot but my friend Carla started this and I decided to play alongl Here we go: I was born in Prestonsburg, Kentucky I had a birthmark (hemangioma) on my nose until I was 5 years old & it went away on its own My parents were high school sweethearts but [...]

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Remembering Peter

September 6, 2012 9 Comments

In the summer of 2008, my Mom called and let me know she gave my email address to a tennis friend’s friend who had a daughter moving to Rhode Island with her husband. The daughter was around my age and was from my same hometown of St. Petersburg, FL. A few days later, I got [...]

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Letters to Sidney: 10 Months

August 22, 2012 4 Comments

My Dearest Sidney Girl, This letter is coming to you one week late, so you are now 10 months and 1 week old. I have some sad news for you. Just 2 days ago your Godfather, Peter, passed over after a 16 month long battle against a brain tumor. One of my goals in [...]

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Heartbroken.

August 21, 2012 8 Comments

The past 36 hours have been full of tears and sorrow. I am so heartbroken to let you know that our dear friend Peter has passed. He bravely fought his brain tumor for the past 14 months, never giving up or letting his positive attitude falter. Never before have I encountered another human being so [...]

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We are the champions!

August 19, 2012 7 Comments

Of beer pong, that is. Sorry for my absence, it has been a busy, fun-filled summer week. We spent the day at the beach on Friday with my faux book club ladies, Saturday was catch up at home day (still not caught up, by the way) until I took my bambinos to my in laws [...]

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