My Trip to Nashville

I traveled to Nashville to visit my BFF, Tammy, who had moved there a year ago.  I have been wanting to visit and made it part of my 40 Before 40 goal to get it done.  I finally found a long weekend that worked for both of us and I booked my tickets.  I had…

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Day #35 of Summer Vacation

Instagram had an update today and now I can’t post the pictures they way I was before.  Grrrrrr!   Anyway, here is our Day 35…..Bennett on the left and Patrick on the right performing at the end of KICKS Camp with Sheltered Reality’s Drum Group.  

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Book Review: Your Daughter Needs A Hero by Maria C. Furlough

YOUR DAUGHTER NEEDS A HERO By: Maria C. Furlough Published: March 13, 2012 ***** I’ll never forget the very first time I looked in the mirror and thought I was fat.  I was nine years old and spending my Saturday afternoon like I always did, locked in my room with a Teen Bop magazine.  This…

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Day #34 of Summer Vacation

We have had a such a hectic schedule lately, I can’t remember the last time I cooked dinner and we all ate together.  It has been nice to be home together this evening.  We even had some delicious sweet corn and fresh tomatoes from our own tomato plant.

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Day #33 of Summer Vacation

Days 29-32 will be featured in my Nashville post later. Today, Pat spent a good share of the day digging out the dirt for our new patio.  The rock comes tomorrow and hopefully some patio bricks will be layed out this weekend!  

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Scenes From Our Week – Week 38

I’m posting this late since I was in Nashville all weekend.  I will do a Nashville post soon, but here is what happened in our world last week. My parents came down last Sunday for Father’s Day.  The kids with my dad. My dad and I Reagan in good form, ready to hit the ball.…

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Day #28 of Summer Vacation

All of us have been reading this summer.  Reagan is only one book away from her free book at Barnes and Noble already.  What we are currently reading: Pat is reading LAST OF THE SEALS by Greg Messel….this yet to be published book will be featured in August as a guest review from my husband!…

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Day #27 of Summer Vacation

I had to make cupcakes for a shower yesterday so I few out and decorated them for the kids.  Since yesterday was the first official day of summer and the longest day of the year, it was the perfect occasion to celebrate with cupcakes!

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Day #26 of Summer Vacation

Since we are getting a new pastor at our church next week, we are having a new church directory made to help her learn all the families in our parish.  So, our family got all dressed up and got our picture taken.   We will certainly miss our pastor and his wife.  We were blessed…

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Book Review: The World Without You by Joshua Henkin

THE WORLD WITHOUT YOU By: Joshua Henkin Published:  June 19, 2012 *** It’s July 4, 2005, and the Frankel family is descending upon their beloved summer home in the Berkshires. But this is no ordinary holiday. The family has gathered to memorialize Leo, the youngest of the four siblings, an intrepid journalist and adventurer who…

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