My grandfather was a very superstitious man, my grandmother was as well and I can remember little things like never changing a calendar before it was time or opening an umbrella inside were just a couple of things they would never imagine doing. I remember hearing my grandfather talk about Friday the 13th a few... Continue Reading →
13 years ago…
Next month, February, Sandy and I will have met 16 years ago! I started working at the Call Center where he was already employed. My first shift out of training, we spoke and that was the first of many conversations for us. I was in an unhealthy relationship at the time and Sandy was in... Continue Reading →
My Year of Yes
Since my son was born a little more than 7 years ago, I honestly have to say that my life has become everything I wanted it to be. After my maternity leave was over I did not return to the Jr Operations Manager position that I had occupied before that. I had been employed by... Continue Reading →
Our First Getaway Gift
For Christmas this year, we decided to give a few different types of gifts. The girls and I are excited that we will be heading to see the Total Package Tour (NKOTB) in July and Noah & Sandy will be going to see the Harlem Globetrotters in April. We also decided on a little getaway... Continue Reading →
The Best Christmas …
I know it seems like a lot of years I have said it was our best Christmas, but this year I really felt as though it was the best for as long as I can remember! I decided to take away a lot of the pressure of cooking on Christmas. We still had our traditional... Continue Reading →
Winter Marks an Amazing Woman’s Birthday
A "Nannie" or "Grammie" or "Grandma", the list goes on and on means something different to every one of us. Each of us have different memories of these people and their roles in our lives. Some of us know our grandparents well and others may not as well as they would have liked. When I... Continue Reading →
Working Toward a Different Kind of Christmas
Christmas is definitely my favorite season! I love all of the extra family time we have together, the giving, crafts, treats, shopping dates, visits and fun. Our church has some wonderful traditions as well that we get to be a part of to focus on the real reason for the season! If we could have... Continue Reading →
Birthday Eve
Most of you know by now that I love my Birthday! I love all birthday's actually! I can't remember a time in my life when I didn't get excited about celebrating with someone or for someone. I have the best memories of so many birthdays! I get excited for a few reasons. First I remember... Continue Reading →
So You Think You Can Dance!
Most of you know I love my reality TV. I know a lot of it is not great TV but there has always been something about it that draws me in. I love that ordinary people in a lot of cases are given an entirely different opportunity in life! And for me, watching that unfold... Continue Reading →
The end of our wonderful advent month!
This past month has truly been wonderful! Some days were very busy as we tried to fit in our advent with our already very busy routine. The kids seemed to have a lot on the go this month, but we made sure that we made time for our advent. During the last week or so,... Continue Reading →
Our 2nd week of Family Advent
We are almost halfway through December and it is hard to believe how fast the month has gone by! This week our advent gave us some family time together focusing on what is important and as well a few more giving moments for our family! We attended our church's live Drive Through Nativity! Our children... Continue Reading →
Our first week of Family Advent!
All year round we really try to give our children a good money sense and an understanding of what sorts of demands they will have as an adult without overwhelming them now. They have chore charts and allowances and all of them have saved their money at various times for things that they want to... Continue Reading →
