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The sad news I mentioned the other day was that one of my bestest blog friends passed away on Tuesday.  Janine aka Skippy Mom, and I have been blog friends since about 2009.   I think we had an instant connection with each other after we admitted our love of snowmen and how, ahem, big our respective collections were.  Every time we saw a snowman we...

I loved reading all your comments about food memories growing up or with your own families now.  That is the one common denominator that everyone has to eat, and I love how many family memories are created around the dinner table. Without further ado, the winner of the ChopChop Magazine subscription and the $25 cheese box from Cabot Cheese is . . . True Random...

I got some sad news last night, something I can’t share yet on the blog, so I decided to do an uplifting post today and a giveaway.  My friends at Cabot Cheese are excited to be working with them to help promote ChopChop Magazine – the fun cooking magazine for families, and their free ChopChop Cooking club – their national healthy cooking campaign to invite...

While I hate that it’s nearly dark by the time I leave the office this time of year, I do love how bright it is in the morning when I wake up.  And when I checked the weather out this week and saw that the first few days of the week were going to be in the 70s, I got my ass out of bed...

Today marks eleven months that Tony passed away.  It seems forever ago and like yesterday all at the same time.  A year ago yesterday we had our last date.  I still wonder how he was feeling good enough to not only have lunch out, but go to the movies with me and hang out on the deck and sip wine while I grilled last year. ...

I had such a good time last night at my friend Courtney’s Cooking Club.  This is our second time getting together, and it’s nice to get to know everyone a little bit better, as going in I only knew Courtney. It was tough eating and cooking in these conditions, but we made due. Ha!  Courtney’s house is so beautiful – if anyone in the Northwest...

You guys, I am am falling more in love with this puppy every day.  He went to the vet yesterday for his first check up – he has a bit of a yeast infection in his ears, which I guess is common for dogs with ears that stick up.  So the kids had to put drops in his ears last night – he looked so...

This is going to be a quick post because I am already at work, but luckily I type 140+ words a minute so no worries!  So the first full night having the new puppy at home, both Hannah and Jacob had to work.  Hannah asked me to let the dog out when I got home, because he’d already be alone about an hour by then....

Sunday I headed to Oak Park to see my Mom perform with the Sing to Live Community Chorus.  It was their 10th anniversary performance and I was looking forward to it.   My Mom sent me an email telling me that she’d be in the front row, but what I didn’t read was that she was going to be in the front row of the bleachers...

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you’ve already seen my amazeball house.  Saturday night I literally stood in my dining room looking into my living room and I had to pinch myself that I was in MY house.  It was so surreal! Friday night I had to get the house ready for my friend Whitney to come decorate early the next morning.  I...