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Celebrating My Birthday with the Stars

Celebrating My Birthday with the Stars

This year, I celebrated my birthday quietly with Joe and the stars and I don’t mean Brad and Angelina.  Joe decided to take me to the Griffith Observatory in LA to spend a relaxed and quite educational day together.  

Merry and Happy

Merry and Happy

It was a double duty merry Christmas and happy birthday to Joe in Chicago with his family.  Yes, my husband has to share his birthday cake with Jesus every year.  We spent a quiet Christmas with just the immediate family on Joe’s side at his…

A New Year, New Hope

A New Year, New Hope

Man….things were tough in 2010… filled with some struggles, hardship and pain…Yes, I hide it well in my blog… but I have new hope that there is a time of refreshing coming in 2011 (a LONG awaited time of refreshing).  I’m getting ready to breathe…

What I Love About Summer

What I Love About Summer

Isn’t the grass ALWAYS greener on the other side?  Normally, I prefer the Fall and Winter time, mainly because I adore Thanksgiving and Christmas, apple-picking, hot cocoa, snow, and wearing layers with fuzzy Uggs.  Likewise, I tend to dread the Summer because of the intense,…

A Parisian Baby Shower

A Parisian Baby Shower

We (the 5 of us-which included me and my sister’s friends) threw my sister, Christina, a diva-licious Parisian themed baby shower at a gorgeous rented room located in Philadelphia.  We asked Joe to help with all the design and labels as well as maternity photos…

Home is Where the Heart is

Home is Where the Heart is

I’m currently in Pennsylvania, at my parents house because my grandmother passed away…sad I know…hence the reason I’ve been pretty silent on my blog lately. Joe and I hopped on the red-eye and flew over as soon as we could. Our family is small so…