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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 Double Birthday Surprise

A Double Birthday Surprise

Sneaky friends Matt and Susanne wanted to plan something special for the birthdays of their spouses, Linda and Rob.  So they joined forces and hired me to help them throw a cooking class birthday bonanza.  It was pretty easy to fool their other halves since…

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…

A Birthday Surprise

A Birthday Surprise

Alice decided to throw her sister, Sarah, a surprise cooking class for her birthday, which I thought was a genius idea. They told us that on the way over to our humble abode, Sarah kept guessing where she thought Alice might be taking her. At…