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It Gets Better, Then it Gets Worse and Then it Gets Better Again

February 22, 2012

You may remember (or learned about it in History Class) Black Monday for the crash of the Stock Market.  But I remember it for different reasons. October 19, 1987.  I was 19 years old.  I was done. My mom had custody of Marisa, I lost my apartment, my chance at reconciling with Marisa’s father were [...]

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Toast to the Red Carpet

February 20, 2012

  This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Toast to the Red Carpet – LIVE, presented by I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter! is inviting movie fans to an online red carpet viewing party, complete with an exclusive [...]

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The Grand Twins REALLY Didn’t Want to Wake Up

February 20, 2012
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Sghetti Dogs

February 19, 2012

I first saw a picture of these on Face Book and couldn’t wait to make them with the grands.  But I had a busy work schedule and weeks went by before I finally had the chance.  

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The Lady is a Tramp

February 18, 2012

Actually she isn’t, she is refined and adorable and…….a dog. The Lady and the Tramp is a Disney Classic.  I remember watching it when I was a kid and I remember watching it with my children.  Now I am watching ti with the grand children.  Movies like this just don’t go “out of style”. A [...]

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Blown Away

February 14, 2012

In my younger days (okay maybe only 10 or so years ago), when my gray hair wasn’t as noticeable, I used to get my hair straightened whenever I would get it cut.  But lately, I just haven’t wanted to see how much the gray shows up when it is straightened. Blow Angel’s in Los Angeles [...]

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Diva in the Making

February 12, 2012

Caitlyn and I had a busy weekend, we ate peanut butter and pizza, shopped kitchen gadgets and baby furnishings, and we won some amazing prizes. There will be explanations of all of this later, but for now I want to share with you Cait’s first endeavor into modeling.  She participated in a fashion show for [...]

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Do You Heart Minnie?

February 9, 2012

My grand kids sure do! They watched the new Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: I Heart Minnie with Aunt Kathy this past weekend and as usual they were thrilled with what they saw.   Now that I finally bought ink for my printer I can upload all the fun activity sheets for them from the button below [...]

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Happy Birthday to ME!

February 8, 2012

Back in October(ish) I got an email from Boyd Gaming inviting me to a Slot Tournament at The Orleans Casino in Las Vegas.  the invite included not only the tournament but a room for 3 nights, my friend and I jumped on it and here we are. Unfortunately they sold out of extra entries so [...]

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Tudor vs Tutor

February 7, 2012

Marisa was always a good student.  She never had to work hard at it (at least not that I noticed) and she never complained about her classes.  Adam had a harder time of it and at one point I contemplated getting him a tutor.  When he flat out refused the help, I didn’t bother following [...]

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