My friend, Kim #2, has been inviting me for years to come with her to a scrapbooking weekend. Believe it or not, I used to scrapbook but once our daughter began to crawl and then cruise, I packed up my supplies, and they sat untouched for many years. After a few glasses of wine one…
Cool Crops Ultimate Scrapbooking Girls Weekend
A Must Try Thanksgiving Dessert or Breakfast Recipe: Crunchy Apple Pie Parfaits
I have something I find amusing to share: ever since I began working full-time at home as a clinical data manager, my husband has been doing more of the cooking. Since he has been in the cooking mind-set, we both planned the Thanksgiving Day menu last night. We decided to look for some fun twists…
Stovetop Savior: Bruschetta Spaghetti Recipe – A 10-minute recipe
My schedule these days, as with most people, includes a full-time 8-5 (and more) days, getting kids up and off to school, cleaning the house, managing activities, etc. so I need simple, quick but healthy meal options. You did note that I wrote healthy right? An easy way to up the health ante is to…
On the Road with Contour by Cox iPad App
We are in month two of our Contour by Cox Communications and thanks to the iPad app, my iPad is getting some serious usage. I showed the kids how, even when we are at Vovo’s house, we can make sure their favorite show is being recorded, and they went nuts. You can see at the…
Roasted Butternut Squash Sandwich Recipe
In case I forgot to tell you, I work at home again. A great opportunity came along out of the blue, and so I went for it. To celebrate, my hubby and I went out for a casual lunch and I enjoyed my sandwich so much, I had to make it at home. I only…
Travel: Our 13th Wedding Anniversary at Chillingsworth Bistro in Cape Cod
For our special Anniversary meal, we dined at Chillingsworth Bistro in Brewster, Massachusetts. We choose the 3 course meal: Our First Course were Pumpkin Gnocchi w/Fall Vegetables & Sage Butter Fondue and the Fried Panko Crusted Cape Oysters w Pickled Vegetables and Wasabi Aioli. The Second Course included: Pan Seared Sea Scallops, Napa Cabbage, Corn,…
Travel: Our 13th Wedding Anniversary at Ocean Edge Resort in Cape Cod
On October 7th 2014, we will be marking our 13th Wedding. Since Columbus weekend will be too busy for us to go away, we went away this weekend to the Ocean Edge Resort in Brewster, Massachusetts. When you arrive, you check-in inside of the Nickerson Mansion, which set the romantic tone for the weekend. I…
Invisalign Update: Bonded & Vivera Retainers
In my last update, I told you that I had all the attachments removed from my teeth and had the option of a few more months of Invisalign trays to make some minor adjustments or could move onto retainers. I decided to wrap up the treatment therefore, it was time to be fitted for bonded…
Contour by Cox: “TV Just For Me” & the Entire Family
I am rather convinced that our family is the only one in the America that didn’t have or use a ‘DVR’. Friends would say, ‘Just DVR it’ and my reply left them in disbelief. Well, lately the kids have been noting the Contour by Cox commercials and asked if we could get ‘it’. Now that…