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We found out we are having another girl! We brought our lil one to our appointment yesterday and found out the little munchkin in my belly i...

I LOVE Pumpkin pie, I could actually eat it year round. Here's a little tip that I use when making my pumpkin pie, which I must admit is...

In four days I get to find out what I'm having. I can not express the excitement. With my first I knew we were having a girl long before...

Great Song! Makes me wanna sing :)

I remember trick or treating with my sisters and coming home to us trading the stuff we liked and didn't like with one another. The funn...

Every year we go pumpkin picking, some years we get lazy and just head to Stew Leonard's. Since we had our daughter we love taking he...

The days of printing your pictures and filing them away in a photo album are long gone. First of all who has room for all these albums and s...

"Sometimes the path you're on is not as important as the direction you're heading." Kevin Smith

October Breast Cancer Awareness Month and a time for us to recognize that this horrible disease affects millions of people a year. One great...

"Map out your future, but do it in pencil." Jon Bon Jovi

Making homemade applesauce is super easy. Here's a tip to make it even tastier! When boiling sliced apples don't just boil in water,...

I love FALL! I love the leaves changing color, the crisp air, and of course Apple and Pumpkin picking. Every year we take my daughter Apple ...

"Happiness is the art of never holding in your mind the memory of any unpleasant thing that has passed." Unknown

"Wake up today and be grateful for who you are, who you are with and where you are going in life, enjoy today and everyday!"

I LOVE COUPONS! Below are some great coupons and coupon codes. Reminder login into your ebates.com account to earn cash back from some of t...

Dear Readers, I love my blog and apologize for not being so proactive lately. I have had the worst pregnancy brain- my husband is a witnes...

"Parents are Children's #1 Teachers!" "Nothing you do for children is ever wasted." Garrison Keillor

3 weeks into the school year and my little one already made Student of the Month for helping and encouraging other kids in her Pre School c...

"When I feel good about myself, things start happening for myself. When you look up, you go up." Herschel Walker

Great Song!! Even my lil one LOVES this song :)

Today and Everyday we will remember! Please say a prayer for those lost, those who lost a loved one and those still suffering! ...

Going on 14 weeks and feeling really good. I actually lost a pound this past week, must have been from the busy Labor Day weekend we had!  ...

This is a GREAT song!

"The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other’s life." Richard Bach  

"Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently." Henry Ford

Being pregnant the 2nd time around is definetly hard. I want to work out, cook dinner, clean my house, grocery shop without feeling like I n...

"Don't wait for someone to bring you happiness, go out there and create it yourself!"

My Baby Brother or Sister Will Be Here March 2013

“Look at everything as though you were seeing it either for the first or last time. Then your time on earth will be filled with glory.” B...

Everyone wants to find that one special person that they feel they are meant to be with forever. The key is once you find that person be g...

"Some people will bring out the best in you, others the worse. Stray away from those who bring out the worse and embrace the ones that ...

Social Media is filled with funny quotes, silly games and inspirational stories. The other day I was on Facebook and a friend posted a word ...

"Some people care too much, I think it's called Love." Winnie the Pooh

Having a house is a ton of work, there's always something to do, and at times it's a big money pit.  I've been on a big home pro...

We've been going to at least one party a week and I always love how everyone is unique in their own way. My lil one is 3 so I would like...

"Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get." Dale Carnegie

"There's a place in Hell reserved for women who don't support other women ," Madeleine Albright

"You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meani...

I am I strong believer in past lives and old souls and being connected to one another in different lifetimes. I love this song and believe...

" As human beings we all want to be happy and free from misery. We have learned that the key to happiness is inner peace . The greatest...

Tonight I realized time flies whether you're having fun or not so you might as well sit back and enjoy your life. I was downloading vide...

"You may say it but if you do not show it then saying I love you is just a phrase. To have a successful relationship your significant o...

"One person's perception of happiness is another person's perception of unhappiness."

Last year when my husband and I were lying on the beach in Cape Cod we decided that in 2012 we were going to take our little girl to Disney ...

"Be yourself, love yourself and be true to yourself, if someone doesn't agree or is constantly tyring to change you then they obvio...

Every year we rented a house in the Cape with my little one, which we love but wanted a change. Last year we decided this year we needed to ...

"Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life." Herbert Henry Asquith

We always think we need to go on a plane of drive hours and hours away to entertain our children. Well after some research I found there are...

A great home, beautiful child, two crazy dogs and 8 years of good times. Happy Anniversary to the guy you stood by me through it all!

These brownies are awesome and a crowd pleaser for sure. Ingredients: Box of dark chocolate brownie mix chocolate chips 24 marshmallo...

As an adult I see more and more how parents cause so much harm when they compare their children to one another and I do not mean just their ...

HAPPY 4th of JULY Everyone! Below is a schedule of upcoming fireworks. Have a happy and safe holiday! Tuesday, July 3rd 2012: Danbury Ma...

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong ...

"If you can dream it, you can do it." Walt Disney

"What would you attempt to do if you knew you would not fail?" Robert Schuller Life is about taking risks, risks that are to be...

"Laughter is the key to staying young!"

"I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the great...

Happy Father's Day to all the amazing fathers. I was blessed to have a great father and love that my hubby is an amazing father to my li...

I want to wish a very Happy Birthday to Hubby,  may today and everyday you be happy and know, even though I do not say it enough that I appr...

"Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. You'll be damned if you do and damned if you don...

My daughter is at the age where she is too smart for her own good. I love watching her and listening to her speak. She loves to make up stor...

“If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep movin...

Let's face it I do not know one person who can honestly say they do not have any stress in their life. Some have more than others but it...

"He is rich or poor according to what he is, not according to what he has." Henry Ward Beecher

"It is not until you become a mother that your judgment slowly turns to compassion and understanding." Erma Bombeck

I remember 5 years ago if you left me a message on my cell phone I probably would not have heard it for a week or two. Before working from h...

There's been an increase in shootings and crime in the town I live in. I grew up in this town and always felt safe in it but once I had ...

I am always throwing out bananas since they get ripe so fast so here's a great tip. Mash up the ripe bananas and freeze them in a smal...

Memorial Day is a day to remember all of those who have fought and continue to fight for our country. Join in for a moment of silence at 3:0...

"Goals allow you to control the direction of change in your favor." Brian Tracy

As Memorial Day is approaching I thought it would be fun to post some facts:   Memorial day was first celebrated on May 30, 1868. It was ...

Robin Gibb, with the Bee Gees, passed away over the weekend so I thought it would be fitting to post my fav Bee Gee songs.

“Enjoy everything that happens in your life, but never make your happiness or success dependent on an attachment to any person, place or thi...

I've been on a kick with eating Middle Eastern food and one of the side dishes was lentils and rice. Of course this is not as good as th...

“The days are long, but the years are short.”  Gretchen Rubin

Happy Mother's Day Everyone! I always loved my mom and appreciated her but never fully understood what she really sacrificed for me unti...

"A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you." Elbert Hubbard

When was the last time you did something nice for yourself, not for your husband or significant other, not for a child or a friend, but for ...

“Never trust a man who can dance. ”  E.L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey I just stated reading this book and it is amazing!

"Happiness isn't guided by how life is, it's guided by how life could be!"

The saying "time flies when you're having fun" is the perfect saying for the how I feel about my lil one. She has this amazing...

"I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe." Dalai Lama

" He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away." Raymond Hull

The Internet is filled with amazing sites and deals. Below is a list of some of my favorite ones that I use regularly. Ebates : This site...

I came across these quotes and thought they were hysterical. Everyone could use a good laugh once in a while! Enjoy! "I don't thi...

"There is no sweeter sound to fill a home than a child's laughter."

These have to be the easiest, yet delicious, apple turnovers you can make. What you need: 3 apples peeled 1 package crescent rolls ci...

Today we all should do a little something to give back to the earth. Plant flowers, recycle, pick up litter in your neighborhood or walk to ...

"Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our  grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon...

My blog reached 10,000 hits this week and I want to say THANK YOU to all my followers and readers. When I started this in July of 2009 I was...

Why not start Spring by cleaning up your health! Ever notice the gym is always super busy after New Year's and as the week pass by it sl...

"When you compete with others you are really trying to fix something you don't like about yourself."

“I don't like myself, I'm crazy about myself” Mae West

Before the madness starts again tomorrow, take the time to enjoy this Sunny day here in CT. Happy Sunday!!!

I always thought Friday the 13th was a lucky day...today proved it! Like every morning I wake up, get my daughter ready for school, make br...

This is my all time favorite Celine Dion song!

“How wrong is it for a woman to expect the man to build the world she wants, rather than to create it herself?” Anaïs Nin

Becoming a mother is the busiest, happiest time in a woman's life. After labor and delivery begins a whole new adventure full of surpris...