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Archive for the ‘Holidays’ Category

Thankful

Thursday, November 24th, 2011

Today is Thanksgiving and there are lots of reasons for me to be thankful. We will spend today with dear family and friends. We will see more family and friends throughout the weekend. Tomorrow marks Gavin’s 13-month birthday. And this weekend marks the one-year anniversary of Gavin’s homecoming. I’ve been amazingly blessed this year and [...]

Rescheduled

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

How a blank slate weekend quickly overflowed!

Shopping

Thursday, November 17th, 2011

For the past few days, the local news has been running stories about Black Friday and how the holiday sales that typically begin the Friday after Thanksgiving are moving earlier and earlier … some big box stores (I’m looking at you, Target) are opening their doors late Thursday night. I never really got that craze. [...]

Holidays

Tuesday, November 15th, 2011

I’m drowning from the holidays and it’s only mid-November. Help me!

Travel

Wednesday, October 12th, 2011

Over the weekend, Sweets and I took Gavin on his first flight back to the east coast to visit my family. The flight to Boston was smooth sailing. We arrived at the airport over two hours early, giving us plenty of time to check-in, get through security, grab a bite to eat and let Gavin [...]