Last year post-Christmas sale at Goodwill, Mom found these light covers.  Mini Santas and Frostys.  They've added just the right amount of yuletide to the tree.  All of this for a grand .49c. **edited ... Ali Edwards Designer Digitals photo overlays were available today (or atleast I found them today).  I knew this picture need a little something!   ...

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Yesterday, as I as at my mother's for our annual Thanksgiving dinner (which is dinner part two, mind you!), I took a gander at these. Out of sheer fear of being trampled to death, Mom and I decided to only go to Target this morning.  But not until 9am.  The freebie shopping bag was gone in the first hour I heard.  In the...

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 This Thanksgiving, what I am thankful for is different, new. I usually always put me last in the gratitude list.  Its taken me WAY too long to finally put my foot down and put me first.  With that said, THE most important thing I am grateful for this year, is my health and having the opportunity to become a mother, something I've dreamed of...

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My puppies so desperately want to take a walk in these bad boys.  How cool would I look strutting through the office or downtown Naperville?  People would want to be me!  (yeah, right!) Priorities get in the way sometimes ... baby first, then mama gets a new pair of bad ass boots! ...

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Here we are at the table to have Thanksgiving dinner, part one.  Megan is taking the photo and Kelly is looking down at Tyler to make sure he's in the photo.  As you can see he is stretching his head into the picture, around this dad! Missing are my two sisters, three kids and a brother-in-law.  That would have made it perfect.  What...

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Today is the start of Thanksgiving for me.  My family is having dinner part 1, so we can celebrate with my brother and his family, as they are spending Thursday with my sister-in-law's family.  Last week I was looking for inspiration for holiday decorating.  I have this bag of old photos from my grandparents house.  So as I was looking through them all,...

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I've been searching around for a unique tech-y gadget for my 13 year old nephew for Christmas. I was surfing a bunch of websites today, and came across this. I am not sure exactly how its suppose to work, with your head in a TV!. I have done nothing but chuckle at the concept of this gadget! Do share your thoughts on this......

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Edited - Kelly shared some of her photos on Facebook the other day, here are two that captured the boys elbows deep in cake!   **Thanks for sharing these Kelly!+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Today was the twinkies 1st birthday party.  They did surprising well with all the people in their house.  I am very proud of them doing their best.  Andrew and Kelly threw a great party and...

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I never really thought of my family as a military family.  Probably because I didnt have a parent in the military.  Though today, with it being Veteran's Day, I realize that we are a military family.  It all started with my grandfather, a WW2 veteran.  Then it would be my dad attending military college.  My step-father was in the Air Force for some...

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There has to be nothing more rewarding then seeing your children show affection for each other.  Especially when they can have such different personalities.  Yesterday I spent the afternoon with Kelly and the twinkies.  They are so damn cute.  They are sick right now, but they still found the energy to walk, crawl, get into things, play, smile, laugh.  Tyler with his non-stop...

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A couple weeks back, I went with my friend Rich to see Kathy Griffin live.  I snapped this right before we went in for 90 minutes of smiles and laughter.  This is one of those photos I have taken of the city that just warms my heart.  ...

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