Our oldest daughter is in middle school and it was only a matter of time for when she truly “needed” her own computer. Well, that time has come and gone. About a month ago, I was on my laptop working on (what else?) a blog post that was due; my husband was on our desktop doing his football draft (or whatever it’s called), and our 6th-grader said, “I need a computer…
I am writing this in New York City and it is currently 31.8°, with a windchill feeling like its 22 degrees, and I am ecstatic because in just a handful of days, we will be having a family vacation in Curaçao for the Thanksgiving holidays. Back in March, I went to the Women’s Travel Fest (#WTfest) and won a 5-day / 4-night family trip to Curaçao with accomodations at The Hilton Curacao. A big…
My UGG boots are about 4 years old: they’ve got a rip in them, the fleece inside is a little matted down, but it keeps my toes WARM. And with the way the Polar Vortex has been visiting the United States lately, I won’t be throwing them out anytime soon. BUT, I needed something newer looking than my 4-year old UGG classic boots, but something that kep my feet warm…
I’m a little late to the gel manicure party. Gel manicures have been around for several years and I had only gotten my first gel manicure about 4 weeks ago. I normally never wear color polish on my nails; I like a clear polish for a clean but very understated look. But, I wanted to change things up and went to get a gel manicure. I picked out a Lucky Magazine to…
With the holidays coming up, the season of eating is upon us. I personally love all of the cooking and eating that goes on but there is always so many leftovers! Between the turkey, the roasted brussell sprouts and vegetables, buttered green beans — there is just so much food. Most of the time, eating the same thing over and over again means that no one eats the leftovers (at least in…
I love the fall not just for fall fashion layering, new fall boots and family holidays. I love it for the cooking and the baking! Like Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies or Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cream Cheese Cupcakes. Although I love sweets (a lot!) I enjoy simple and savory sides like Roasted Brussel Sprouts with Balsamic Vinegar. I’ve used a lot of roasted brussel sprout recipes and have even cooked down balsamic vinegar…
So…you’ve seen the before pictures of our girls bedroom. It was a room of mish-mosh furniture, absolutely no storage for all of the girls’ books and toys and no place for two tweens to do their homework. After over six weeks of construction in which we lived in friend’s apartments (thank goodness for friends who go on vacation!) and then living through four weeks of construction while the girls started…
We say it every year and I’m going to say it again: Where did the year go?! I blinked and it was Halloween and we’re now three weeks before the start of the holiday season: Thanksgiving. Which means: it’s time to get the holiday cards started. The year went by so fast that I didn’t have a chance to get professional family photos taken. Well, thank goodness for Minted, a design marketplace that…
They Dyson Hot and Cool provides the fastest whole room heating in winter and high velocity air to cool you in the summer. It’s one machine for four seasons. It uses the AM05 Air Mutiplier™ technology for bladeless fan heater which provides the fastest whole room heating in the winter months and cooling in the summer. The Dyson Hot and Cool looks tiny but it definitely is powerful and as…
Audrey McClelland, Vera Sweeney and Nicole Feliciano invited me to attend a Fall 2014 CAbi Fashion Show. I’ve heard and read about CAbi but never went to a show before. First of all, what a pleasant surprise I had when I saw a familiar face from my corporate marketing days. The creative director of CAbi, Daniele Trussardi, and I worked with several years ago when he and I were both…