June 2012

Summer always has a special place in my heart.  Growing up…summer meant my birthday, camp, and pool days.  More recently, as a teacher, summer means I am off of work. Years past has lead to (semi) local and international travels. This summer, I look forward to (another) trip to Colorado, music, reading books, and engaging in a love affair with […]

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P-day (party day) is four days away. I’m in emergency mode – getting all the last minute errands done, baking the last few sweets and preparing the house. Sadly the only solace I have is that in five days, it will be behind me. It’s sad to think of it that way, and I promise to enjoy the day of, […]

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You have always been a crazy, wild guy from the first moment you emerged into this world. The energy and passion you have for life is unlike anything. From the moment you could focus on a baseball, you haven’t taken your eye off of the prize. You were the only one-year old who was glued to his seat for all […]

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Tomorrow my first baby turns four. Four years ago I became a mom for the first time. Four years ago I fell in the most painful, rewarding love of my life. Four years ago I became a completely different person, an unrecognizable person, overnight. Four years ago my life changed in ways I could have never anticipated. I always love […]

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From the time I was very young, I wanted to be a mother. When I was little one of my favorite past times was to play “baby in tummy,” totally not cool now that I just typed it. Oh well, I think if you have read my blog you have long realized how not cool I really am. Anyway, I […]

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It’s not like I’m the first person to ever throw a party. It’s even less likely that I’m the first person to throw a birthday party at their house. But I may win the most crazy one while doing so. I’ve already been baking for weeks. The requirement being that everything must be “Gabby friendly.” Fortunately in the world of […]

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Two weeks ago there was angst and agony at the mere thought of the two week break in between school and camp. I’d be lying if I said it was the first time I felt this level of anxiety, but it seems to come a couple weeks before every break. We are all such creatures of our schedule that the […]

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Errands are my life. Run here, run there…I think I shuffle my family around like it is in fact my job. Recently I learned of a service called, Errand Mamas, and it got me thinking… Speaking as a retired employee who would love to find a way to score a couple of extra dollars, I couldn’t help but respect these […]

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When I was in preschool I had a “boyfriend.” I very vividly remember him coming to my birthday party and giving me a snowman necklace. Maybe I’m just materialistic and loved the necklace, or maybe it was just the first time I experienced the rush of young love. And so my boy craziness started. Not that my love life was […]

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