THE SEA OF BLUE

THE SEA OF BLUE

Sunday was the ‘Big Celebration’ where all forty something of us wore our blue family tree-shirts.  There was an old-fashioned smoker cooking up chicken, pulled pork & beef brisket all afternoon.  The meat was so delicious and tender!  You would have...
THE ULTIMATE POOL PARTY

THE ULTIMATE POOL PARTY

This past weekend will be a memorable one.  I feel so blessed to have spent it with my (big Italian) extended family.  We gathered from all over to celebrate my grandparents 60th Anniversary!  Raising six girls is no easy task, but they have mastered it was grace and...
I MET THE PIONEER WOMAN | MY LIFE

I MET THE PIONEER WOMAN | MY LIFE

Last Saturday, I got to meet The Pioneer Woman!  She was in Columbus, Ohio.  Can you believe it!  This was her first trip to Ohio and she liked it.  She told me she might move here…maybe…ok, maybe I’m putting words in her mouth.  In good old Ree...
HAPPY 2011!

HAPPY 2011!

Happy New Year!  I hope you had a wonderful holiday.  Mine was so nice and I apologize for taking quite the break from blogging.   Secretly, I’ve had my nose in a book, I can’t put the 4th Twilight down!  Ah…every chapter gets better and better!...
CUTTING DOWN A CHRISTMAS TREE

CUTTING DOWN A CHRISTMAS TREE

Please take notes (well for next year)… I have three words for you. Fly. Away. Farms. Fly Away Farms is a great little treasure, my friends and I found, only open 2 days out of the year! This was the first year I’ve ever cut down a Christmas Tree....