MERRY CHRISTMAS + HAPPY NEW YEAR

MERRY CHRISTMAS + HAPPY NEW YEAR

    MERRY CHRISTMAS + HAPPY NEW YEAR from my family to yours.  It’s rare when we’re all together for our family photo, so the best opportunity was on Christmas Eve. We’re having a great time spending the holidays together and with extended...
ANTIQUING | FUN THINGS TO DO IN OHIO

ANTIQUING | FUN THINGS TO DO IN OHIO

Summer wrapped up fast, but I am gearing up for fall with the start of football (Go Buckeyes) and the crisp fall air.  This past weekend, I traveled to Springfield Ohio (about 30-40 minutes from Columbus), to go to the Springfield Antique Show and Fleamarket.  I had...
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...