Last year, I quipped that trying to find a pet friendly {affordable} beach rental at Thanksgiving was like trying to balance a chemistry equation. When we did find a place, it was not as pictured when we walked through the door. Yet, I still managed to make a Thanksgiving feast using a butter knife & [...]
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I have to admit something: I’m a food smuggler. I know… you’re disappointed & shocked, right? I routinely smuggle snacks and drinks in my purse to football games for two reasons: variety & to save money. As much as I try to get to the game early enough to tailgate, we get there only in [...]
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When Ellie’s preschool class was asked “How do you cook a turkey?”, their teacher recorded each child’s response. Can you guess which response was Ellie’s? It turns out, she’s not as random as you might think. However, we’re not letting Big Daddy’s cook our Thanksgiving Dinner. She’ll have to save her pennies & visit the [...]
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In our little family, creating a tradition at Thanksgiving has meant two things: going to the beach & cooking a big dinner. This year, I’ve committed myself to trying new recipes for the old classics. With just two days before we drive East for some rest & relaxation, I wanted to see how I could [...]
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I don’t know what it’s like to be Sue Paterno, but I do know what it’s like to serve dinner close to bedtime. I know that being a coaches’ wife can be lonely. Our husbands work late into the evening and travel for a week at a time only to come home & need to [...]
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We are… disgusted. THE FACTS Twelve years ago, when {then grad assistant} Mike McQueary walked into the locker room and witnessed his superior sexually abusing a child, he told someone. He told Joe Paterno. Joe Paterno told Tim Curley. And Tim Curley covered up the disturbing claims. Now famed football coach Jerry Sandusky has been [...]
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Ellie would watch 17 episodes of Caillou back-to-back if I allowed her. And although I have good intentions of “just checking something quickly”, I easily waste an hour checking email, updating my status, adding to my Pinterest board, or searching for a recipe. One thing leads to the next, one show to the next show, [...]
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As adults, we so often try to define ourselves by our careers or our hobbies, but thankfully children have a way of reminding us of what’s truly important: Faith & Family. On Saturday, Coach had a “tough day at the office”. After a 42-0 loss at a field nearly 3,000 miles away from home, he [...]
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