Our family whirlwind of parties keeps on going! This past Saturday, we celebrated the second of our two family brides. This time around the shower was for my cousin Kara, who will be marrying Rich in January. The whole family (minus a few key members, such as our grandmother who couldn’t make it up from Virginia for the event) gathered together, along with some of Kara’s closest friends, to celebrate the upcoming wedding. The shower was held in Westchester, at […]

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“The only way we will survive is by being kind. The only way we can get by in this world is through the help we receive from others. No one can do it alone, no matter how great the machines are.” I’ve always thought Amy Poehler was hilarious, but after reading her new book Yes, Please, I am convinced that she is somehow my big sister. Or at the very least a long lost cousin. But clearly we’re related. Not […]

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Next up for the family celebrations was my niece/goddaughter’s baptism. This was the day after the bridal shower for Colette and so it was a big weekend of family fun. The day began with me heading over to mom’s to help watch the baby while everyone cleaned up and got set up for the party. I was on baby duty and so it was my job to make sure the Pickle was entertained and happy while everyone was busy. I […]

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This year, my usual Halloween partner was sadly not available, but I wasn’t going to let that come between me and my defending my Most Creative Costume award! I am the winner two years running (aside from the year that we didn’t do the Halloween thing, though I am positive I would’ve won that one too!). At first, I wasn’t going to do anything – but this was mostly because I genuinely had no idea what I wanted to do […]

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