Category Archives: Rants & Raves

Sometimes…

you just gotta have your toes done.

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Cupcakes and Cannons

What better way to spend a beautiful Saturday then by going to our local cupcake shop – Sugar- and picking up a few goodies and eating them on the town green?  This time we chose the East Haven town green … Continue reading

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My Favorite

flower in my yard.

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Double Rainbow

This you tube video gets quoted and mentioned around our house a lot: http://youtu.be/OQSNhk5ICTI So imagine our surprise the morning after our camping  trip -to the wilds of our backyard- when we saw our own double rainbow!

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Nothing but Red Velvet

  Red Velvet. It’s what I’ve been thinking about since this morning when I finished making potato salad for a cook out tonight. I was thinking about how we were off to Boston tomorrow for Ellie’s six month heart check … Continue reading

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Spring, ahhh

I know I might complain about Connecticut, but it truly is glorious in Spring. 70 degrees, sunshine and no humidity. Ahhh

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Female inspiration

Lately I’ve been inspired by a so many strong and talented women.  Here are just a sampling  I wanted to share with you so they can maybe inspire you too. First is my friend Casey – http://twitteringbird.blogspot.com/ – she is … Continue reading

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Leak!!!!

What we found when we investigated the funny smell coming from under the house. A drain pipe leak. Oh the joy of living in a house that was built in 1926!

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So it begins

Sadie started on solids on Friday.  Oatmeal first and has had apples since.  She LOVES it, even grabbing at the spoon and guiding it into her mouth.  Yup she was ready. Sadie went for her 4 1/2 month check up … Continue reading

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Floored

For some reason we thought it would be a good idea to see what was underneath that very ugly 1970s kitchen floor we had.  Since we there were no real cabinets to be removed and we were about to install … Continue reading

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