So when you achieve certain goals, like marriage, great career, say like having 4 kids; you enter a world very people have lived. There's no normal. You're in a perpetual state of a "new" normal. Fortunately (I think) our daughter's volleyball tournaments take us all over the country. The boys tend to stay with my... Continue Reading →
Easier said than done, am I right? Recently I've seen this in action, from an incredibly strong black woman who you wouldn't think feared anything... my beautiful mother-in-law. Â In September, she married her high school sweetheart. Their paths diverged while in college. Â Both of them are succeeding in their careers. Both of them have personal... Continue Reading →
So it's hard to celebrate when work schedules do not permit. On our 5th wedding anniversary (Shout out to us!), I was working 12 hr nightshifts and hubs was working during the day. Â Since this is pretty normal us, usually happens once a month, we vowed to try to go out together soon. Â We exchanged... Continue Reading →
From our family to yours! *girl child missing... *
This photo of the week comes from our last cruise trip to the Bahamas in November 2016! If you have never been these floating cities are an amazing way to vacation.Â
So it may appear that we try to go to New York every chance we get. And that is only partially maybe mostly true, lol. Â This time we had good intentions. I mean you go gotta for the blog, right? Well, we headed up to Long Island Tech conference but got a little lost and... Continue Reading →
So during our trip to California, we definitely ate, like a lot.  It was basically at random. Hubs would ask, "What do you want to eat?" My usual response would be "FOOD!" So take the food journey with us... Day 1: Foxy's in Glendale, California After we arrived, checked out the Getty Villa, checked into our... Continue Reading →
Well ladies and gentlemen today is September 11th 2016 and is the 15th anniversary of the terrorists attacks on the United States. The lives lost and all those affected are in my prayers and thoughts  always but especially today! Let us never forget. So the saying is an apple a day keeps the doctor... Continue Reading →
So last year (pre-blogging era), was the first DC swim week I ever attended. It also so happened to be at DC Swim Week's first year. But you wouldn't have known it.  It felt so smoothly run, the venues were perfect, the fashion was amazing ... and I've got to say the 2nd annual was even... Continue Reading →
3 Kids, my husband, me, my mom, her husband, my little brother Tony from Cali, and a partridge in a pear tree... all went on a 8 day vacation to Central Florida. Â Honestly, the longest vacation I've ever taken. I have this fear that if I take more than 4 days off of work, I... Continue Reading →
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