It’s funny how certain childhood memories just stick with you… I’ll never forget when my Dad was invited to his dear friends’ Connie and Tommy Oliva’s 25th Wedding Anniversary party. My Mom had always been our family’s special occasion gift shopper but she had recently passed away so now my Dad would be responsible for […]

You know how all the paint companies each year feature a color of the year? Well…who knew the same was true for college room decor. It seems that the girls’ college room decor winning color combo this Fall is…drum roll please…grey, dusty rose and white. That’s right! Scroll through (almost) every Mom of a freshman […]

I can’t help but get weepy when I think about the Class of 2020. Just typing those words brings teardrops down my cheeks…AGAIN. “Our” school year ended just like THAT on March 11th. No good byes. No “last” time I’m going to…No fun celebratory snapshots with friends outside the school. It’s like a bad dream, […]

My parents have been gone a long time. I love taking the time to celebrate their lives by sharing my memories of them because it allows me to excavate through some lost memories that have lied dormant just waiting to be triggered. Anniversaries, birthdays and other milestones are always a great excuse to remember our […]

Have you heard about the NEW hair tool that EVERYONE is talking about. Seriously…EVERYONE! It’s by REVLON. No offense to REVLON, but I was skeptical. How could something that is supposedly so outstanding, come from little old REVLON. So what is it? It’s essentially a big oval brush and blow dryer in one. Could this […]

I think I know myself fairly well and I enjoy reintroducing myself to myself with each passing year. I am not the same person that I was 20 years ago, 10 years ago, last week…Through various circumstances, raising children, geographical moves and life changes we change and hopefully grow. I try to be introspective and […]

(If you haven’t read Part 1…please scroll on down my homepage and read that one first!) My little blog is about to celebrate it’s FIRST birthday. Like with any birthday it’s a time of reflection and gratitude. I have always enjoyed sharing helpful tips and moments from my life on Facebook. As a result, several […]

I have decided to turn myself in on a family joke. Have you ever had an outfit that you just love and wear to death? When you’re wearing it you feel like you can just take on the world…In your mind no one really notices that this outfit is on constant repeat because just maybe […]

Peter, myself and the “kids” just got back home from a week long vacation with my brother Paul at his beach house in Avalon, NJ… aka “down the shore,” as the folks in Jersey say. Avalon is not your typical Jersey Shore community busy with a bustling boardwalk, cotton candy/funnel cake shops or amusement park […]