Our VERY IMPORTANT orange notebook
This trusty orange book basically holds every detail our life right now. I guess it’s more of a butternut squash color. Anyway, we use it to track our expenses. We write down how many hours we work on...
View ArticleI think the term “better half” specifically applies to my marriage.
A lot of weekends, I get to emcee different events. Last Saturday, my sister and I both got to emcee an awesome memorial run/walk for Trooper Kenton Iwaniec… That’s us with Kenton’s mom, the most...
View ArticleWho needs walls???
We certainly don’t…at least for now. You currently can see directly into our basement because the old stairs used to be right here. We tore them down and built new ones in a different spot. (That post...
View ArticleA weekend of firsts…
Our first injury… Our first leak… Our first look at the new bedroom wall and door… Our first peak into our neighbor’s house… Our 1st Race for the Cure celebrating my Aunt Trudy & her friend,...
View ArticleSomeone got hurt
We knew it was only a matter of time… My husband, Mark, works LONG days…putting time in at the house and managing several professional projects. He’s burning the candle at both ends and he got tripped...
View ArticleWe have a leak. Actually, we have 3.
It rained like a dickens in Pittsburgh last weekend and our roof couldn’t handle it. Mark made me hold that bucket there for four hours. What a guy! ;) As the rain continued, we grabbed more plastic...
View ArticleThe beauty of a Pittsburgh toilet
If you’re from Pittsburgh, you totally know what I’m talking about. For those of you who are foreigners :) the Pittsburgh toilet is a very strange phenomenon of a free standing toilet in the BASEMENT...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about me is on my keys
My key ring pretty much sums up my life… Spin classes at LA Fitness, books at the Carnegie Library and lots of purchases at Giant Eagle mainly buying these puppies… We buy our Home Depot gift cards at...
View ArticleMarriage isn’t what I thought it was going to be
Today is my 2-year wedding anniversary which means I have accumulated LOTS of wisdom that I’m now allowed to disperse to others. :) I had no idea when I walked down the aisle that I was not marrying...
View ArticleThen and now…
I thought we’d do a “before and after” now that we’re at the midway point. It’s cool to see the progress and, honestly, it gives my husband and me the little boost we need to keep going! This was a...
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