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My niece, Lily, has quite the life. She eats, sleeps and gets her aunt and grandparents to lay on the floor and applaud every time she blinks. I want to put her in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “Most Amazing Baby Ever.” Even though I could hang out with Lilypad all the time, we needed to work on the house. Mark finished sanding and put the final coat of polyeutherane on our…

We did more play than work this past weekend, but how could you not when it felt like summer in the ‘Burgh?! Mark did his part in the Steel City Pizza contest that was held in Arsenal Park in Lawrenceville. No pizza for me, but I did drink a tub of fresh lemonade. I went out for a girls night and Mark started sanding our stair treads. We’re giving each one a light coat of…

I discovered something new this week. I found out that my sister is one TOUGH Mama Bear. We all were soooo excited when Kelly went into labor and got her room at Magee Hospital. Things were good for the first few hours, but then it got DIFFICULT. For 36 HOURS, my sister battled ridiculous contractions. We took turns being with her in her room and sleeping in the hallway. The doctor finally said Kelly needed…

Mark and I (and my mom & dad) used our DIY skills this past weekend for my sister’s baby shower… Who are we kidding…we totally just bought everything. This was definitely not a girly Pinterest baby shower, but it was still awesome. Kelly and Kevin were the stars of the day as our family and closest friends celebrated the pending arrival of Baby Lily! It was a guys & gals shower at the Fox and…

Hubby Mark has officially kinda gotten over the jet lag. Coffee helps…especially when you get to drink it in your super cool Dubai coffee mug. You KNOW my Canadian husband found a Tim Hortons while he was in the United Arab Emirates. Mark has an inner compass that always directs him to the nearest Tim’s. It’s nice having my partner back! This weekend, Mark and I are going to prime the downstairs walls. One of…

Well, not really…but as soon as I saw this picture all I could think about was HUMP DAY! Woot woot!! Mark said you could go on a “camel ride” on the beaches of Dubai. After he saw the camels, he showed his colleagues the Geico commercial that ran in the States…too funny! My husband really had the trip of a lifetime. Granted, he worked like 14 hour days, but he did have a moment or…

I missed this face. After spending the last 5 weeks doing some VERY COOL work in Dubai, my husband is back in the states and back in my arms! 🙂 Mark was still in the loop on all the house stuff. We Skyped with my favorite drywaller so that Mark could see what he was doing. Drywaller Mark also gave Hubby Mark some tips for next time. Since Dubai is 9 hours ahead of us,…

Garth. Brooks. Rocks. His concert last night at the Consol Center was amazing! Me and my hot date, Aunt Trudy, rocked out with my $10 Bud Light. My brother-in-law, Kevin, LOVES Garth and we got him (and the rest of us) tickets as a Christmas present. Check out the best t-shirt of the night… It was Garth’s birthday & Big Ben and the Steelers surprised him onstage! [wpvideo RROez5ck] And then we made the jumbo-tron…Night…

I am cooking. Correction…I am cooking AND baking. This has never happened, and I’m not even that happy about it. But when your very pregnant sister, who is one of your favorite humans, throws a Christmas party and needs you to bring food…you get in the kitchen. For starters, I turned the oven on but left a bunch of pans and plastic tops in the drawer underneath. Now, my Pyrex lid looks like this. But…

Today’s Thanksgiving blog is a guest post from my husband. I am VERY THANKFUL for him and all of his handy ways. You have all seen that Mark is a master renovator…he’s not so bad with words either. Here’s Mark… This Thanksgiving, it’s not lost on me that most wives would not allow their living rooms to become storage sheds. Or a wood shop. Most women would not want to spend their weekends wearing a…