Congrats to Ryan Howard!

Just wanted to take a minute and congratulate Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies on his 200th Career Home Run! He hit it tonight in Florida against the Marlins.

Congrats Ryan!

Wordless Wednesday - Wedding pics

Here are a few pics from the wedding I went to this past weekend. We had such a nice time!


With my parents:


They had a fun photobooth set up at the reception, so my boyfriend and I hammed it up a bit:







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Weekend Plans

Well I'm off to CT tonight to go see my friend Kari get married! Please send good weather vibes to Connecticut for Saturday! :)

Have a great weekend everyone! See you all Monday!

The Oven - UGH

So about 2 weeks ago now, our oven decided it wanted the broiler on whenever the oven's breaker was switched on. It wouldn't turn off! And that broiler gets HOT! So we did without an oven OR a stove top til yesterday. Yesterday the repair guy came and the broiler didn't come on! UGH! He said that there's probably a sticky connection back there and we could replace 2 parts and spend like $600 bucks or we can just get a new stove, which we'll probably do. But for now we can use it if we make sure we flip the breaker back off when we're done.

So yesterday was our first dinner that wasn't from the crockpot or george foreman grill in about two weeks! (Nothing against the cp or GF grill though, they saved us!!) We had chorizo & black bean burritos! Yum! Tonight, it's chili! I never imagined I'd be so glad to be able to brown meat in my life!! LOL

I'll admit it, I've been slacking...

A whole month has gone by since my last post. You know how sometimes life just gets away from you and before you know it, so much time has gone by that you can't quite tell where it went? Well, I'm back, and I'm going to do my best not to let time get away from me again!

I hope you all had a wonderful month of June! :) Mine was busy and full of summer fun. Isn't it the best time of year?! Picnics, pool parties, barbecues. So much fun! My boyfriend and I are talking about planning a vacation. We both can't get away for too long, but we'd like to take a short getaway. I love searching for fun vacation ideas and coming up with a new adventure for us. Right now I'm thinking of going south...maybe virginia or maryland. Anyone have any good ideas or tips to share for an inexpensive getaway?

I like this...It's good to be back :)

Diane Birch Bible Belt - Album Review

Diane Birch's album Bible Belt came out yesterday! I am a member of the One2One Network and they chose Diane Birch for their latest campaign. I wasn't chosen to receive the cd to review, but I decided to check it out on my own this morning. Seriously, this is a fantastic album! Written entirely by Diane Birch, Bible Belt has a mellow, bluesy feel reminiscent of the likes of Carole King, Carly Simon, Duffy, Adele and Norah Jones all rolled into one. Diane doesn't sound like a copycat though. She sounds really authentic. Diane was born in Michigan but grew up with her preacher father moving around between Zimbabwe, South Africa and Australia and finally settling down in Oregon. Diane's childhood definitely shaped the sound of this album and I love it! It doesn't fit into one neat genre box either. Really interesting album. The melodies are really wonderful and inviting. I would definitely recommend this one. Perfect for these pre-summer days and nights!

Some music teasers:

Link to MP3 of ‘Fire Escape’

Diane Birch's Myspace Page

Blog Giveaways

Happy Monday! Here are some great blog giveaways for you to enter this week! Good Luck! Sorry it's a short list. I'm watching my cousin's twins today and I'm already running late! Good luck everyone! Hope you all have a great Monday!

Fabulous Fun Finds is giving away a toy SR9 Sports Sedan from Automoblox! (Ends 6/7)

The Funky Monkey is giving away 100 personalized fortune cookies! (Ends 6/7)

Frugal Mommy of 2 Girls is giving away a wooden puzzle from Melissa & Doug. (Ends 6/10)

Prissy Green is giving away a full set of Nature's Paradise's Gi'ovane skincare line. (Ends 6/15)

Barefoot Mommies is giving away a RCA Small Wonders Camcorder! (Ends 6/21)

Barefoot Mommies is giving away a Kodak EasyShare z1015 IS Digital Camera! (Ends 6/21)


A Couch With A View is giving away an EA Sports Active game for the Wii! (Ends 6/30)