Countdown to Christmas...Mia's Christmas Sweater

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With only 30 days until Christmas, I wanted to share with you a photo of Mia in her new Christmas Sweater.

She loved it so much that she was strutting her stuff as we took our walk this afternoon. She just knew she looked pretty.

Hope you are all enjoying your holiday preparations. 

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Flashback Friday ~ Little Mia

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I am linking up with Camille of Crazy Mama for Flashback Friday. Camille is on a partial hiatus due to some carpal tunnel from her pregnancy, but she still managed to post a linky for us to add our photos to her site... what a trooper. Love you, Camille!!

 

Today I have decided to post a photo of our little Mia when she was just 4 years old - she is now 6 1/2 but is still lovable and cuddly. Any of you who know us, know that we totally adore and spoil our fur-babies. As you can see in this photo, Mia even has on her pearl necklace. Can you say DIVA????

 

 

 

So, how about you dig out some old photos and share them with us? I just love seeing what everyone looked like in the past.

 

Post your photo then link up with Camille over at Crazy Mama...... and have a great weekend.

 

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Beautiful Sunset



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Image Credit

The other night while we were at Disney World, there was the most beautiful Sunset and I wanted to share it with you.

Hope you enjoy.....

 

 

 

 

Hope you have a wonderful day.  =)

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Our First Visit to 2012 EPCOT Food & Wine Fest

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Since Walt Disney World is basically our backyard, Bill and I LOVE when the EPCOT Food and Wine Festival arrives each fall. We go almost once or twice a week to eat and see the Eat to the Beat Concerts that feature some of the rock and roll bands that we both love so much.

Last Saturday, we made our first 15 minute trek from our door to EPCOT's entrance to eat our way around the world. We managed to get about 1/4 away around EPCOT's World Showcase.

We started off in Hawaii with with Kahlua Pork Sliders with Sweet and Sour Dole Pineapple Chutney and Spicy Mayonnaise and a Kona Brewing Company Big Wave Golden Ale... man was that delicious, just the right amount of sweet and spice. Next was Greece where we each had a Chicken Souvlaki with Tzatsiki (and finished our Kona beer)... another great marriage of spice and sweet. Then as we headed over toward the American Garden's Theater for the concert, we stopped at Italy for Ravioli di Formaggio all'Emiliana (Beef Bolognese Sauce, Parmesan, and Mozzarella) with water and iced tea. Plus I had a Chocolate Covered Cannoli - YUMMY!!

The thing that totally made me laugh was that with all the food from countries all over the world, this line happened:

 

 

This is a McDonalds... these people chose to eat McDonalds food instead of the delicious food from all the booths from countries all over the world. I just don't get some people. =\

 

 

 

Then onto the show..... We saw Starship staring Mickey Thomas. They were awesome, as they have been the last 9 times we have seen them. It was sad not seeing Mark Abrahamian after watching him play such awesome lead guitar for all those years (I have photos of him on my FB page), but Jeff Tamelier did a great job and is a fabulous showman. So here are my photos of Lead Vocalist, Mickey Thomas; Additional vocals, Stephanie Calvert (you should hear her do White Rabbit - I get chills); Guitar, Jeff Tamelier; Bass, Back-up vocals, Jeff Adams; Drums, Darrell Verdusco; Keyboards, Back-up vocals, Phil Bennett:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had such a great time and cannot wait to go back for more food - some I am looking forward to are Germany, Poland, and a new one this year, a Florida Local Booth. Of course there is an Ireland booth that has a Warm Chocolate Lava Cake with Bailey's Ganache... I'll be getting that more than once!

 

Stay tuned for the continuing saga as Bill and I eat our way around the world.  =)

 

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Fifty Shades of Biting My Lip - Momdot Blog Challenge

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!!

Trisha from Momdot has just finished reading "Fifty Shades of Gray" (which she really hasn't enjoyed that much) and says that you cannot look sexy when you bite your lip - something that turns on the main male character, Christian, in the book when Anastasia, the main female character does it. (For those of you who live under a rock.)

So, Trisha has issued a challenge... post a few photos of yourself biting your lip trying to look sexy to see if it can be done. Well, here I go, doing my best, promise you wont laugh, PLEASE. 

 

   

 

Remember, you promised not to laugh at me.... and it's your turn now.  Post a few of your best "sexy" lip biting photos and then link up with Trisha over at Momdot for the "world's most unsexy blog hop" as she put it.

And in the words of Christian Gray:  Laters, baby.....

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Wordless Wednesday: 3/14/2012 ~ Spring is in the Air

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Welcome to Wordless Wednesday..... I'm looking forward to seeing all of your photos, so if you leave a comment, please leave your email address so I can come on over and take a look.

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Wordless Wednesday: 02/29/2012 ~ Motel with a Little Something for Everyone

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Let's Never Forget The True Heroes - Meet Landon

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I received this via email from a friend of mine in Connecticut and wanted to share it with you all. I have to say, to me, this is the most touching, heart wrenching, meaningful photo I have seen.

Meet Landon.

His father, Marine LCPL Carpenter, gave his life defending our country in Afghanistan earlier this year, a month before his son was born.

 

Baby Landon's Mom wants his story to be known. Take a moment to share this photo with your friends and reflect on the price of freedom.

Never forget the price of freedom!

{Disclosure: I could find no reference to the authenticity or not of this photo, however I do know that this happens MUCH too often, so I wanted to share it with you anyway as the sentiment means so much to me.}

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Wordless Wednesday: 2/15/2012 ~ Honest Daddy, We Didn't Do Anything

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A Thousand Words Thursday: 1/5/2012 ~ Santa Mandie

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Check out Musings of the Mom Jen to see the reason she started "A Thousand Words Thursday" - it is kind-of the way I feel about my screen saver, so I decided to join in and showcase some of my photos each week that bring me "unexpected reminiscing," as Jen calls it. Hope you enjoy the photos and feel free to join along!

So grab the button on Jen's site and post a photo that brings a thousand words to your mind so we can all see it. Have a great weekend. HUGGLES!

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Wordless Wednesday: Dec. 21, 2011 ~ Me and my Baby Mandie

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Wordless Wednesday: Nov. 30, 2011 ~ People I Love

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Mia, Daddy and Wiggles enjoying fireworks on Founder's Day

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Wordless Wednesday: Nov. 16, 2011 ~ Railroad in Germany at EPCOT

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Wordless Wednesday: November 9, 2011 - I Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Mommy!

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What you looking at? I didn't eat your candy!

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Random Adorable Yorkie Photo

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Photo Credit

I saw Mia lying on the arm of the couch Sunday and thought she looked so pretty, so I snapped a photo of her and wanted to share it with you.

Hope you have a great week.  HUGGLES!

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I LOVE Getting Together with Blogger Friends

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I was so thrilled when Crystal of Simply Being Mommy contacted me via Twitter and told me that she was in Orlando at a conference for Ford - make sure subscribe to her blog so you can see WHY she was there, you will be AMAZED!!  She and her family weren't going to be there for too long, but we were able to get together this morning for brunch at the Hilton Bonnet Creek where she was staying. We had such a great time and it wasn't even like we had just been together, not like it had been a year and a half since we'd seen each other. Except for how big her kids had gotten - WOW.

Here are some photos from our all to short get together......




Peyton



Rylan and Peyton





Taylor



Sleepy Peyton, Ryan (Daddy Digest), Taylor and Rylan 



Peyton, Crystal and Me



Crystal and Peyton



I SO can't wait for Crystal, Ryan and the kids to come visit again... for much longer. They are all so sweet and, I know Crystal will disagree with me, but her kids are really just the BEST.

Becoming "real life" friends with your "bloggy" friends is such a magnificent thing that if you EVER have the opportunity to meet some of the people you have gotten to know while blogging, I definitely suggest you take advantage of it... you will NOT regret it.

HUGGLES to you all Crystal, Ryan, Taylor, Peyton and especially to my little buddy Rylan!! =)

{Disclaimer: Text links are provided for my readers because I lubs you guys, I was not paid by any of the companies represented here. However IF any of these companies would like to work with me, I would love to represent you.}

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