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• My ESP Wacky Moment

  This morning I woke up at 3:00am and had trouble falling back to sleep. While I was tossing and turning one of the bizarre thoughts that entered my mind was hoping I would find some of my family recipes that I've lost over the years. Two in particular came to mind - my grandma's "Fudgies" and m...

• My Christmas Caribbean Vacation

  All I can say is what an amazing time we had aboard the Disney Magic on our 7-night Caribbean vacation to Key West, Grand Cayman, Cozumel and Castaway Cay - and during the Christmas season! I have never been so pampered, relaxed, well-fed, and totally entertained than I was this past week.  The wea...

• I’m Slowly Winning

  It's been a very hard fought battle but I can finally say I'm slowly inching ahead. Or should I say I'm slowly losing inches? My lifelong battle with my weight has been a war since high school. I am like most women - a yo-yo of weight gain and weight loss. It's pretty much been consistently c...

• One day at band camp…

  So my band experience was truly nothing like the infamous "one day at band camp" scene from American Pie, but it was memorable in all the good ways. It was 6th grade when I picked out the trumpet as my instrument.  But it wasn't my first choice.  I remember my family loaded into the brown stati...

• To my friend Derek Peterson

  Derek, I want you to know how much you meant to all of us. You were sweet, innocent and the nicest person I've ever met. I sit here with tears streaming down my face because I can't believe you are gone. I didn't even get to say good-bye to you. I think our last hallway conversation was a joke ab...