I went from this… to this… I remember my mom and Kathy making these trees.  Actually they made them for all different holidays; Christmas, Halloween, Flag Day, OK maybe not Flag Day, but it could be cute, all red, white and blue.  Anyway I remember them making them and remember loving them.   Several years ago [...]

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We came home from NY on Saturday and Sunday I started decorating.  It’s my favorite time of the year and this year I decided to go all out!!!  I’ve never actually put out ALL of my Christmas decorations before, I never wanted to scare Ichiro, but this year I was ready.  I lugged all the [...]

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Ichiro, Noby and I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!  We are so thankful for our wonderful family and friends and everything they have done for us!!  We love you all! We had such a fabulous time in NY for Thanksgiving.  It was great to see Ichiro’s parents and spend some time with them.  [...]

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Having two cats, a dog and all hardwood floors mean you’re gonna have a few dust bunnies.  No matter how much you dust, sweep and vacuum, you are just gonna have a few.  Today we pulled out all the couches, dust and vacuumed  behind them and even dusted and washed the walls!!  It was very [...]

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While Ichiro was working on his car, I was outside finishing the backyard.  I had started a project of adding cinder blocks against the fence so that trash doesn’t come under it and I wanted to get that finished.  While we were working hard, Noby played and played in his new backyard.  We each took [...]

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So today I was all about starting mission I.I.A.T.Y.M.L.Y.C.G.O.O.T.G.R. or “Ichiro, It’s about time you move last years Christmas gift out of the guestroom.”  That’s right, last year I secretly removed the seats from Ichiro’s Corrado and had them reupholster.  They look awesome and have been waiting for Ichiro to replace them in the car.  [...]

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Our little backyard is coming together.  I love having the play area for Noby and we’ve been out there everyday this week.  And everyday, I’ve had to pick up trash that comes under the fence from the apartment building behind us.  My mom suggesting finishing the back of my garden with cinder blocks.  If you [...]

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What have we been doing all week? Well the beginning of the week Noby and I headed to Suffield for an overnight visit with Memere and Grandpa.  It was great to just relax and hang out with them.  My mom has also been without internet for a while now so we called to get everything [...]

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Two weeks ago, when Noby’s Memere and Grandpa were here visiting, they ordered Noby’s birthday/Christmas/what-I-think-should-be-every-holiday-for-next-year gift.  It arrived last week (FREE Shipping thanks to Amazon Prime – Love the Prime!) and we’ve been waiting to put it together.  The plan was for a Saturday building day, because by the time Ichiro got home from work [...]

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