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This post is a part of 20SB’s Looking Back Blog Carnival, and Ben & Jerry’s is awarding free ice cream to lucky bloggers and readers!click here for more details.Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Wifey Tip: Hug It Out Vinnie taught me a very valuable lesson a few days ago. Right in the middle of a discussion in which neither Vinnie nor I were going to prevail over the other, Vinnie stopped the

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The last month has been jammed packed with lacrosse games, yard work, family parties, mentoring interns, and dealing with broken dog legs. The later = the reason I MUST blog right this minute.If I look at Maya's battered leg one more moment,I just might puke.If my mind wanders to beautiful, sunny June 7th, playing ball with maya in the backyard turned emergency scene when she jumps too high and

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the devil Maya......if a dog is anything like a child, i'm getting my tubes tied.My high school lacrosse coach husband sparsely seen roommate.....GO LEBO!

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GrammieMommaTT

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Big and I finally made our first trip to the forest over the weekend. It is such a surreal experience traveling to the forest. Just about the time we get off the main roads past the Sigel Sheetz, the car windows come down, the country music begins and the fresh mountain air enters my lungs, the excitement of the trip is replaced by peaceful relaxation. After a week of wrestling to accept that

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Can you tell how excited i am? I can't even spell correctly. Two freaking days until my most favorite season of the year, other than fall.... TROUT SEASON! I'm a competitive girl. Always have been, always will be. I'm not much into bragging or boasting in front of the competition, I am humble most of the time. But give me a fishing pole, worms, a red bull, a radio, the clarion river, and big

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I woke up this morning not knowing that the day would be full of exciting experiences.I was recently volunteered to work the registration table at all of the Pittsburgh chapter American Marketing Association events. Today we had a 7 hour workshop on Green Marketing. fun. After shaking hands and handing out name badges, books, and totes to all attending I headed to a the bathroom. I opened to

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I love holidays now that my nieces are old enough to actually understand what is going on. Every Easter, Christmas, & Halloween I tag along to Trax Farm for the holiday festivities. Thank God this year, Trax invested in an Easter bunny costume that didn't look like a white fury animal topped with a 'Scary Movie' mask head, that would have scared the devil himself if he were present. Either

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The Brewer's at Spring TrainingDrinking Fat Tire at Grease Wood FlatsRelaxing by Michele's poolBig and I at the WeddingSpa on the wedding day

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In this photo: The first Iris to grow that Vinnie and I planted

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As I mentioned in a previous post, I have been on a mission to lose 7 lbs by tomorrow morning's trip to Arizona for my stuffingfacewithwonderfulfoodanddrinks extravaganza. I stuck to my promise of walking maya everyday, removed all snacks from my desk, ate lots of fruit and high fiber goodies, drank lots of water, and showed up to an ice box office everyday where it's so flipping cold I am in a

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Thank you Julie_Gong for posting a link to this place ruining my work productivity for the day.Weight loss goal update tomorrow! You should be excited, because I sure am!Have a great day!

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This weeks tip of the week has long been on my brain. Ever since I can remember, my mother has purchased me mo's* for good ole valentine's day.And since I can remember, the only pair of underwear i have ever had to personally throw away were destroyed during a gambling match that i didn't win, the rest of my underwear either got lost or were thrown away by my mom when she did my laundry. That

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Some times, about once every three months, I struggle within myself to be nice and polite to people who are not good people. The restraint it takes to hold back from telling people what I really think about them is more than the energy created in my 8 hour a night nap. It makes me want to put on skinny black jeans, spike bracelets, Mohawk and dye my hair black, get my face pierce, put spacers

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I am, as of last Friday, on a quest to lose 7 pounds by 7:30am on March 26th, because 1.) I plan on making Vinnie fall in love with me again while wearing a LBD to my aunts wedding and 2.) plan on gaining at least 7 pounds during my way too short trip to Arizona for three days. I love Arizona. Losing 7 pounds in just days 16 days means I am not permitted to have any open food containers next to

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Don't worry, today is starting out like any other Friday. I drank water outside on my porch in nothing but my robe and I am the only one at the office. Most people would love to have the entire office to themselves, I would love this too if it didn't happen so very often; distance makes the heart grow fonder. When this reoccurring trend first began, I LOVED it, but now I am longing for the day

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Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.I did not attempt to distract my dog from her constant biting fetish by sticking her in a bath tub full of water in hopes that she would become consumed in digging for the bottom of the water.I did not entertain thoughts of running

amtcnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3665243525346763022.post-2127028803386717892009-02-27T13:03:00.001-05:002009-02-27T13:03:21.243-05:00

Celebrating the life of Pittsburgh's Myron Cope: The greatest Pittsburgh's sports reporter to ever live.

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While browsing the Mt. Lebanon police blotter today I found the following report.Cedar Blvd. – M/80 arrested for DUI. 01/23/09THANK YOU FOR KEEPING US SAFE MLPD

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I did not lose my cell phone at least once every day this week, because I am not getting old and losing my memory.I did not enviously gaze at children playing during recess at an elementary school while drive back to work from lunch and certinaly did not longing wish for my youthful days back. I did not sit in my office alone three mornings this week, because my coworkers were in the office

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This past weekend was probably one of the best weekends Vinnie and I have had since our wedding and it probably helped that it was Valentine's Day. We spent our Saturday bowling, shopping and eating. Vinnie cooked a wonderful dinner, his famous steak, steamed crab legs, garlic and hot pepper sauteed mushrooms, and a salad. YUMMY!

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I haven't been feeling to creative or interesting this week....My life is pretty boring, really. ummmmmmmmmmmmm My job is, well, not going so well and I'm probably going to be laid off or moved to our sister company really soon (not really, maybe a year) and everyone in our office is in panic mode except our boss, because that is his job, to stay calm in exceptionally terrifying times, like an

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Unnecessary work meetings, particularly when they occur more than once a week, and especially when they occur twice a day, multiple times a week. For instance I have been in 6 meetings at the moment this week, and will make it 8 by tomorrow afternoon.The fact that Nancy Grace is on the same time as Ugly Betty tonight.87 = the number of times I almost fell flat on my fanny yesterday while walking

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I sat down with the intention of giving you the top 10 reasons why you should purchase an electric blanket as soon as your little frozen appendages can roll out of your cold little bed to buy one, however I am going to leave the decision making up to you on this one.After coming across this article, that claims electric blankets could cause cancer(What DOESN'T cause cancer these days), while

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STEELERS WIN, STEELERS WIN!

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I'm pretty sure that this is what has been missing in my life

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My oldest niece turns 6 today. I remember, 6 years ago, as i was sitting in a college psychology class, I received an "It's a girl!" text message from my parents. I remember packing my books and beelining out the door while yelling to Dr. Rivardo that I had to go meet my first niece. I drove all the way home to Saint Clair hospital, stopped in the gift shop, picked up a soft fuzzy pink elephant

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I'm pretty sure I have bronchitis, so I went online to see when the suggested time is to make the dreadful trip to the doctor when someone has bronchitis. Fortunately, I do not at this time need to my favorite family practitioner Dr. John Bobby. By the way, if you live in the south hills I highly suggest Dr. Bobby!! He is by far the best doctor I have ever seen, he speaks to you in terms you

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The US made history yesterday. I was so excited to come home to watch the inauguration for the first time in my life... little to my surprise the inauguration occurred during business hours, therefore I missed the entire thing!Who creates history while people are at work? seriously people!DID YOU KNOW......William Henry Harrison was sworn into office despite harsh, cold weather. Harrison refused

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Have you ever made a wish after seeing a shooting start and wished for dry mouth and constipation? Well, I never have but that is what i got when I took this "energy enhancing drink."I'm tired 89% of the time I am awake. So when I heard about this product while browsing a Natural food store from a store employee, i was set on trying it out. Two tablespoons every morning was supposed to fill my

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This is helping me through the day! If only I could get vinnie to perform this for me tonight!!! I think it's possible, he has the dance moves to do it. What to do think Vinnie?

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so normally, your birthday is supposed to be a spectacular day! don't worry the bad mood funk has its grimy little fingers wrapped tightly around my poor little body. I really thought that lunch with my parents would rid me of any bad mood bob blues, but as soon as we stepped into the restaurant and were denied seats until my father joined us, all hope of having a nice lunch were destroyed. My

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Have you ever met anyone who you can't believe EVER in their life got married????AND then had the audacity duplicated themselves?Seriously

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This weekend Vinnie and I almost finished our Christmas shopping, only after 15 hours of shopping. AND we got our first Christmas tree. I never thought picking out a tree would be difficult, that is until Vinnie and I started walking around.. to be continued, because The Hills is coming on and I cannot miss it!

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This tip of the week I had to learn the HARD way. When there is a time of crisis I consider myself to be more calm and collected than most. However, one particular night last week my brain and nerves failed me. Vinnie and I had gone out for a nice dinner/shopping date. It was wonderful, good food, wonderful wine, Christmas light were on sale, I bought some pretty ornaments to decorate our tree,

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in this photo: Maya May & her duck

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My chest hurts soooo badly today, every time I breath I have a shooting pain through my ribs and sternum. I'm pretty sure one of two things happened last night while I slept...... either I had a heart attack OR Vinnie gave me a "one knuckle" punch to the chest. And to be completely honest the later of the two options may in fact be the case. I say this because I did kick Vinnie really hard two

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So the past week I have been MIA as I have been feeling terrible; runny nose, soar throat, cough, headache, exhaustion.......... I didn't even play the Wii, which really means I was sick. But after sleeping 60 of the last 72 hours, I am feeling much, much better! Because I slept my life away over the weekend, I don't have much of anything to report, except that Vinnie and I are finally going to

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In honor of Opening day of Deer Season here is a picture of the glorious driveway to the Chiodo Cabin (aka Stone Camp). Ahhhh, so pretty!

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In honor of Thanksgiving and all of the delicious food we force our bodies to eat, here is the side dish i brought to our families dinners.Servers: 8Prep time 10 minutesCook time: 30 minutesIngredients:2 pkg frozen chopped broccoli, cooked and drained1 can cream of mushroom soup2 eggs3/4 cup mayonnaise4 oz Sharp cheddar cheese, gratedDirections1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees2. Mix all ingredients3

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Vinnie taught me a very valuable lesson a few days ago. Right in the middle of a discussion in which neither Vinnie nor I were going to prevail over the other, Vinnie stopped the conversation and our discussion and asked in a very political voice..... "Want to hug it out?" Stopping me in mid sentence would normally irritate me, but this time and hopefully more times to come, I realized that the

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pictured in this photo, Maya MayAre you really giving me a bath when it's snowing outside??

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Recently married and our checkbooks are full of moola.... So, of course, one of the first things purchased was a Wii. After beginning a small, but way worth it argument in the middle of Walmart, which consisted of me walking 100 yards in front of Vinnie with my arms crossed then giving the silent treatment & hairy eyeball while Vinnie squeeze a wide variety of squeaky dog toys in my face, Vinnie

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While searching for a good pasta sauce, I came across this fantastic sauce. Vinnie and I both really enjoyed this recipe. It is spicy, so omit the red pepper flakes to reduce the spiciness. I would have included a picture, but by the time i thought of it, we had finished it all! Ingredients (serving size - 4)2 tablespoon butter 2 tablespoon olive oil 1 large cooked chicken breast (cut into bit

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As most of you know I recently married a Chiodo. Now that all of the wedding planning, house buying and puppy training is over I have decided to begin blogging for no other reason than the desire to not forget my new journey as a Chiodo, wife, and puppy owner. As I usually forget EVERYTHING, such as where 20 out of the 50 states are, what political party I belong to, people's names, which to me

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