Happy Holidays

December 25, 2014December 20, 2014 - brandy3 1 Comment

Happy Holidays and a great new year to all my readers.

Happy Birthday Will

December 7, 2014 - brandy3 1 Comment

Today my little man turns 7 I am so excited but can’t believe hoe fast time has flown by. Happy Birthday Will

Our Tree Is Up And Kids Are Excited

December 1, 2014March 1, 2016 - brandy3

The holidays are so close. It’s December 1st, only 24 more days to go.
Our tree is up and decorated

Happy Holidays

Why I Will Not Be Shopping On Black Friday

November 22, 2014November 21, 2014 - brandy3 1 Comment

No it’s no because of Thanksgiving traditions or boycotting stores anything like that. Black Friday has become somewhat complicated for the millions who love to shop, as stores compete and the openings get pushed earlier. Old Navy is opening at 4PM on Thanksgiving. Kmart at 6am and stay open 48 hrs. Thats a bit crazy! It’s technically not even black friday anymore.

The reason I will not be shopping on black Friday is simple, I am a mother. That may sound silly, and it has nothing to do with spending tim with family. We don’t host Thanksgiving and by 4pm we are usually in a turkey coma.

I will not be shopping because I enjoy being able to shop with no worries. When stores opened at Midnight, I could go out by myself knowing my husband and children were asleep in their beds, and I could sneak everything in the house before they were awake.

Now that stores are opening early on Thanksgiving I have to choose between shopping and our nightly routine which is helping my kids bath and get ready for bed, and then tucking them in.

No deal is worth me not being able to say goodnight and tuck those sweet faces in. I could go out after they fall asleep, but by then everything would be a mad house and not worth the time.

Do you think retailers will ever go back to opening on just Friday? Who knows maybe next year they will move it to Wednesday before Thanksgiving.

Sweetie’s Candy Cottage Spooky Essay Winners

November 7, 2014November 7, 2014 - brandy3 1 Comment

Every year my kids enter a essay contest that Sweetie’s Candy Cottage here in Huntington Ny holds every year. It’ a great way to get the kids writing and spark their creativity.

for the past two years all 3 did not win. It was a bit of a disappointment because they put so much thought into the stories.

This year we entered again with high hopes, as they spent weeks on their stories.

We got the call that someone won. The kids were in my fee waiting to hear the results. As I called back to see who had won, I received the news that 2 of my kids from different age groups were the Sweetie’s Candy Cottage Spooky Essay winners . How exciting!

My middle daughter who did not win instantly burst into tears, but became a good sport and congratulated her siblings.

Hard work pays off. They both won a $15 gift certificate.

Have your kids ever won anything? This was our first.

Happy Halloween

October 31, 2014October 31, 2014 - brandy3 2 Comments

Happy Halloween.

I Just Love Picture Day

October 10, 2014October 10, 2014 - brandy3 1 Comment

Yesterday was picture day, it’s the one day that I can get my kids to have big smiles and don’t complain about being dressed up.

You would think being a blogger, my kids would smile for pictures all the time. Nope, they hate them.
This is what I usually get:

So it’s good to finally get pics like this. Why does picture day have to once a year.

I Can’t Believe I am 30

September 29, 2014 - brandy3 2 Comments

Yesterday was my birthday and I turned 30, Or as my husband says…..

OH NO, THE BIG 3-0

He has been teasing me none stop, which is okay because he is older the me. 🙂

I can’t believe I am 30!
I received everything I could of wanted for my birthday, getting to spend the day with my family having fun.
I loved every minute of it.

From my roses and balloon to the cookie cake they made for me.

How did you celebrate your 30th birthday?

I Miss All those Special Photos #Camera

September 22, 2014September 22, 2014 - brandy3

We went on vacation last month, our first in 7 years. When we were in the middle of enjoying the Buffalo Zoo, my camera battery died and then the lens wouldn’t close. After I changed the battery, the lens closed and wouldn’t open again. Just makes a clicking noise. I have tried troubleshooting everything. The only way I have been able to get it to work is by using a piece of tape to open the lens.
It’s becoming a pain to do that constantly though, so my only camera I have now is my iPad. Since I don’t want to drag that everywhere with me, I am missing out on so many good pictures and memories.
That is the big reason my personal posts have been short as of late. I am saving up and my next goal is to buy a camera. Doesn’t have to be big and fancy, although I would love a DSLR. Anything will do right now, although I have been through 3 cameras so maybe zooming lenses are not for me.

I am really missing these special photos.

Any suggestions on a good camera? What brand do you have?

First Vacation In 5 Years

August 13, 2014March 14, 2016 - brandy3 1 Comment

So we just got back from our first vacation in 5 years. We decided to go on a upstate Ny adventure. Going through the adirondacks, Albany and Finally Buffalo NY. It was a long tiring adventure, but fun. There is so much to do and see in Buffalo and upstate NY. First off, the trip through up state NY is so scenic and gorgeous.

Then when you hit Buffalo there is so much to do like Niagra Falls, the navy shipyard. They even had the Corpse flower on display, a rare flower that smells like death and dies within days of blooming.