life by mare.

Welcome to my blog! It's a mash of all that makes up my daily life. I'm a mom of 2; a boy and a girl. Both under the age of 3 and there's my awesome husband Rob. We both work full time. And together we try...TRY...to maintain a balance of our old life before kids and our new life now. Welcome to the adventure!

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Want this poster? Thanks aferg from Etsy for a fantastic grammar lesson!

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Great for today and easy blog entry. From the album Ben Folds, The Best Imitation Of Myself: A Retrospective. Put it on your Wish Lists peeps...it's a good one!! 

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What IS Burn Notice?

SNL

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Sunglasses

I think famous women wear sunglasses to hide when they don't wear makeup. It's easy solution to avoiding plain eyes...and you look cool.

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Been asking about this all week; thoughts on the brown car color: like it or hate it.

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Have you heard about the Bills Mafia yet? 

Pretty cool story, pretty awesome group of people!

Click the logo to read the story...

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Maybe my son should read this too...

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There's no place like Buffalo in NFL

sports.yahoo.com

Western New York has always loved the Bills, even amid the moving rumors. It's a place like no other in the NFL. - National Football League news

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Holy Sh*t

We just beat the Pats! The stadium is rocking!

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I often wonder if anyone else makes cookies just to eat the cookie dough.

me

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The Cheap Hotel Project

So this weekend I'm venturing to NYC. I'm pretty proud of myself, having reserved a good rate at a Hilton property fairly last minute (3 weeks in advance). However it isn't cheap. NYC this weekend is BIG. There's a lot of stuff going on. The rate I got was $305 a night! Yeah, I know.  I keep checking all the sites for better deals. One rate I found cheaper was at a Comfort Inn, but the ratings on Trip Advisor were nasty. So I cancelled it.  I've read on many budget travel websites to just call the hotel itself and ask if there are any last minute deals.

This is going to sound ridiculous, but I'm chicken about it. Why? I mean the worst they are going to say is no. I don't even know these people and I'll probably never speak to them again...but I don't want to call. I'm meek. But I'm going to do it. I just wish my nerves would go away.  I feel like I will call and sound stupid on the phone and say something dumb.  I keep rehearsing my lines and what I'll say. How dumb. I can confront anyone face to face, but calling bothers me so much. Ugh.  I'll keep you posted on how it goes.

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Bedtime War

So my two almost three year old is currently laying on his bedroom floor crying about not wanting to sleep. It's almost 10:30pm. He keeps dozing off and then screaming put in protest. You've got to hand it to the kid. I mean he did put up a strong fight...he's been going for two hours! Only problem with fighting that...mom's tired= lame response time on my part. All's quiet on the western front right now. Perfect. Just in time for me to sleep.

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Time for sauce!

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Recipe: Rhubarb Lavender Crumble this could be great or it could be awful...I'm willing to try it.

(click the pic for the recipe)

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Shopping in a dark Target is strangely fascinating. Power is out but registers still work...hmm

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that was awesome

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"I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate."

Julia Child