Lifestyle

Here are all of my lifestyle posts featuring my family, travel, home decor, and inspirations.

  I quickly drive over 30,000 miles annually as a pharmaceutical sales rep in Central Pennsylvania, so it’s no biggie to make a last-minute decision to drive to New York City to pick up my daughter for the Christmas Holiday. ‘Tis the season, another great time to visit Manhattan. After nearly one year of driving […]

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My House Has Swag as in a DIY Colonial Williamsburg Swag

It’s beginning to look like Christmas everywhere you go, including my home. Finally, I am putting the finishing touches on my decorations, the Colonial Williamsburg fresh fruit swag! Read on to learn more about how my house has Colonial Williamsburg swag. I visited Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, many years ago during Christmas. I became enamored with […]

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How to Make A Christmas Topiary With Dollar Store Ornaments

  How To Make A Christmas Topiary With Dollar Store Ornaments “The weather outside is frightful,” but inside my home, it’s delightful. By now, most people have started or finished decorating their homes for Christmas. ย I have a few DIY decorations that I would like to share with you during this holiday season, beginning with […]

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It's My Birthday

It’s My Birthday One would think that I celebrated a milestone birthday this year. In late August, I was told to reserve a date for the girls to get togetherโ€”no problem! As the August date approached, I asked if I could bring anything to help us with the dinner we were scheduled to enjoy. I […]

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Falling Forward The summer of 2013 unofficially came to an end last Labor Day weekend. Not long ago, I wrote a blog post at the beginning of summer. I can’t believe summer is over. Are you? ย Without even looking at the calendar, the local annual attractions remind me that it’s September.ย  Locally, one can celebrate […]

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Paris August 2013

Paris Is Always A Great Idea What a difference a year makes! In August 2012, I embarked on my first of many European vacations. I traveled to Paris, France, with my daughter and her BFFs. It was so lovely of them to include me, huh? We all mapped out our spaces and places we just […]

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Last weekend, my husband, a few select friends, and I attended a black-tie dinner dance party like every Memorial Day weekend for the previous two decades. Who does that? The Club Twenty-One social group has been a part of a longstanding annual tradition for the last 20 years. My husband belongs to Club Twenty-One, which […]

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The Inspiring Ladies in My Life Today is Mother’s Day, and though we shouldn’t need Hallmark to tell us to celebrate the women who gave us life, it’s a friendly reminder. I had no idea the history behind the holiday, did you? One woman, Anna Marie Jarvis from West Chester, Pennsylvania, founded Mother’s Day holiday […]

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2013 Nike Women's Half Marathon in D.C.

We Run D.C.ย  Yesterday, I embarked on my first-ever Womenโ€™s Half-Marathon in Washington, D.C. (#WeRunDC, ha!). I’ve never been the most athletic, so what would possess me to challenge myself physically–and to such extremes? Perhaps it was the alarming statistic that “4 out of 5 African American women are obese or overweight.” Registration The Nike […]

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Start Making Strides Sitting in that office chair non-stop or driving around in that car all day could kill you.ย  Failing to move regularly throughout your day can be a contributor to a range of diseases affecting your heart, circulation, and respiratory systems, some of which could lead to early death.ย  We should all know […]

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