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Happy Holidays 2011

by Kristi on December 27, 2011 · 1 comment


I continually sigh at my inability to think of a smarter sounding title. But seriously, I hope you are enjoying your holidays! We had a relaxing and fun filled three days of family, good food, and wonderful gifts. Too many gifts! Actually I got tired of the kids asking if they could open MORE PRESENTS. [...]

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Christmas Excitement

by Kristi on December 10, 2011 · 0 comments


We got a dog. She is gorgeous. My baby is 6. No longer a baby. My shopping is not done. This might help (Clocky, Knork, and that Jambox look interesting!) and I’m being sucked in my all the Groupons going on. Oops More later. Plus, I have to catch up on all this TV crack [...]

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It’s here, it’s here! It’s the Disney D23 Expo that is starting on the 19th at the Anaheim Convention Center. Are you going? You may want to mosey on down there because I heard it’s got some amazing Disney artifacts from their Archives that you may want to check out! Trust me, I had my own little [...]

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Oh god, I got brave today and marched to my favorite nail shop where I have known the owner for years and asked if they did bikini waxes.  They did (I knew it) and I asked if my favorite girl who does (really, used to do) my eyebrows and no she doesn’t, the owner does [...]

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Mom to Mom Diapers from Vons

by Kristi on July 11, 2011 · 0 comments


Ahhh, can anyone say POTTY TRAINING? We are never going to be done with diapers, NEVER. Why both kids are cursed with bowel problems is beyond me… Wait no, I have problems, and I think it is hereditary. Joyful. Seriously. I think they are both going to the G.I. specialist again too. Cursed. Anyway. GG [...]

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Kung Fu & Cars 2 at the Ultra Luxe

by Kristi on June 25, 2011 · 0 comments


A few weeks ago I won tickets to see Kung Fu Panda at the new Ultra Luxe Theater at the GardenWalk in Anaheim. I was super excited because the husband and I had been arguing about viewing it with the kids. I said I had heard it was too violent and I wasn’t in love [...]

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Delicious Weekend

by Kristi on May 30, 2011 · 2 comments


What a beautiful weekend. We had some delicious dinners and time spent with family. Sammie and I baked on Saturday (those chocolate dipped brownie bites from Pioneer Woman PLUS the bacon wrapped turkey patties) which we had a great deal of fun.  Gymnastics and swimming lessons, plus the park. I saw a movie on Sunday [...]

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Hoppy Hoppy Easter!!

by Kristi on April 24, 2011 · 1 comment


My favorite

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Well, people. I have now had my 3 minutes and 11 seconds of fame! I was interviewed by Dara Brown of MSNBC and it was such a quick and easy interview. I had a little scuffle trying to figure out my speaker on my laptop so I threw on my headphones but it was fun! [...]

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Finally Caught the Cold

by Kristi on February 18, 2011 · 0 comments


It’s been going around so it was about time I got it… I’m sure glad it is the weekend though! We were going to go up to the mountains but with the different storms and being sick, we decided to wait. Hopefully it will be a lazy weekend!

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Why Should You Use Swag Bucks?

by Kristi on February 16, 2011 · 6 comments


I’m very addicted to Swag Bucks lately. About six months ago I kept seeing a friend in Facebook posting these SwagBuck updates and then she kept saying she was getting Amazon gift certificates! How do I get in on that!? So, I finally asked her about it and she told me the scoop. I signed [...]

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This was amazing. We have never seen that many dolphins swimming with the boat EVER. There must have been 150 of them. Watch it!

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What Did YOU Do?

by Kristi on January 30, 2011 · 0 comments


What a glorious weekend! First off, I ate waaaay too much chocolate. Always a good thing. I also worked out, which is important when eating all that chocolate. We went to the Brea Improv which was fantastic. We saw Steve Rannazzsi. We also went early and had dinner there which meant we got seated up [...]

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A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That

by Kristi on January 21, 2011 · 0 comments


It’s Friday! I had all these things that I kept meaning to blog about. Sadly, I only saved two of the pages but I’m sure I can ramble on about a whole host of things. First of… The winners of the amazingly awesome ARCTIC EASE, courtesy of Random.org is Angela! Come on down! (Ok, not [...]

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Food & Good Thoughts for the Montaino Family

by Kristi on January 17, 2011 · 3 comments


I’ve known Paige since we were in 3rd grade. I came into the school year late as I was transferring and, I really don’t remember who I met first.. If it was Maggie, Paige, Stacey, or Krysta but we all became fast friends. We moved into middle school and while Maggie moved away to Northern California (what [...]

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