So July 12th every year (well for the past 21 years) has been a doubly happy year in the Timmer casa. 25 years ago, yes, that’s right, I said 25 years ago TODAY my mommy and daddy were married in Rockford, IL. The Timmer family was officially established in 1986. I am incredibly bless to …
Maggie Mae: Compare & Contrast
HAPPY FRIDAY EVERYONE!!! I hope that you’ve enjoyed your short week. Mine has been JAM PACKED. Seriously, work has been crazy, which I expected, and I had to get the house ready for Jody and Phil’s visit this weekend. I am so excited for my in laws to come visit us and I must say, …
A Walk Along the Montour Trail
I know a lot of people are wanting to see some more pictures of my crazy little pup, Miss Maggie, so I took a bunch on a gorgeous day at the Montour Trail. I had gone for a run that morning and according to our training, JP needed to get a 3-miler in. I didn’t …
4th of July Extravaganza weekend!
Happy belated 4th of July to all of my faithful readers! I took a few days away from my computer to enjoy the sunshine and an extra day off! I hope you enjoyed a 3 day weekend filled with family, fun, food and fireworks! Excuse the wet hair and glasses, but our A/C went out…again …
Julie Visits Part 2: Pittsburgh
Let’s travel back in time to last Thursday…June 23rd. Julie got here around 1:30pm that day after a delay in Atlanta, I thought this may turn into another Andrea travel adventure and that she wouldn’t get here until the next day! Thank goodness, Julie has better travelling luck than Andrea and it only made …
Julie Visits Part 1: Niagara Falls
I took SO MANY pictures this weekend and we crammed an incredible amount of activities into 5 1/2 days that I’m going to split Julie’s visit into 2 posts. We’ll start with the most exciting part which was obviously the Niagara Falls excursion. It’s safe to say I have a lot of pictures and a …
Wedding in the Land of Lincoln
This past weekend I was fortunate enough to spend it my daddy in Illinois! Since I live 1,500 miles away from my family, I couldn’t believe that I was going to get to spend father’s day with the most influential man in my life. And might I say, what a father’s day weekend it was! …
Happy Daddy’s Day!
Okay, so I know that this is a day late, but I was in Illinois then I spent the remainder of the day travelling back to Pittsburgh. Once I got home, I passed out due to complete exhaustion. Dad and I definitely wore ourselves out this weekend! Now onto father’s day! Happy Father’s Day to …
Welcome to my Kitchen!
It’s summertime and I know that we’re all worried about our waist lines and how good our stomach will look in our bikini when we’re at the beach next weekend (or on a cruise next month!!!). I want to share with everyone a few tips, tricks and introduce you to the summer must haves in …
Alison’s Bachelorette Weekend
As you all saw from the sneak peek, I spent this past weekend in TEXAS celebrating Ms. Alison Stern! I flew in Thursday evening and had a headache when I got on the plane. It’s safe to say the the little girl with the hacking cough (I did feel bad for her though) and the …