Lisa

  • Curried chicken salad

    If you love chicken salad, you need to try this curried chicken salad variation. Mac absolutely loves curry chicken, so I scrounged up this recipe to give us another option for a curry chicken that isn’t takeout. The recipe is pretty similar to my original chicken salad recipe. As with most chicken salad recipes, you…

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  • Birthday wish list

    My birthday is in one month, two weeks, and fifteen days. But I’m not counting. As with many women, I am kind of obsessed with my birthday. Subsequently, I tend to care more about birthday presents than Christmas presents. If I want something specific, I tend to ask for it. Otherwise, I tend to be…

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  • The strangest question

    “You must be ready for your husband to deploy again, right?” I’m honestly shocked every time I hear somebody ask me this. Also surprising is the fact that I’ve been asked this more than once. Once upon a time last year, a seasoned Army wife was hired at one of the plants at work. She…

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  • Said Yes to the Dress, Kept Shopping

    After I purchased a dress I loved, we headed down the road to Alfred Angelo in Monroeville, PA. The only reason I visited Alfred Angelo was to try on Belle. Hello, beautiful. I checked in at my appointment time and was paired with a sweet, helpful consultant (who’s name escapes me). I told her that…

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  • Say Yes to the Dress, Part II

    After my first dress shopping experience, I got serious with weight loss. At my second dress shopping experience in November, I was about 25 pounds lighter. I scheduled two appointments for Black Friday while I was visiting my parents in PA for Thanksgiving. Up first: David’s Bridal in Monroeville, PA I came in with a…

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  • Say Yes to the Dress, Part I

    Personally, I think that too much pressure is put on brides to have the “perfect” dress. You have to be model thin, toned, tan, and look like a million dollars. While I wanted a nice dress, I wan’t overly concerned with it. The first time I went shopping was with my mom last June. The parents…

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