Show & Tell - Winning my heart

 

There are several ways to my heart. 

 

Small things like... Kisses from my nephews, a phone call from my mom, seeing a cardinal visiting and knowing its my dad, but since I'm somewhat newly married still,

this is gonna be all about my hubby. 

 

 

There are so many small ways that he steals my heart without even recognizing it. He's so sweet and so thoughtful. I'm reminded all the time how lucky I am and that I married the most amazing man. 

Cleaning up after dinner and telling me to go sit down with my feet up. 

Kissing my forehead when I'm just sitting next to him. 

 

Spending the day shopping with me when it's probably not his favorite thing to do. 

Listening to me go on and on about all my random thoughts and ideas. 

 

Yapping about places I want to go and vacations I've planned but we aren't actually planning on going on. 

 

He genuinely enjoys every meal I make him and tells me how amazing it is and how he loves everything I make. 

 

We just have SO much fun together all the time

 

He will do cute things like do a load of towels, fold them and put them away... but of course, like a man, in one trip :)

 

He has a special connection with my nephews and they adore him and it melts my heart

 

He is going to be an amazing daddy.... I can just tell already

 

He just literally wins my heart every single day in every way

#cheeseyiknow



 

He gets my sense of humor and wasn't opposed to using this as our 2015 Christmas card, but we didn't end up using it after all.....but he was totally on board.

 

He wins my heart just by being him

 

~Tiffany~

Show & Tell Tuesday - Re-Intro

Hey There!

 

I'm Tiffany 
 

33 years old, born & raised in Jersey.
We live super close to the beach so that's where we spend our summers...and I couldn't imagine any other way.

 

I married the love of my life in September 2014
See that post here

 

 I work in a middle school in my town, but not for long...

 

 

We are expecting our first baby in April... 

 

And after his arrival, I will be a stay at home mama, which has always been my dream...

 

I love to cook, bake, entertain, shop and have fun! 
Click through the tab on the right to see some fun recipes!

 My husband and I have one adorable rescued dog, one  shy old snake and two crazy rescue cats! 

Jake

Tessa

Lilly

Our house is currently for sale after a year of no buyers.

We recently renovated the kitchen in hopes of bringing in more people that may want it.
Our hope is to move before the baby comes....fingers crossed.

So that's me for now, I haven't been blogging over the Christmas break, but I'm going to be back at it now...

Have a great Tuesday!

I'm personally excited for what I have planned for dinner tonight..
Burgers at my favorite place!
#preggo

~Tiffany~

 

 

 

Show & Tell Tuesday

The Best Gift I Ever Received.....

 

I mentioned this previously, but for sure, the best Christmas present I ever got was my piano. It's definitely a Christmas I'll never ever forget.

I wish I can remember exactly what year it was, but I know for sure I was younger, maybe not like 5/6 young, but like 10 ish/11 ish.

 

I had been taking lessons on a piano that my mom got from her friend who worked at a restaurant and they were getting rid of it. So it was pretty beat up and had cigarette burn holes in it. But that didn't matter to me. I was a happy girl with my own piano.

Well - the Christmas Santa brought me a piano was the Christmas my Gramma had a stroke. We were woken up to a phone call from her lifeline saying she pushed the button and wasn't responding so we all ran out of the house and down the street (3 blocks) to her house and she was ok - but lying on the floor of the bathroom. So we called 911 and were off to the hospital. I remember all my family being there and my mom saying to my aunt that we didn't get to "do" Christmas yet.... but it just didn't seem to matter... So when we finally went home, we started to open our gifts as if we had just woken up. It was probably about 2 or 3 pm at this point... And at the time our tree was directly across from the piano... I opened just about all my gifts walked past the brand new Yamaha upright with sparkly white keys more than a dozen times and never noticed. My mom had to point it out to me and I looked at it and it still too me a second....

I was SO happy! I'll never forget that. It was such a weird Christmas.

My gramma was ok and came home the next day...

But it was an awesome feeling to get that brand new piano.

I knew it was expensive. My mom was a stay at home mom and my dad was a self employed carpenter, and mind you he did very well, I still knew it was a lot.

 

 

I can't wait to move in to our new home and have it there to play and have it for my children to learn how to play. It's so special to me.

 

Now since I'm pulling from the past, I figured I'd do a recent one as well.

So my favorite gift from my husband, besides his unconditional love forever and ever and everything he's ever given me, is my Kitchenaid Stand Mixer!
I love that dang thing!

He got it for me the Christmas we were engaged.

It's amazing and I use it all the time!!

AND....it's RED! :)

Have a great day!
I'm going to be updating ya'll on our kitchen "mini" renovation...

We spent this past weekend updating our kitchen.

It's not quite done but it's much better....

Stay tuned for that

 

~Tiffany~

 

 

 

 

Show & Tell ~ Christmas Decorations

I just love Christmas time!!

I mean, how can you not!?

Today I'm linking up to show my Christmas decorations!

Since we're still in the old house it's going to look exactly the same as last years link up - with a few minor changes... Either way, I love to decorate and love when the house smells like Christmas trees and has lights all over the place!!

Welcome! 

Come on inside....

And this is my little swag by the front door that I make each year 

This is the inside of my front door 

The wreath is too fat to fit between the front door and storm door, so I have this one on the inside and my smaller one on the outside.

~

This guy hangs on the inside of the front door.

I love that it jingles whenever the door opens and closes 

I got this at HomeGoods last year and I love it.

It's just so cute!  

Here is our beautiful tree!!

One of my 4 pillows

Another purchase from Kirklands this year. Love love 

Our stockings!! (Pottery Barn)

 The best Christmas fragrance!

Fresh Balsam!!

I got this in November when my mom and I went shopping. It's so cute

And my wooden reindeer with my cute elf

And of course my Nativity

This is the corner before my bathroom  

One of my favorite sayings this time of year...  

Another HomeGoods purchase...

I love this one  

My mom gave me this a long time ago.

I love the saying - he hangs by my front door! 

This is my Rodney Reindeer

My mom also gave me this guy a while ago...

Because my pup thinks anything stuffed is his, we keep him high up on the curtain rod! 

 My snowman flag - this guy has been around for a while too.

I want to get a new flag for next year 

I love this Christmas ball candle holder.

I got this a while back from a PartyLite party I hosted.

I believe it was my gift for hosting.

This hangs at the entrance of my kitchen 

My mom gave me this because she didn't like it or didn't have a place for it so I stuck it in my bathroom. It makes a nice night-light in there...

This guy sits on the toilet - glamorous I know,
but it goes with my snowman themed bathroom :) 

And the wall in our bathroom 

~

I just love Christmas. 

It's so cozy 

That's Christmas at our house this year!

Next year, I really hope to be in the new house and have all new spots for my stuff!!

 ~Tiffany~

September 11th

September 11, 2001

A day anyone who remembers it, will NEVER forget.

 

I don’t think anyone that was over the age of 12 at the time, could forget where they were the morning of September 11^th 2001. I am no different to that matter. I remember it well.

~

I was 19 years old.

I was in my Western Civilization class at college.

I was with 3 of my friends, Tim, Tony and Meghan.

We all just sat down in the massive amphitheater waiting for our professor to get there. Some guy sitting toward the front of class had a lap top and he stood up and mumbled something like “oh my gosh, we’re being attacked” and I remember thinking,

what’s the deal with this guy!?

About 3 minutes later our professor walked in and almost shouting said, go home!

Get in front of a TV!
History is in the making as we speak...

We all sort of looked at each other and got up and left.

I remember we went to Tim's house and put the TV on.

Then I called my mom because I got a little nervous.

She was upset and asked where I was and told me to come right home.

So I did just that. I went home.

We watched on TV as the second plane hit the World Trade Center

It was surreal.
Then news of the crash at The Pentagon came through...
What was happening?! Would it stop!?
It was too much....

Especially living an hour south of NYC - it was a little too close to home for me.

I remember thinking about my cousin and my good friend who both worked in the city.

No one could get in touch with either of them.

I finally got in touch with my friend, who happened to work in the towers, but he didn't go to work that day because he wasn't feeling well, and was working from home.

Talk about eerie.

And the other plane that did not hit its mark.
Those poor people and those brave individuals who diverted that plane in PA....

 

And my cousin finally was able to contact my Aunt.

She walked out of the city in a large crowed and managed to get a ferry across the river to NJ where my uncle ran up to get her from.

Absolutely nothing in this world can prepare you for the feelings that you feel when something like this happens.

And there is no way to erase it from your memory.

I remember we were under a no fly ordinance and no one planes were allowed to fly.

And I remember laying in bed and hearing a plane fly overhead, but being so close to NYC,

I knew it was military, but still - I froze when I heard a plane fly over.

It's sort of like one of those things you're parents say like "I remember where I was when JFK was shot" - unfortunately it's just that kind of tragic event that never escapes you.

 One thing that stands out was President Bush...

 I remember seeing him in jeans and a t-shirt and light jacket standing in the rubble with a megaphone. I remember thinking, wow he's so real right now.

No suit, no prompter, no script, just raw, real and in the moment.

 

 Everyone was just banded together.
And for one of the worst possible reasons.
The attacks on America on 9/11 were heinous.
It was such a horrific act of terror and left such a permanent impact on our country with MANY things changing because of it.
~
9/11
The people who lost their lives.
The people who lost their loved ones.
The first responders.
The injured.
The poor individuals who jumped to their death.
The people who tried to help and lost their lives in the process.
The fire fighters and police officers.
The people who didn't show up to work that day.
To those on the plane to The Pentagon
And those on the plane in PA that crashed...
The people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time.
And to everyone who is forever affected....
I pray for you...

God Bless America



~Tiffany~


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