Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Hello SITS Friends


Today I am so excited! I am the featured blogger at SITS. What's SITS you say? Well...it stands for the Secret is in The Sauce and it's a fabulous community of bloggers that love supporting each other and comments. If you love comments too then you need to go HERE and learn more.

I thought I would share a little bit about myself for those of you that are visiting me for the first time. I'm a domestic goddess and stay-at-home Mom to a set of Irish twins (they are 10.5 months apart). To answer your first question....Yes, I know how that happened and no one was as shocked as I was. I used to say that raising Alex and Mallory as twins was a piece of cake and I'd recommend it to anyone but then Mallory turned 2 years old and I take all of that back. Life is crazy and hectic and I drink a lot of coffee and wine.

When I'm not stalking Martha Stewart on Twitter chasing my kids around and blogging & vlogging about it...I love to cook, hand quilt, plan for Christmas and watch trashy reality TV. I live in Utah in a very Mormon neighborhood (I'm not) where I get frequent visits from Brother Horton. There is also something in the water here....I bought an SUV, some vinyl clings and say Oh My Heck a lot.

I've been married to Calvin for 5 years and we relocated to Utah from Denver in 2006 when he took a job working as a Software Engineer on a very special project for the space program. We miss Colorado and hope to get back there someday.

I'm looking forward to making a ton of new friends today and hope to meet many of you at SITScation in October!

201 comments:

  1. Hey! A hearty howzit from sunny South Africa. I,too, share your love of trashy reality tv but I do have a severe averson to COOKING!

    Your kids are 10.5 months apart? Omishatteredcat. I thought my life was hectic....I started blogging when they were 6months, 2.5 and 5.5yrs old; they are now 3,5,8 and the sun is starting to shine in my life again!

    Lovely to *meet* you!

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  2. Congrats on your big day in the SITS sun! I'll take a look around, if you don't mind:)

    Happy SITS day!

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  3. Happy SITS day! SO glad to *find* you. Love your blog, love your style love your sense of humor!!

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  4. Stopping over from SITS. Congrats on being featured.

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  5. Happy SITS day to you,
    Happy SITS day to you,
    Happy SITS Day Dear youuuuuuu,
    Happy SITS Day to you!
    And many morrrrrrrre!

    Congrats on your SITS day and I look forward to meeting you in Vegas - woo hoo!

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  6. Happy SITS day! Love your blog and your sense of humor!

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  7. Congrats Lady! Your kids are adorable. Brother Horton? That sounds like a story!

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  8. Hi from Melbourne, Australia. We met a great couple in New York who were from Colorado. We still keep in email contact and we caught up a few times when they were in London (were we were living at the time when we met them in NYC!)

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  9. Happy SITS day to you ! Enjoy !

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  10. Happy SITS day! You'll get tons of visits! Enjoy!!

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  11. Congrats on your big day. I love your blog.
    Have a great one.

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  12. Greetings & Salutations! Have a Very Merry SITS Day!

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  13. Happy SITS day! Sounds like you have your hands full with the little ones!

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  14. LOVE the name of your blog! Stopping in from SITS. Have a great day!

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  15. Happy SITS Day!!! I hope you get tons of traffic and bloggy love!!! I'm laughing already so I will be back!

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  16. Love your blog! Stopping by rom SITS. I can totally relate to your Christmas in August post. Now you have me thinking I better get in gear.

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  17. Happy SITS day!

    Steph @ Stick It in the Fridge

    pleasestickitinthefridge.blogspot.com

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  18. Your blog looks so fun! I look forward to reading more!! Right now I am off to get ready for work but I will be back!! I promise!!

    Enjoy your SITS Day!!

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  19. WoooooHOOOOOOOo!!!!!!!!!! Soooo excited for you that you are the FB at SITS today!!!!! Now even more people will get to see how fabulous your blog is dahling!!! Congrats!!! :-)

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  20. Happy SITs Day!

    Looks like a super blog!

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  21. Happy SITS day! Enjoy! My husband and I visited Utah about 10 years ago on our honeymoon. They have such beautiful places: Bryce, Zion, Arches, etc. Just gorgeous!

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  22. Congrats on your SITS Day...I'll just look around if it's okay!

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  23. Happy SITS day!! Enjoy and have a great day!

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  24. Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!! Connie! Happy SITS day! Your FAMOUS!!!!!!!!!

    You should have featured your latest VLOG - priceless!

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  25. awwww, Happy SITS day!! I already heart you but you know that.

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  26. Happy SITS. I have 2 boys that are very close in age that way so I completely understand how you feel . LOL But we wouldn't change them for the world would we.
    Have a great day and congrats on your feature. I am gong to follow you as well.
    Sheri
    http://sherisstory.blogspot.com
    http://miraclemomas.blogspot.com

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  27. Congrats on being the FB at SITS! You rock Connie! :)

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  28. Colorado is my dream place to live. I'm hoping that we end up there someday, too. Nice to meet you! I'll be in Vegas in October, too!

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  29. WOW!!!! GO YOU! GO YOU! GO, GO, GO, GO YOU!!

    Congrats!!!!

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  30. Happy SITS day... I can already tell I'm going to love you & have to mark you to come back! I love a witty girl ... personally, that's the only way to make it through life! Wit & wine - right?

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  31. Congrats on being the FB today! Love your blog! I also love to cook :) Have a great day!

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  32. happy SITS day.. I love the Christmas picture of your two boys.

    xx

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  33. Congrats on being the FB!
    Sending bloggy love your way!

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  34. Stopping by from SITS sayin' hello! Love your blog. The humor is refreshing! Thanks for being there!
    sweetjeanette.blogspot.com

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  35. Congrats on being featured at SITS!

    Love the humor in your blog. Will be stopping by more often =)

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  36. Congratulations on your SITs feature! I hope you enjoy your day in the sun:-)

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  37. happy sits day!!!!!im following now!!!!

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  38. I am loving your blog! I am a first time visitor from SITS. Congrats on your day. Off to read some more. I will be back again FOR SURE!

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  39. Congrats on your day! What a fun blog you have. I'm off to seem more....

    Oh, I just started a new giveaway yesterday so I hope you will stop by when you get a second to spare!

    Have a great SITS Day!!

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  40. You have a great blog! Happy SITS day!

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  41. Happy SITS day!! Enjoy your day to shine. I'm with you on the early Christmas shopping, crafting and planning. I start in the summer too!
    Fondly,
    MaryLea (aka Pink and Green Mama)

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  42. happy sits day! i have sort of irish twins (they are 12 months and 3 weeks apart). actually triplets, because the second birth there was real twins. i have two older boys, too. it's a little crazy here!

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  43. Look at your comments! I bet you're feeling FANTASTIC! Have a wonderful day and congratulations for being the SITS featured blogger. I'll be anxiously awaiting your acceptance speech. :-)

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  44. Happy SITs Day!

    I think it's funny that you stalk Martha Stewart :)

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  45. Enjoy your day as the SITS gal! ;) Love your posts, I'll be checking in more often. Now following too!!!

    http://thedaysillremember.blogspot.com

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  46. Congratulations on your SITS day! Christmas is not that far away and I'm already enjoying the planning!

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  47. Congrats on your SITS Day, I share your passion for the vino :)

    We have a great giveaway for a brand new Kids Book, jump on over and enter the raffle just by commenting!

    Cheers & congrats!
    www.conquerthemonkey.com

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  48. Cute and FUN blog! Your little "twins" are adorable. And I hope Julio didn't get fired. (-:

    ~Kathryn

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  49. Awesome!!! I also have irish twins, my two middle kids in the four that run rampant around here. :) Happy sits day!!

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  50. I'm so following you. No need to bribe me. I wished I knew you in real life. Your hilarious.

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  51. I love all things Martha too! Happy SITS Day!

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  52. You're awesome, Connie! Hope you have a great day :)

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  53. Happy Sits day! Congratulations on being featured!
    I don't believe I've ever used Oh My Heck in a sentence before. I guess I'll have to 5 times today to make it stick!
    Have a great day!
    Val

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  54. Happy SITS Day! Love your blog, and i'm now stalking, I mean following you on Twitter. Have a great day!

    http://lifemusiclaughter.blogspot.com

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  55. congrats on you sits day! Youre a funny girl!

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  56. Congrats SITSta! I'm from Colorado and now we live on the Space Coast of Florida :)I miss my mountains! I'm off to look around your blog :)

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  57. Happy SITS day! I love your blog title ;)

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  58. Congrats on being featured. I can see why! Your blog is great!
    -Lynn (found you from SITS)

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  59. Happy SITS day! I grew up in Utah, and I miss it like crazy!

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  60. Stumbled over from SITS - congrats to you! Happy SITS day!!!
    Loving your blog so far. I am now a follower! ;)

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  61. I LOVE IT!!! And you are so right, things change when they turn two - I do have twins and I could have skipped that whole year. Now they are 7 and once again I have a 2 year old.

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  62. Helloooo Saucy! I also have a love for trash TV, especially The Real Housewives! And, I'm a coffee whore and wine guzzler.

    Congratulations on your SITS day!

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  63. Congrats on your SITS day!!

    Love your blog, LOL on 'Julio got fired!'

    You've got me beat w/the kid spacing! My oldest is 11 months older than my twins.

    Happy Blogging Mama!

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  64. Congrats on being the featured blogger of the day. And for the Irish twins, I had 3 in 3 years (no Irish twins though). It's interesting.

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  65. oh and I love your John Maxwell quote!!

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  66. Congratulations on your SITS feature today! Thanks for sharing a bit about yourself!

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  67. hahah I had to laugh at your picking up the native language. We just moved to North Dakota and I find myself ALL the time saying Oh My Gosh........Ever seen new in town? Lol...Happy SITS day to you!

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  68. happy sits day to you! enjoy, your site is great!

    www.anniebakes.blogspot.com

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  69. Congratulations on being the FB today. It looks like your blog is going to be a great time! I'm off to read more. I look forward to meeting you at SITScation

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  70. Have a wonderful FB day. I will be looking around. Enjoy your day!

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  71. Happy SITS day! Looks great over here. Enjoy your day fellow SITSta! I'm following you.

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  72. CONGRATS!!! You deserve it! Enjoy your day!

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  73. Congrats on Featured Blogger! Have a great day.

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  74. Congrats and happy SITS day!!!!! Everyone come visit me at poopiepastries.blogspot.com or www.poopiepastries.etsy.com!

    Have a fantastic day!

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  75. Hi, Congrats on your BIG SITS day!!!
    Love you blog and your kiddos are so cute... :)

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  76. Happy SITS Day! Love your blog and will be following!

    Audra
    audradetillier.blogspot.com

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  77. Hi Connie,
    Congrats on your SITS Day!
    You're so funny! I just adore your blog.

    ~Blessings, ~Melissa :)

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  78. Congrats on your SITS day! I lived in Utah once as a child. Don't remember a lot but a few memories. My Dad lives in Colorado though! I've not been...ya know I need to get out more. x

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  79. Hiii,Happy SITS DAy...!!Stress-free christmas pic looks cute but doesn't look that stress free.Ha haahhahha. Nice blog. takecare.

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  80. Woohoo for your Wednesday feature at SITS!

    And your love of trashy reality tv gets a thumbs up from me!!!

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  81. Enjoy your big, bloggy day! I can't wait to read more!

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  82. Nothing better than great food and great wine and family (okay, maybe not in the order ;)). Congrats on your day!

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  83. Nothing wrong with some, or a lot of, coffee and wine.

    Happy SITS Day!

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  84. Aw, congratulations!! :) And I applaud you for raising the two as Irish twins. Your blog looks wonderful and I can't wait to poke around.

    Be sure and pop by and leave a note! :) I'm having a giveaway for anyone who follows.

    -Laila
    www.randomweavings.blogspot.com

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  85. I'm lovin SITS!

    Love the blog!

    xo

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  86. congrats SITS sister! omg, it is already time to think of Christmas!!

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  87. This blog is awesome!

    Congratulations on your SITS day!

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  88. Congrats on your special day! I can't wait to look around, I thrive on crazy mom stories...it's how I know I'm not alone!

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  89. Wow! Happy SITS day! I love your humor.. especially in your blog header.. great stuff!!!

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  90. Congrats on your SITS day! What a great introduction!!!

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  91. Happy SITS Day! Can't wait to read your posts!

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  92. Happy SITS day to you! Love your humor! =)

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  93. Enjoy your day - you sound like my kind of gal - I like your wit!

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  94. Happy SITS day and thanks for brightening my otherwise rainy day. Happy to have found you!

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  95. Hi friend! Happy SITS day. I am excited for you!

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  96. I think that your blog is cute and creative. I will follow! Have a great day! :o)

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  97. Congrats on being todays featured SITS bloggy lady!!! fab blog you have here! Gotta love mormon land, and all the "oh my hecking" I hope you enjoy your day O' honor... make it count! The Neuff

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  98. How exciting! Happy SITS day to you! :)

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  99. Congratulations on being the FB today... hope you enjoy all the visits, and the spotlight.

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  100. Happy SITS day! Your blog has intrigued me... I am now following you : )
    Darling children!

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  101. You are HILARIOUS! (I am sure you get that alot) Know what you mean, there is something about a three year old (in my case) that calls for some good red vino!
    Thanks for sharing!!
    (coming from SITS)
    Alyshia

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  102. I am so looking forward to meeting you in Vegas! *fingers crossed, fingers crossed* I just hope that all my plans to get there go smoothly!

    Well have an awesome day as a Featured Blogger. I'm sure it will be tons of fun!

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  103. AWESOME! Congrats on being featured on SITS! :)

    Hope you're having a great day!!

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  104. Congratulations!! I never heard of SITS until now, sounds like a lot of fun. Have a wonderful day!

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  105. wow! 10.5 months... craziness! I have my own craziness with boys 13 mo apart..

    I'm also a reality tv junkie :) and LOVE it! and not happy with Jeff's decision last night on Big Brother.. he really made the wrong choice

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  106. 10.5 months huh? I feel for you. I have an almost 4 year old and a 9 month old. That's bad enough.

    I hope you enjoy your special SITS Day!

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  107. Happy SITS day, congratulations, good job!

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  108. How cute are you?! Happy SITS day!!

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  109. Yay! Congrats! Now everyone will know how fabulous you are! Don't forget us little people.
    :)

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  110. Happy happy joy joy! It's your day, sitsta! Enjoy it!

    Oh and - btw - cute little blog here!

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  111. Woo Hooooooo Connie! Congratulations on SITS - so exciting! I think you're the best!!!

    XOXO
    Jen

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  112. COngrats on your SITS day. I have been here before but I NEED to come more often and I will. You are fabulous!

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  113. Ah yes, the irish twins. I have a pair of them myself. lol. What a great blog. Great to know you!

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  114. Happy SITS day!! I hope you feel like a princess all day :) I can't wait to peek around...love your style!!

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  115. Congrats on being the featured blogger! Have a wonderful day!

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  116. WooHoo!....Congratulations on your day in the SITS sun!

    Hope your day today is beautiful

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  117. Happy SITS day!!! Hope you have a great one.

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  118. Martha should stalk YOU woman you've got something she is lacking.. personality..ooooh and a trip to Vegas to hang out with ME!!! And the other SITStas... think Martha will come if we let her wear a pink satin jacket too?

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  119. Congrats on your SITS stardom! :) Have a great Wednesday!

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  120. Congratulations on being today SITS featured blogger.

    Well deserved.

    From a fellow mom of Irish kids (not to mention a former 'Coloradoan'--Aurora to be exact) I wish for you now and always, peace, love and happiness,
    ~Jo
    "Diary OF A Sad Housewife"

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  121. Congrats on being chosen as "featured blogger". Woo Hoo:) Your little ones are adorable, too. I always thought that being born in the same 12 months was called "greek twins", so I learned something today.
    I wish you and your a wonderful evening!

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  122. Congrats on being FB on SITS today - hope you have a great day with tons of comment love from everyone.

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  123. Congrats on the SITS Recognition! I like your blog and look forward to reading more!

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  124. congrats on your day! what a great name for your blog...love it :)

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  125. Hope your SITS day is awesome :)

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  126. You make me laugh! I enjoy the "strike thru" effect on the words you thought about using and then didn't (but really did)! Clever! I'm a first timer to your blog. Brought here by SITS. I will be back though. Enjoy your Christmas planning! I too like to start early!

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  127. Congratulations on your SITS day! I am glad to know about your blog! Off to go read some more!

    Please come visit me sometime! http://pursuingharmony.blogspot.com

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  128. Glad to know I'm not the only mommy drinking lots of coffee and wine!! :-) My sister and I are 11 months apart. For a little less than one month a year she is the same age as me...and she always loved reminding me of that too. But now that we are in our 30's we don't talk about our age too much. ;-)

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  129. HAPPY HAPPY SITS DAY TO YOU!!
    I know you are enjoying all the bloggy love.
    O, and I live in Texas where the heat is frying us...we just got home from a FULL week in the mountains of .....COLORADO. Oh, baby....just perfect.
    Come over and see some of the photos today....:O)

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  130. Congratulations on being featured on SITS today. Hope you are enjoying lots of bloggy love comments.

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  131. Congratulations!

    Love your blog.

    And am amazed that you start planning for Christmas in June...really early.

    Why don't I do that?

    Sweet dreams.

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  132. HAPPY SITS DAY! I hope you get lots and lots of comment love today!

    Blessings,

    Teresa <><

    http://toomanyheartbeats.blogspot.com

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  133. Congrats on being the featured blogger today!! Love your blog, it's really cute and funny!! Your little ones are adorable too.

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  134. OMG we are (nearly) soul sisters.. i have been talking about christmas since early july, i put my tree up the day after halloween and don't take it down until february it just adds so much to my home's decor and i LOVE trashy reality tv and i become extremely involved in their lives and then talk about them (behind their backs of course) to all my girlfriends, as if i am on a close personal level with them --- i have 2 kids too, but they are 6 yrs apart ---- THANK GOD! great blogging, can't wait to check out the rest of your site!

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  135. Visiting from SITS. I have a friend who lives in Denver. BEAUTIFUL place. It must have been hard to leave but it sounds like a great job for him!

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  136. Congrats on your special SITS day!!! =D

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  137. Congrats on the honors!! And without this event, I might never (sniff, sniff) have found your blog, which totally rocks!

    Keep up the fabulous work!

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  138. Congrats on being the featured Blogger today. Cute Blog. I'm excited to find someone who loves and thinks about Christmas as much as I do! :)

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  139. Came to say Hi from SITS! Hope your having a fun day being featured!

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  140. Happy SITS day!! Love your blog, can't wait to read more!

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  141. Happy SITS day and Congrats to you! I love your blog. So cute, witty.

    Alex and Mallory? A nod to Family Ties? Love it!

    I actually have identical twins. You may have it even harder with the 10 month difference.

    Looking forward to following you and reading more!

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  142. Happy SITS Day! You are very funny. :)

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  143. Congrats on being SITS FB! I hope you've enjoyed your day in the spotlight.

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  144. Congrats on being SITS FB! I hope you've enjoyed your day in the spotlight.

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  145. Happy SITS day SITSta! Love the name of your blog! AWESOME! Glad to get to know ya!

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  146. Happy SITSday! I am enjoying reading around on your blog!!

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  147. Well congrats and thank you for the lovely intro... you are my very first SITS site to visit! Am off to read some more... glad to have found you!

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  148. Happy SITS Day! Great Blog!

    Hope you'll check out mine, too!

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  149. I am running late today but I did want to stop by and wish you a happy SITS day!! My sister has Irish twins and boy they run her ragged! lol

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  150. Happy SITS feature - gong to poke around a bit now!

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  151. Cool to meet you, I have kids 11 months apart but they are adopted so I didn't do it LOL, but its is like raisng twins ;o) neat blog, following ya now..newie to SITS, but slowly getting the hang of it ;O))

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  152. Happy SITS day! Enjoyed reading some of your links----have a good one!

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  153. I'm kinda late gettin' around but hope that you had a wonderful feature day!!

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  154. Hope you had a great SITS day!

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  155. Hi! I'm stopping over from SITS, and I'd just like to say that you're a brave, strong woman! God love ya!

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  156. Hi! Just stopping by from SITS. I'm especially enjoying the religious posts. :-)

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  157. Again, congrats on you Sits day...I've started to follow your blog, as I totally love it...feel free to stop by mine sometime!

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  158. I found you on SITS and am glad I stopped by.

    You definitely make me laugh.

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  159. I don't read a lot of Mom-blogs (no offense moms! I'm just not able to relate, being super single and all...:-( *sigh*), but I think I may have to follow this one....

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  160. Hello Dahhhling....

    Gret blog you have here!!

    Looking forward to meeting you in
    Vegas!

    Smooches,
    Sassy Chica

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  161. Okay, lovin' the blog already. So glad I stumbled on you and SITS!

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  162. I'm a little behind in catching up this week on the Featured Bloggers. Congrats and now to mosey around....

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  163. Stopping by from SITS- better late than never. ;)

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