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Handel’s Messiah

Handel’s Messiah at Our Lady of Victory I worked at the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra for five years and never made it to this concert. This year, I finally…

Thankful

Thankful. Friendsgiving. Family Thanksgiving. One of the first things I imagined when seeing Weber Wonderland for the first time was the GREAT BIG SPACE AVAILABLE in the Dining…

Thanksgiving Morning Crepes

Thanksgiving Morning Crepes. I think this needs to be a new tradition. Thank you Monika (and Ed!) Save

Typos. Make. A. Difference.

Typos. Make. A. Difference. “Thanksgiving Tuesday! Time for a Random Act of Kindness. I trust you can figure out SOMETHING to do for SOMEONE” Ok. So that’s my…

Happy Halloween!

Halloween costumes courtesy of Exploding Kittens. The Pope of Nope! And I Said Nope! And Game of Thrones Rejected Characters Bjorn Snow and Mother of Peacocks.

Dyngus Day Buffalo 2015

Happy Dyngus Day! Time to head down to the Historic Polonia District in Buffalo for a little post-lenten celebration! Where the hell do all these thousands upon thousands…

Easter Eggs

Easter Eggs. Our friends the McDougalls came over this weekend for dinner and I snuck in a little Easter Egg decoration time. Despite HWMMS not wanting to color…

Christmas Candle

A friend gave us a Christmas Candle to light this season…HWMMS lit it when we woke up and hours later… …while playing board games, it extinguished. And I…

Giant Puppy’s First Christmas

Giant Puppy’s First Christmas “OHMYGODMAMAISMAKINGMEHOMEMADELIVERTREATSINTHEOVENANDTHEYSMELLSOGOODARETHEYREADYYET?” “I’m completely listening to you telling me about the story of a dreidel and not even thinking about eating that lovely blue shiny…

A Very Loki Christmas

A Very Loki Christmas I check out these adorable inspirational bracelets all the time. I didn’t actually think HWMMS knew this though…so opening this box and finding a…

Weber Christmas Tree 2014

A Giant Foyer needs a Giant Christmas Tree! And we thought we had a big tree last year, eegads! Giant Puppy had a bit of fun watching Papa…

2014 Christmas Cookies

2014 Christmas Cookies. I’m ALMOST done. This year I’m making cookies for the City Mission and the Kiddos at St. Luke’s Mission of Mercy, And a few other…

Santa’s Helpers!

This weekend I had a few people over to help in the kitchen with the cookies. Now maybe this sounds crazy, but for me…it is VERY difficult to…

2014 Christmas Mantle

Ah, the Christmas Mantle. My favorite decorating spot in all of Weber Wonderland. We won all these adorable gnomes at a basket raffle for Unique Productions a few…

Run not Nun

I found this sweet little ornament cutout in a box of Christmas goodness…from HWMMS as a kindergartener. I think it is RUN the trains not NUN the trains….

Beware WALKERS!

HWMMS found a use for his Mama’s old walkers. I couldn’t love another more if I tried. Save

Fall Decorations

The Main Floor of Weber Wonderland is all decked out for FALL. So is the porch… But DOWNSTAIRS is all about HWMMS and his spooky Halloween Decorations. Save

All Things SINGLE DIGIT ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARADE

Day #3. Brrrrrrr. Brrrrrrr. Once we dislocated our friends not so four-wheel drive SUV from our ridiculously treacherous winter driveway…we headed back to the old haunt Gabriel’s Gate…

Mardi Gras Buffalo REALLY?

HWMMS never attended a Buffalo Mardi Gras celebration before, so what better time than the present right? My oh my, not only am I older (Hello 40!) but…

Weber Christmas Tree 2013

Weber Christmas Tree 2013. Yep…we went in our backyard (woods) to cut down a GIANT tree for the foyer! And by we, I mean HWMMS of course…I took…

Smith Cousin Christmas!

I was so silly excited to give these presents! #78 baby!!!

Christmas In The Country

Christmas In The Country. Christmas! Country! Crafts! Crazy? Yes. Now that I have moved to the South Southtowns of Western New York I’m trying to embrace a bit…

Dyngus Day 2013

Everyone loves a party and a parade and pierogies and pussy willows! HAPPY DYNGUS DAY! But being PELTED with snow on April 1st? Maybe not so much, but…

Weber Christmas Tree 2012

Weber Christmas Tree 2012 “Our Christmas Tree looks like a giant penguin sat on top of it and pooped out lots of baby penguins all over it.” -HWMMS…

My Thoughts About Elf on a Shelf

Elf on a Shelf. Bah humbug. Where did this silly Elf come from and why is every mom on Facebook and Pinterest going out of her way to…

My First Mrs. Weber Thanksgiving

“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.” – Charles Dickens Happiness! My…

Christmas Music

Last night, Huffington Post Senior Editor Craig Kanalley posted this on Twitter: I need more friends that embrace early Christmas music instead of loathe. Tis only heard for…