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Ramblings

Why Should You Use Swag Bucks?

by Kristi on February 16, 2011 · 6 comments


I’m very addicted to Swag Bucks lately. About six months ago I kept seeing a friend in Facebook posting these SwagBuck updates and then she kept saying she was getting Amazon gift certificates! How do I get in on that!? So, I finally asked her about it and she told me the scoop. I signed […]

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This was amazing. We have never seen that many dolphins swimming with the boat EVER. There must have been 150 of them. Watch it!

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What Did YOU Do?

by Kristi on January 30, 2011


What a glorious weekend! First off, I ate waaaay too much chocolate. Always a good thing. I also worked out, which is important when eating all that chocolate. We went to the Brea Improv which was fantastic. We saw Steve Rannazzsi. We also went early and had dinner there which meant we got seated up […]

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A Little Bit of This, a Little Bit of That

by Kristi on January 21, 2011


It’s Friday! I had all these things that I kept meaning to blog about. Sadly, I only saved two of the pages but I’m sure I can ramble on about a whole host of things. First of… The winners of the amazingly awesome ARCTIC EASE, courtesy of Random.org is Angela! Come on down! (Ok, not […]

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Food & Good Thoughts for the Montaino Family

by Kristi on January 17, 2011 · 3 comments


I’ve known Paige since we were in 3rd grade. I came into the school year late as I was transferring and, I really don’t remember who I met first.. If it was Maggie, Paige, Stacey, or Krysta but we all became fast friends. We moved into middle school and while Maggie moved away to Northern California (what […]

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Personalized Photo & Charm Bracelets

by Kristi on January 11, 2011 · 1 comment


One of my favorite Christmas gifts that I found this year was a beautiful charm bracelet with space to put photos of loved ones in it! Both my Mom and MIL have BRAG Bracelets that we got a few years back that we updated their charms on this year but my sister always seemed to […]

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Kindergarten Readiness?

by Kristi on January 10, 2011 · 1 comment


Is your preschooler ready for Kindergarten? I love our school and the administrators are always so nice. Heather Churney is looking for Mom’s Groups in the Orange County, California area to speak at regarding your preschoolers. I know there are a lot of MOPS and MOMS groups out there and Heather would be a great […]

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A Few Updates from December 2010

by Kristi on January 9, 2011


Just a quick note that I backdated a few posts into last month. If you are just visiting you may have missed them! I think I’m done with backdating but I had to do a few recaps of her 5th birthday and Christmas things! Happy 5th Birthday, Sammie! Sam’s Holiday Recitals Thanksgiving 2010

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Merry Christmas!

by Kristi on December 24, 2010 · 1 comment


We already had one stop tonight and the kids (and us!) are overwhelmed with beautiful presents but most of all, we had a lovely time eating turkey dinner and just enjoying some quiet time with family today! We had tons of fun giving gifts today, including baking some yummy banana nut bread. Tomorrow we look […]

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Straight No Chaser: Christmas Music and MORE

by Kristi on December 6, 2010


Wow! I heard the 12 Days of Christmas from Straight No Chaser on XM Radio a few nights ago. I ‘Shazam’d’ it right away and thought about it for a few minutes, looked over their other songs, and bought the full album ‘Holiday Spirits’!! I figured I have to slowly build up my Christmas music […]

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Rock Your Heart with the Wii

by Kristi on November 29, 2010


I’m late to the Wii party. I don’t have one. I hardly play one. But APPARENTLY there is this kinda super awesome Wii Fit program that yells at you and kicks your ass to loose weight. Or something. Have you heard of it? Apparently it was all the rage LAST year which makes sense why […]

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Wisdom of the masses…. HELP! I used to have my contacts in Outlook. Then, I moved to an iPhone and I had duplicate contacts and I never used Outlook anymore so I kept them in Google/Gmail.  My computer freaked out and I lost all my data, including Outlook, so I had my backup from Google […]

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Thanksgiving 2010

by Kristi on November 25, 2010


We went to Big Bear for Thanksgiving again this year. I am actually writing this in January but backdating the post so it’s in the right month! We had a delightful time and were not snowed in this time. Probably because we ended up leaving early to miss the big storm! We did sledding, snow […]

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Thankful

by Kristi on November 24, 2010 · 1 comment


I’m thankful for my amazing family. My husband who is so patient, thoughtful, and smart. My daughter who luckily gets her sense of humor and smart brain from her father, her empathy from (both!) of her Grandmothers, and her beautiful smile. My son for his sweet and loving personality, his inquisitive nature, and his ability […]

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Wordless Wednesday – Ring Pops

by Kristi on November 17, 2010 · 1 comment


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