Her Roots are Showing

Contributed by Maria Ruiz

Now that she no longer has her own show, Oprah Winfrey really stepped it up at her network, OWN. When it first started on direct TV, it was mostly reruns of her shows as well as the shows she started or produced like Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz. Now that she is no longer under contract with another network, I guess she can finally start appearing in some original programming of her own to air. I love watching her specials. It’s like seeing the best of her shows. The specials are longer and more in depth and I feel like she can really get more information about and from the people she is interviewing! Just this week she reunited the cast of Roots for an interview and it was amazing to see what everyone has been up to as well as hear them reminisce about their experience 35 years ago. I guess it’s appropriate to say Oprah went back to her “Roots” to find new success. Keep up the good work, Oprah!

Where to find me

As most of you can tell I haven’t posted on this blog for awhile…mostly because I have been posting daily on my Project 365 blog.  Please come on over and visit me and my little monkeys there for the time being…

http://ninalismomtographers365project.wordpress.com/

Military Life

Written by my friend Lino Brown

I am a military spouse. Being a military spousehas its own set of joys and problems. Some of the positives are good healthcare, steady pay for our spouses and appreciation from the community. For the most part, people think that the fact that we have to move once every couple of years is a negative. I have gotten so used to moving all the time that moving locations doesn’t really bother me anymore. I have started to see the moves as a new adventure, and appreciate that I am getting the opportunity to learn so much and meet so many different kinds of people. The one thing that does bother me about moving is that it has been difficult for me to cultivate a good career. Because of this I have started my own business from home, which means that my internet connection is really important. That’s why I’m happy that the clear coverage map pretty much covers every city I will live in while my husband is in the Army. It’s nice to know that there is at least one thing I can depend on!

Where to find me

As most of you can tell I haven’t posted on this blog for awhile…mostly because I have been posting daily on my Project 365 blog.  Please come on over and visit me and my little monkeys there for the time being…

http://ninalismomtographers365project.wordpress.com/

We Love the Hamptons

Post contributed by Leonard Phelps

My wife and I are both New Yorkers in every sense of the word. We were born in New York, raised in New York, and love everything about New York. Our home will always be there. However, we like to get out of town on the weekends and smell the fresh air and see the stars. One of the best decisions that my wife and I ever made was purchasing our own beach house in the Hamptons. It has always been a dream of ours, and we finally made it happen on our 20th wedding anniversary. We’ve literally been saving money for our entire lives, and storing it away in the ‘beach house at the Hamptons fund.’ It has been everything we wanted it to be and so much more. We love the time we have out at the beach. It’s hard to feel safe when we leave our place in the city, but we checked outhome security syracuse to make us feel safe when we have to leave. The second that we leave we start thinking about when we can come back again. We love the city, but have found our time in the Hamptons makes us feel like we’ve retired. Hey- maybe we will soon!

Pro Chef gives Tips

Thanks for the post from Kirk Wood

I’m a professional chef and most people would be very surprised to know that I would say the best cooking tool any chef could have is wireless internet! I know that sounds insane, but there’s something to be said for being able to take your computer anywhere in the house or even anywhere around town and activate your Internet connection. It’s nice to be able to pull out a recipe or a technique while I’m standing at the counter in the middle of some prep work. I’m so happy now that I’ve become more technical as it has vastly improved my cooking techniques as well as the food that comes out of my kitchen. I’m really proud to say that I know how to make certain complicated dishes like coq au vin, beef Wellington, or even baked Alaska this and it’s all because I stayed connected while in the kitchen. In my opinion, education is something that never stops, even once you get out of school, and that’s what I feel like I’m doing every time I’m in the kitchen.

Where to find me

As most of you can tell i haven’t posted on this blog for awhile…mostly because I have been posting daily on my Project 365 blog.  Please come on over and visit me and my little monkeys there for the time being…

http://ninalismomtographers365project.wordpress.com/

She’s here! (pictures)

Well, after a week of bed-rest in the hospital and continuous bleeding the doctors felt it was time.  In fact that is exactly how they said it, they came into the room with their whole entourage, “We think it’s time, Nina”  and they proceeded to tell me how they felt it was best for me and the baby to move forward.  My bleeding had progressively gotten worse through the week,

Tags: Bicornuate Uterus, nicu, pregnancy, premature labor

Well, Here we go again!

Here I am again .  A place I was really not hoping to be for another 8 to 10 weeks.  I am 1 week further along (30 weeks 4 days today) than my twins got.  Today at work I went to the restroom and much to my horror was bleeding pretty badly.  I called 911 and have been admitted to the hospital because the bleeding is still going on and I am having minor contractions.  Baby girl seems to be doing fine,

Tags: Bicornuate Uterus, life, nicu, pregnancy, premature labor

Surviving and finding a “something” for me again…

I survived a brutal last few weeks.  I had a huge deadline to meet last week and I was pretty much working everyday plus weekends for the past month.  The night before the deadline I worked until 4 in the morning and returned to work at 7:30 the same morning.  I did meet the deadline

Tags: life, raising 3 boys, slowing down