excellent awardOriginally uploaded by MaxsmomWow!! This award was given to me by Sara Lynn. She has a great blog with so many recipes and fun stories about being a mom with her kids. Please check it out. I also want to thank her because she gave me this award because she thinks I am honest and that means a lot to me. I try to be a very honest person in my daily life. I think over the years-I have learned through this blog to be more honest about my struggles and for that, I am very grateful.

I would like to pass this award to Shannon because if anybody has taught me to just chill out and enjoy life in the beauty of just being a mom, wife and woman it is her.

I also give this award to Mrs. F because I love reading her stories about her family. She has a great way of looking at life.

I always have loved Christy who has taught me so about about being a mom and especially a mom to two.

I also give this ward to Melanie because I think she is so supportive of her family and it makes me feel so loved after reading one of her posts.

Thanks again Sara Lynn!!

My girlfriend Stacy, another mom, and I went to New York City for the day. We hopped on Amtrak around 9:30 am and we did not come back to Philly until 5:15 pm that night. It was wonderful. For my birthday, Scott treated both of us to a day at the spa. Yes, I know..what a great hubby. It was so nice because Stacy has a 3 years old and I have a 15 month old, which has not given us a lot of time together over the past few years. We have known each other about 7 years. We met at the gym in Philadelphia and we stayed gym buddies for a while but then our friendship grew. I can honestly say that I may be closer, meaning talk more often to some other friends, but she is my BFF and she is just like a sister. We are alike in so many ways..I am trying to figure out how we got switched at the hospital. So the details..we went to Bliss Spa in Soho and we both had facials and then pedicures and manicures. It was the BEST facial that I have ever had and of course, it got me inspired to get back to a really good ritual for my skin. I have always been so blessed with my skin but I am in my 30’s and so it is time to step it up. We had lunch at Dean & Deluca. Amazing food. I wish Philly had a good food but I would be really heavy if our food was as good as NYC. It was just great to chat all day. It also made me realize that I do not talk enough about what is going on with me to my friends. I think I always tell myself that things are no big deal-well they are but when they sit in my head-well eventually they become a gib deal. All in all I had an amazing time. Also I have not eaten sugar in 6 days and I feel great. I have not been able to do that for a very long time. I guess the day of Sloth worked out for the best.