Costumes
What was your first halloween costume?

I think I was a little lamb or something. I have the picture..still.


What costume did you hate?

Oh gosh, when I was twelve, my best friend and I decided we wanted to be 'sexy' so we were witches with high heeled boots. We used to live in a Summer Resort area and we had neighbors who were only down for the summer so we had to walk quite a bit to go house to house to trick or treat. Looots of...

In New Jersey, I always enjoyed being outside. Jakob is very active and to keep him from destroying our home, we often find child friendly areas for him to play. In the summertime, his most favorite place to be is the beach. We would spend all day on the beach, it was always cool and breezy up there and I had never really worried about the sun as I was quite used to being out there all day and not getting burned. I always made sure to lather Jakob up though with a high dosage of SPF as he is pretty...

Matt, Jakob, and I are the last remaining people in my Grandmother's home. It's ironic that only a few years ago we had began our dating years here and would randomly wake up in the middle of the night deciding that we needed to go on a road trip to visit some scary place with friends in this strange state. We are now the only ones who took the time to thoroughly go through the house and assure ourselves that we are not forgetting anything valuable or something we will need. We took care of everything...

We are coming up to the date of our arrival in Florida and we all have decided to take different routes for our journey.

I am heartbroken to say that my dogs are in the process of finding new homes. I am hoping that they will be temporary and that I can one day find myself reunited with them, but the families they are staying with have children and I know how children can easily find themselves attached to a dog, even for a little while. As much as I tried to fit them in my budget...

Every year, New Jersey has a highly publicized Click it or Ticket campaign as soon as summer crowds start fleeing to their second homes on the Jersey Shore.

For us locals, we are already aware that these rich kids are now in our neighborhood and are usually reckless during their vacation. It's party season for them which makes our daily errands an all day event. Of course, one can't complain about the amount of entertainment we receive in such a short season. It really makes up for...