Ultimate Blog Party 2013

I am so excited to participate in my first ever Ultimate Blog Party!

For those of you who are new here, I am Holly a.k.a Pink Lady.

I am 39 years old (yes REALLY 39) and I live in New England with my family.

I am married to Rob- the love of my life- my true soul mate.

We got married in 2004

I inherited my three wonderful stepchildren and became a Stepmom

I have spent years researching and working to be the best parent to these kids as I possibly can

In 2008, Rob and I welcomed our first child together, Diana Mary...she has been like magic for our family

She brought us all even closer together

In addition to being a wife, mom and step mom, I work full time.

I run a staffing company (along with my partner Elisa).  Our firm places professionals within pharmacies and healthcare organizations.  Though it is full time, I have a great boss who lets me work two days from home (one of the greatest blessings ever!) and praise technology!

Pictured below is my business partner and I on a recent client visit- check out the rental car we got (license plate reads YUM- classic!)

In my spare time, I enjoy volunteering and have dedicated the last several years to the kids' activities and advocating for education in our hometown of Windham.  I have sat on various boards including baseball/softball, the Friends of the Library of Windham and the Windham PTA where I was president for 3 years.  I am most proud that we won the PTA unit of the year under my leadership.  I have also volunteered during several election seasons, educating our townspeople on important articles and supporting friends who ran for different posts.

This blog is my on-line journal and scrapbook...I am just grateful that so many people enjoy reading about my small life!

Those of you who have been reading for awhile, know how much I love to entertain and you will find several "party posts" on this blog.

For the purpose of the Ultimate Blog Party, I am sharing the link to my most recent swaree and that is the Surprise 65th party we threw my mom!  It is most special because we accomplished the unthinkable and that is truly surprising my mom because she is never surprised- so glad we could he give this gift to her!

The link to her party is HERE

and very proud to be joining this blog party!  Linking up with 5 Minutes for Mom HERE!