“Movies in the Park” continues in 2010.  Presented  by the Sollitt Construction Company,  this Friday at 8:00pm “Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs” is being sponsored by Crawford, Murphy & Tilly Inc. at Settler’ Park at the Richard A. Rock Amphitheater.  It’s located on the south side of Rt. 126 (Lockport St.) just before you […]

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Nothing says summer like a heavy dose of festival food, carnival rides, and cotton candy.  I’m sure you’re sick of me posting about the many fests that take place in Plainfield IL, but I can’t help it… they’re my favorite.
This summer, the Plainfield Summer Fest is taking place in downtown Plainfield starting on Friday, July […]

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Don’t miss this year’s annual Plainfield Spring Fest in downtown Plainfield!  The fest starts on Saturday May 15th, 2010, and runs through Sunday.
This fest has been a Ferenzi Family favorite for many years since we moved here back in 1999!  Back then it was actually called the Strawberry Festival, but for some reason, shortly after, […]

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My husbands alarm clock went off at 4:00 am just like it always does.  Sometimes it wakes me up…sometimes the baby does, but this morning right after the alarm went off I opened my eyes a little wider than I’d wanted to when I felt the bed shaking.
Tony was already out of bed getting ready […]

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When I was a kid my parents took us to the Chicago RV and Camping Show… circa 1980-something. 
I remember my sister Shelly and I taking brochures from every single vendor at the Expo.  Interestingly enough, we found ourselves on one of the brochures the following year after our trip to Canada when one of […]

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I hope this post doesn’t come off the wrong way… because the worst thing that can come out of this is that I sound like a megalomaniac.  Actually it’s almost exactly the opposite.
There are a lot of people out there that don’t care much for Realtors.  Let’s face it, there are plenty of agents out […]

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Halloween is on a Saturday this year, which means the spooky fun can last all day long!
The trick or treat hours for the Plainfield area has always been my most popular post on this website, so here they are:

Plainfield:      4:00 to 7:00 pm.
Joliet:               3:30 to 6:00 pm.
Shorewood:   5:00 to 7:00 pm.
Romeoville:   […]

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I love it!  Today is the first full day of autumn, and I love  it!
This weekend I made some of my dad’s “Should’ve Been Famous Vegetable Soup,” and we hit the SPIRIT Halloween store that recently opened near the mall, right across from Target on Rt. 30 and Hennepin Rd’s. 
We have an abundance of […]

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We welcomed our new son Leonardo Salvatore Ferenzi into our family on June 22nd, 2009. 
He weighed 8lbs 13 oz and was 20.5 inches long.  He’s such a blessing to our family and we are all enjoying having him around.  We’ve had lot of help from all of our “little helpers”… his 4 older siblings.
Of […]

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Valentines Day is traditionally known as the day of  LOVE… but did you know that:

Valentines Day is the day when birds traditionally chose their mates.
In Medieval times women ate exotic foods on Valentines Day in hopes of dreaming of their future husband.
Approximately 1 billion Valentines Day cards are exchanged every year all over the world, […]

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