I blog about finding activities that a kid, a preteen, and a teen will enjoy. It’s a tall order. Some days it is impossible. Other days it is easy as pie to find an activity fun for all. In the spring we spent Spring Break working, working, and working. We had several highlights in...
Read more »
Posted in and coupons, coupons, Deals, discounts, Entertainment, Family, family fun, Musings on Family, travel | 1 Comment »
My daughter spent her first night on a college campus as a 10-year-old. No, she wasn’t a student. Her volleyball team participated in a 3-day tournament over Memorial Day Weekend. Going away to college at aged 10?! We talked about whether she should go or not. We wondered if she was ready. Her dad...
Read more »
Posted in Entertainment, Family, family fun, memories, Musings on Family, travel | No Comments »
Staying in a hotel is highlight for my teen. Sometimes I think that she is more interested in the hotel than in the place we are visiting. She loves it all…the hotel beds, the soaps and shampoos, the large TV near her bed. Our hotel stays were anything but pleasant when she was little. The...
Read more »
Posted in family fun, Giveaways, holiday, holidays, Moms, Musings on Family, Musings on Giveaways, pool, Reviews, travel | 3 Comments »
Would it make all of you going to BlogHer feel better to know that I just finished packing for TWO trips? It’s 3 a.m. What exactly am I doing up? I should be in bed, but I am collecting paperwork, printing out tickets, and printing business cards. Technically my husband printed them, which is...
Read more »
Posted in Blogging Conferences -- BlogHer, blogging/blogosphere, BlogHer, holiday, holidays, Musings from Me, Musings on Family, travel | 2 Comments »
My latest Oyster Local blog post is up. This time I am exploring Union Station. Who knew there is so much to do at Union Station! ___ A few weekends ago, I rediscovered the wonder that is Union Station in Washington, D.C. when I took my family to visit for National Train Day, a...
Read more »
Posted in family fun, holiday, holidays, travel | 1 Comment »
With summer approaching, thoughts of water, sand, and sun spring to mind. I was born in Manchester. We spent many rainy, windy days bundled in blankets behind windbreaks sipping hot tea at the “seaside” in Southport. My sister and I would run about on the beach. The sea was miles away. My parents and...
Read more »
Posted in English Memories, holiday, holidays, travel, vacation | 2 Comments »
As a long-time resident of D.C., I have visited D.C. sites many times. I am thrilled to announce that I am now an Oyster Locals blogger! Oyster.com is a hotel review website…Oyster provides the skinny on hotels…the good, the bad, and the ugly. Oyster Locals is a companion blog for what to do once...
Read more »
Posted in Entertainment, Family, family fun, family strife, holiday, holidays, travel | 1 Comment »
The other day I tossed a stack of shrink wrapped phone books in the recycling bin. When was the last time I used a phone book, anyway? 2000? Phonebooks are old school. Are guidebooks a thing of the past, too? When I plan a trip, my first stop is not the bookstore to pickup...
Read more »
Posted in travel, vacation | 1 Comment »
More check-ins at Disney’s Hollywood Studios Powered by Whrrl I traveled to Orlando with my son as part of a mom blogger trip organized by the Orlando Convention & Vistors’ Bureau. The views expressed in this Whrrl story are my own.
Read more »
Posted in Entertainment, Family, family fun, holiday, holidays, Musings from Me, Musings on Family, travel, vacation | 1 Comment »
My younger two children are animal mad. My younger daughter would regularly cradle our friend’s cat as though she was carrying a baby. At 18 months old, she carried a cat that was almost as big as her. My son loves playing with our neighbor’s dog. The teen is more like me…it’s good to...
Read more »
Posted in family fun, holiday, holidays, memories, Moms, Musings from Me, Musings on Family, travel, vacation | 3 Comments »