I’m the mother of a 13-year-old boy who is smart, funny, athletic and more handsome then he understands. He, however, hates to read. He’s always hated reading. It is easily the number one thing we fight about. I’ve tried bribing him many different ways over the years. Things that have worked with his brother, have…
“I promise I’m worthy…..” It’s been a rough few months… (Shootings in Orlando….gators killing a child at Disney World….an Orlando friend dying in a tragic mountain hiking accident. All of this coming right after I turned 40 – which was already stress…) …but vacation is the remedy. And not just any vacation, a vacation scheduled…
December 2014 in Chicago.
Rules of the Cook Family Road Trip: No restaurant chains – only chain hotels. Exceptions include: McDonald’s once every other day if needed. And Waffle House once on the trip. Everyone plays the license plate game The navigator, sitting in the passenger seat, controls the map and aids the driver in any needs including grabbing…
We were all most excited about the Chicago portion our adventure! This is where we would hit the main event of our trip, the big family wedding! But also because it was finally time to see my youngest sister’s new house! And that also meant a giant family sleepover! After buying all the beer and…
Wrapping up our Chicago portion of the trip and now for an Indiana/Ohio/Michigan adventure! Chicago was great, weather was perfect and I’m sad to leave…as always.
Great great blog posts from friends on finding some hobbies while dealing with cancer. This is a great read: Where can I escape?.
Here are some pictures- I don’t have lots of words because I’m exhausted 🙂 You can see the previous trip post here.
Epic road trip 2013 is under way – so much to talk about but no time to write about it! Some notes and pictures from the road so far. Hit a big storm on turnpike as we were leaving Florida. Thanks Florida. It would be nice to visit Gainesville sometimes. But I want to go…
I can’t go to Chicago without hitting up some of my favorite restaurants and finding my favorite Chicago food. This time, I didn’t go to my favorite pizza place. I didn’t even have a SINGLE ONE of these: I don’t know why I didn’t. I just didn’t. Instead, I went back to a place I…