We are not huge soda fans in the house. But there is nothing more that my kids love than “drinking soda around the world” at EPCOT. They have a great area called “Club Cool” where you can try about 8 different flavors of soda from around-the-world. So on our road-trip, we decided it was time…
As you have seen from our road rules, we like to stop at college campuses if we are in the area. On our 2013 road trip, we drove through Notre Dame and the University of Michigan. This time, we drove through the University of Florida in Gainesville and Purdue in West Lafayette, Indiana. The idea…
Guest post by Patrick Cook – Age 8: His name is Cayenne (like the pepper). He’s the 3 month old penguin that I met at the Georgia Aquarium. We got to walk around the aquarium and see all sorts of animals. I got to touch a sting ray. We also go to see otters. We…
Marco Island is a beautiful place with so much to see and do. But we always have a problem leaving the house. We are just so comfortable, and there’s so much to do here, actually getting dressed seems like such a chore. We’ve been doing a lot of fishing, dodging rain storms and lounging near…
Yes…I’m one of THOSE people. I’m sitting on a beautiful beach, the waves the only sound for miles, under a cabana, with my laptop out and updating my blog. Sorry folks, that’s how I roll these days. Life has been busy. Good busy. Lots of change, lots of big life decisions. I never thought I…
I had an experience today that I found so disturbing and upsetting, I really am unsure of what to do next. So I’m blogging about it. Advice please. So my 8-year-old son is in an Little League. I haven’t been in love with the league this entire season. It’s unorganized from the top down. There’s…
I spent the weekend in Tampa on what I thought was a fun belated birthday celebration away with my husband (more on that trip in a later blog!). I really thought that he wanted to just take a fun trip out of two to some fun restaurants and visit some friends I haven’t seen in…
It’s tough to be a Spartan fan in Florida. We’re surrounded by Gator fans at every turn and it’s often challenging to find Big Ten games in area bars. We have been very lucky to have an active alumni association here in Central Florida. And we are even luckier that Orlando is a hot spot…
We had an amazing 2013 holiday season. It’s hard to believe that they have already come and gone. One of my favorite things was watching my son perform in his first school play. I was very impressed with how great the production turned out. He worked hard and practiced a lot. It was great that…
So there’s Thanksgiving, then Black Friday…then someone added Small Business Saturday…we take Sunday off (For God?) and then Cyber Monday. This year there’s something called #GivingTuesday and that’s tomorrow!!! So what’s it all about? From their website: We have a day for giving thanks. We have two for getting deals. This year help us create…