Traveling With Treats Have you ever checked into a hotel room and found out not only is there no room service but no restaurants nearby? Or been on a cross country road trip with miles of highway ahead of you and two hungry children in the back seat? Prepare for just these situations with a traveling treat kit. First on the list is an insulated zippered vinyl lunch … [Read more...]

We Booked Our First Cruise! After researching for only 2 days last month, we went ahead and booked our very first cruise on Carnival. We will be leaving the Port of Miami and heading on a 4 Day Western Caribbean Cozumel Plus cruise NEXT WEEK. We were looking for a shorter time frame for our 1st cruise so thought 4 days on the Carnival Victory sounded perfect. I'll share my … [Read more...]

If you work for the man and are not using up your vacation days, you should rethink that. Kev has a ton of vacation days left this year and probably won't have a chance to use them all up. He decided we should take another vacation this year (who am I to argue with THAT?) so we decided to book a cruise for him to use up more vacation days. But it's hard for him (or I) to really … [Read more...]

Here is a list of places in Los Angeles, California that I have heard/read about that sounded cool. There is just so much to do, so little time. California Family Vacation Ideas in Los Angeles: The Broad Museum - I came across a recommendation to check out The Broad Museum for Instagramable art. The museum is located at  212 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. General admission … [Read more...]

I just returned from a business un-conference called Beach Camp in Daytona Beach, Florida. There was some good teaching and I'm glad I went but it had been a crazy whirlwind the week or so leading up to it. Our 1st grandson (we have 4 granddaughters) was born at 27 weeks. Three months early is a very scary thing. He will be in the NICU for a few months until he's ready to come … [Read more...]