January and February are difficult months for me. The post-holiday blues set in, and the weather gets cold and the skies turn gray. Ann Arbor set a record for most days without the sun shining while we lived there – it was over a month! Living in Cincinnati has helped – we have very mild …
I’m a big believer in giving gifts that are experiences, rather than things. Don’t get me wrong – I give people stuff too. I’m very practical, and sometimes my nieces and nephews just need clothes because they’re growing like weeds! But I really like to give gifts that the receiver will enjoy multiple times, or …
When we disembarked in Bellagio, our tour guide told us to the leave the stroller behind because there were too many stairs. But, it was nap time and we had an ornery 3 year old, and we were hoping a ride in the stroller would help him fall asleep (ha!), so we ignored the tour …
Over Father’s Day weekend, I planned a surprise road trip for Hubby, the kiddo, and me. Our first stop was in Cumberland, Ohio to visit The Wilds. After spending the night in Cambridge, we drove to our our second stop on the trip – Legoland Discovery Center in Columbus. My house is full of Duplos, …
Last weekend, we took a day trip to Lexington, Kentucky to visit the Kentucky Horse Park. Lexington is a 60-90 minute drive from Cincinnati, depending on point of origin in the Cincinnati metro area. I had been to Louisville many times because I had cousins who lived there while I was growing up, but had …
We’ve been fortunate to take two fantastic family vacations that involved long haul flights. The first was when the kiddo was 16 months old, and we spent 9 days in Hawaii. The second was a two week vacation to Australia when the kiddo was three. Both trips involved flying from Cincinnati to Los Angeles (which …
Hubby and I love a beach vacation, and we’ve tried to pass along our love to the kiddo. We spent nine days in Hawaii when the kiddo was just over a year old, but we haven’t had a successful beach vacation since then. A year after Hawaii, we took a weekend trip to San Diego …
Hubby, the kiddo, and I recently spent a week in Sydney, Australia. Hubby has visited several times for work, but I have never been able to join him. After every trip, I make him promise that I can tag along the next time he goes. That means he had to plan it far enough in …
I’m working on a blog post about my trip to Australia that’s taking longer than I thought. It’s coming, I swear! In the meantime, take 30 seconds to enjoy this gorgeous and peaceful sunrise over the Pacific Ocean that I captured one morning.
The 2019 Major League Soccer schedule is going to be announced shortly, which means that planning for the 8th Annual Stadium Tour is underway! I’ve talked about the history of the stadium tour before (or read this for an overview of where we’ve been), but I don’t think I’ve ever really talked about my Sis …