Category Archives: vacations

Do Vacations Make Us Happier?

When this Good Question came on it’s funny because I think it was right around the time when Laura was getting ready to go on her vacation and somehow I lost track of it. It’s “Do vacations make us happier?” … Continue reading

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Question of the day

What type of vacation do you prefer? Are you a relaxer or an explorer?

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Dream Vacation

Imagine that money was no object. What is your dream vacation? Travelocity survey reveals family dream vacations.

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Girlfriend Getaway

Nearly 1 in 4 women have gone on a girlfriend getaway, and more than half want to do so in the future. Have you ever, and if so, where did you go? What did you do? How much FUN was … Continue reading

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Pull up a Mortarboard

I think with all this graduation stuff, Pull up a Mortarboard is a good one for the Pull Up Monday. Do you have as many as we seem to have this year? Parties, babies, vacations, Father’s Day man……..June is so busy. So … Continue reading

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Pull up a cabin

Happy Monday. Since Laura is away at a cabin IN REMOTE CHEESEHEAD LAND fishing for for the week, I thought, if only in our minds, we could join her. Click on the picture to see a dream cabin vacation. What did you … Continue reading

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T.G.I.F.

This is where I want to be at this very moment. In fact, if I close my eyes and try hard enough I can feel the cool breeze off the ocean water,  the warm sun shining on my face, and … Continue reading

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Our summer getaway

Happy Tuesday all. I wanted to write and share what Paul and I did last weekend. We rented a cabin for the summer on a nice little lake near us. Not 15 minutes away but while there, you feel away. … Continue reading

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Random Thought Thursday

I’m wondering what kind of random things we will talk about this Thursday! The last two Thursdays have been fun, just chatting about anything and sometimes nothing at all. It kind of felt like I was sitting in my living … Continue reading

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Vacations or fixing things up at home?

I know when it comes to this subject that I’m pretty different from a lot of other people. I’m not sure why but it’s just the way I am. I would have so much more rathered fix my house or … Continue reading

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Question of the Day

What is your dream vacation?

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Phin and Ella’s Excellent Adventures

Meet Phin (Phrederick Phinneas Phrog, if you must be proper) Meet Ella (Miz Ella Penelope Hant, the Original, or Ella P. Hant for short) Phin and Ella arrived on my mom’s doorstep, whisked there by a very handsome (I swear, … Continue reading

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G’Bye, All!!

Ella and Still-to-be-named Froggie have arrived, and are as anxious to go as I am.  Josh is taking Ella with him and Dad to see Grandma and Grandpa (on his Dad’s side), and I’ll take STBN Frog with me to … Continue reading

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Cabin people

I’ve been wanting to do a post about this for quite some time but I didn’t want everyone to tell me that I used to be “cabin people” so I never did but it was on Good Question the other … Continue reading

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Question of the day

If you could take a one-month trip anywhere in the world and money were not a consideration, where would you go?

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California Bound!

What a great way to start off Summer vacation…Bailey and I are California bound Saturday morning. It’s my oldest sister’s birthday and a family reunion next Saturday. I will be meeting family I have never even heard of! FUN! I … Continue reading

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Scanning fingers (fingerprinting) at Disneyland??

I was watching, or really just listening to a morning news show one day last week and they were talking about raising the prices at Disneyland.  I kind of thought to myself it wasn’t really that big of a deal.  It … Continue reading

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Treasure City

I know I’ve talked about Jason Davis on here before because Paul and I just love his show On The Road Again.  It’s on every Sunday night and I tape it and we watch it when nothing is on. When this came … Continue reading

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Snorkeling 101

What a day, what a day!  I sure hope Toby had a great birthday.  He should have!  We swam with the sea turtles and spotted whales and dolphins!  Today was our snorkeling excursion.We were up bright and early at 5 … Continue reading

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Maui Mornings

Aloha everyone!  Well, you asked for pic’s of Toby and I so here ya go!  I’m kinda glad you asked because I didn’t realize we didn’t have any together yet! Today we decided to drive up the Haleakala crater on … Continue reading

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Aloha….part 2

Aloha! Today was our first full day on the island and we didn’t really know what to do first.  I was awake at 5am so I took the laptop into the bathroom so I wouldn’t disturb Toby.  Hey, whatever works! … Continue reading

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Aloha!!!

Aloha! As I am typing this I am somewhere over the Pacific Ocean and can see nothing but the bright sun shining through the clouds. Sure, it sounds better than what we left, but there’s no place like home. We … Continue reading

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Question of the day

What’s the longest trip you’ve taken by car?

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Question of the day

Can you read a map?

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I want a REAL vacation!!

January 10, 2010 will be mine and Jason’s 10 year wedding anniversary. Don’t you think that’s plenty of time to save and plan for a “real” vacation? I think so, but every time I even mention it Jason rolls his … Continue reading

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