Category Archives: Vacation
Ten Reasons I’ve Been MIA
It’s been awhile since I’ve gone ten days without a blog post! For you hangers-on, here are ten reasons for my absence: 1. We went to Florida for Spring Break, and in some comically-timed [or divinely ordained] sequence of events, … Continue reading
Posted in Art/Beautiful Things, Family, Family Activities, Food, God, gratitude, Kids, Marriage, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Nature/Outdoors, Play, Vacation
Tagged Florida, Recreation, Spring Break, Travel
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“What’s Included” In Mexico
Next month my husband and I are leaving the mess in the kitchen, turning on our heels, locking the doors, and escaping into the wild blue yonder together. Along with some of our best friends and our new friend, the … Continue reading
Posted in Friends, Nature/Outdoors, Play, Random Fun, Rants, Vacation
Tagged Cancún, Carnival Cruise Lines, Cozumel, Florida, Mexico, Punta Sur, Riviera Maya, vacation
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Should’a Would’a Could’a
Sure. There are lots of reasons I should have stayed home today: 1. A sink that appears to have vomited up fruit particles, dirty pans, and filmy glasses. You’d think that with a dishwasher directly adjacent to the sink I … Continue reading
The Gift of Sand and Water
Anyone who knows me well can attest to the hold that the beach seems to have on me. The sound of pounding water, birds overhead, toes in sand, sun on shoulders, salty air — it’s almost too much. Living … Continue reading
Posted in Discoveries, Education, Gifts, gratitude, Kids, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Nature/Outdoors, Play, Things I Love!, Vacation
Tagged beach, Florida, Island, Sea Turtles, skim board
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Vacation from my Vacation
If you’ve read any of my previous posts from this week [thank you, dear faithful 7: your checks are in the mail], you already know that I was blessed with a few days away with my husband. I tagged along … Continue reading
Posted in Chores/Duties/Jobs, Discipline Issues, Family, Food, Growing Pains, Kids, Marriage, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Neighbors, Random Fun, Rants, Seasons of Life, Vacation
Tagged Aldi, Apollo 13, cavity, charades, chiropractic, Christmas, Dark side of the moon, Great White, Pacific Ocean, Shauna Niequist, Swanson's broth, Sweet Baby Ray's, Tom Colicchio
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Things I Don’t Understand Thursday: Gambling
Maybe it’s because we’re a one-income family or because I try to squeeze my grocery dollars as far as they’ll go. Maybe it’s because I feel a sense of accomplishment when I can produce an edible meal out of rice … Continue reading
Posted in Finances, Heartbreak, Kids, Rants, Travel, Vacation
Tagged Arby's, Benjamin Franklin, casino, chain smoking, craps table, dice, felt, gambling, High Roller, hot lunch, Little Caesar's Pizza, luck, Michigan economy, oxygen tank, slot machines, Wheel of Fortune
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Sugar Two Ways
One of the great things about being gone with my husband, aside from getting a brief vacation from Mommyland, is getting to do stuff together that we don’t do at home. Such as ordering pizza and eating it in bed … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Random Fun, Uncategorized, Vacation
Tagged culinary theories, margaritas, Monday Night Football, pizza, salt, salty & sweet, sugar
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Just Another Day at the Beach
Yesterday was a perfect, cloudless, blue-sky day–the kind of blue that looks like an inverted Caribbean Sea hanging motionless above a busy world; blue that is deep and changing and ever-present. Carolina Tarheels Blue. Hudsonville Ice Cream Packaging Blue. J.Crew … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food, Kids, Marriage, Motherhood/Mommy Duties, Nature/Outdoors, Random Fun, Uncategorized, Vacation, Vehicles
Tagged beach, Bucket List, Caribbean Sea, Carolina Tarheels, Fricano's Pizza, Grand Haven, Grand Haven State Park, Hudsonville Ice Cream, J. Crew, parking spots, shoes
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Ah, the irony…
This is a short one today, but after yesterday’s post, I couldn’t resist sharing. Look at what just dropped into my inbox today–an email with this as the subject: “Odd-Ball Vacations from $65/night” HA! Didn’t we already conclude that hotels … Continue reading
Posted in Random Fun, Travel, Vacation
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Son of a BEACH!
What a day. Last night I was so exhausted after our elusive hunt for beach parking that I just couldn’t even tell you about it until now. Well, let’s be honest: it was the exhaustion and the fact that the … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Nature/Outdoors, Random Fun, Uncategorized, Vacation
Tagged beach, Coast Guard Festival, Disappointment, Family, Fun!, Grand Haven, Holland, Kids
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Who Needs Whale Watching, Anyhow? Part 2
I know–I said I’d write this sequel on Thursday, and it just didn’t happen. To all 4 of you out there waiting with bated breath, I’m sorry if the torture of suspense may have elevated your blood pressure or aggravated … Continue reading
Posted in Nature/Outdoors, Random Fun, Travel, Uncategorized, Vacation
Tagged Bainbridge Island, boiled eggs, Children, Family, Lunch, OOPS!
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Who Needs Whale Watching, Anyhow?
As I think I’ve mentioned before, we started planning our Washington vacation in December while the kids sat transfixed in front a red-nosed reindeer and an elf with bad hair who wanted to be a dentist. Actually, as my friend … Continue reading
Posted in Random Fun, Travel, Vacation
Tagged Changes, Disappointment, Kids, OOPS!, Washington, whale watching
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How Summer Smells
Tonight while I was upstairs getting into my sexy night sweatpants [pathetic, I know] and going through my 83 step face washing routine for bed, I pulled my head out of the sink and was slapped in the face by … Continue reading
“It’s just a car…”
You know how your hands start automatically sweating when someone you barely know hands you their car keys and says, “And ya know, if something happens, just remember–it’s just a car”? You let a little chuckle escape your lips and … Continue reading
Posted in Random Fun, Travel, Vacation
Tagged beach, car keys, Giving/Sharing/Generosity, OOPS!
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Fill It Up Again
I’m borrowing this title from the Indigo Girls who, if I believed in reincarnation, I would totally want to be in my next life–at least musically speaking. Their guitar playing–to die for; their poetry–kills me; their harmony–makes my heart stop … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Nature/Outdoors, Travel, Vacation
Tagged Children, Family, Friends, Fun!, Indigo Girls, Longing, Mountains/Ocean, Nature
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Casino Life 102: Simple & Sharp
I’d like to think I’m pretty easy to please. Granted, I have my moments and my private rants, but in general, I’m happy with little things: A glass of Coke with lots of ice and a straw. Receiving a funny … Continue reading →