Staycation. What can I say? It’s over now so I figured I would finally jot down a few notes. I gave up writing daily because, well, staycation is kind of boring. It’s not exactly like I had amazing photos of Hawaii to post. On day 5 or 6 (I lost track of days too) we … [Read more…]
Day 3 has come and gone and technically Day4 is underway. Yesterday brought us barreling into Animal Adventure in Harpursville, NY. You may have followed April the giraffe over the winter and spring in anticipation of watching a giraffe give birth live on TV. Having 4 children, I can’t think of a more awful thing … [Read more…]
Well, yesterday ended by going to an outdoor movie at the zoo. It was free but the concessions weren’t. I bravely handed two 7 year olds a wad of money and sent them to get popcorn. 2 bottles of Sprite, a bag of skittles and a Hershey bar returned albeit without any change. So back … [Read more…]
Well, the title says it all. Losers that we are, we decided to be responsible and not go into any debt to go and enjoy the sea and so we are “staycationing” this week at, well, home. My frugal mind is satisfied with this arrangement and my anxiety is happy that we aren’t on some … [Read more…]
I wrote a post a while back about my travel wardrobe. I packed for a work conference in back pack and a large purse. Some people were impressed. In the mean time, I have been perusing Pinterest and there are a lot of posts about how to pack for a trip, be it 3 days … [Read more…]
What is a simple vacation? That is probably a complicated question. If I asked 100 people I would get 100 different answers. None of them would necessarily be wrong either. The next question is, why go on vacation? I honestly don’t know sometimes. First, I want a break from my job. Second I usually want … [Read more…]
I’m leaving for a 4 day “excursion” to Las Vegas for a work related conference. Unfortunately Las Vegas is just about the last place on earth I’d like a free trip to and all I can think is that if my plane were to crash I would end up dying going to a place I … [Read more…]