Category Archives: outings and trips

Happy Easter

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

My wish this Easter, gentle reader, is that you are surrounded with loved ones in a beautiful place. I hope you have laughter and smiles. I hope there is egg dying.  Lots and lots of messy, wonderful egg dying. And … Continue reading →

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2011 in review.

Posted on January 19, 2012 by

I’ve been toying with the idea of this post for a while now, a sort of pictorial year in review and just now got the courage to write it.  So I’ve decided to post it (even though we’re half-way through … Continue reading →

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Life’s a beach.

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

We went to the beach twice while we were in Florida over Christmas vacation.  I’m not normally a huge beach person because I don’t enjoy sweating or displaying my fat for all the world to see.  (Side note:  they have … Continue reading →

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I would drive 1064 miles. And I would drive 1064 more.

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

So the family and I have just gotten back from our vacation to Florida.  We’ve been planning this trip for a while, but the husband didn’t want me to share it with you until afterwards.  You know, in case one … Continue reading →

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What you should read this holiday season. Because I’m bossy like that.

Posted on December 23, 2011 by

Today I took the kids and went to our Central Library all the way downtown. We don’t do that very often because you have to pay for parking (I’m cheap) and because it is downtown, and driving downtown scares the … Continue reading →

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The Mall, a purgatory-type experience at Christmas time.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by

This weekend I went to the mall. It has been approximately 365 days since my last fiasco, I mean shopping trip to the Mall, that included 40 minutes of waiting in line at Old Navy, only to discover that I had … Continue reading →

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Chicago and my new affirmation of human goodness.

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

This Thanksgiving weekend we spent two days in Chicago with my sisters, their families, and my mother.  None of us could stand the idea of celebrating Thanksgiving this year without my father.  So we all packed our bags, booked a … Continue reading →

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Peyton Manning, the Greek goddess Athena, and a bumblebee walk into a bar….

Posted on October 31, 2011 by

Happy Halloween my peeps!  You can just smell all the sugar and high fructose corn syrup in the air. In the spirit of the holiday, I am posting the obligatory pictures of my children dressed up.  (After all, they are … Continue reading →

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Happy fall, y’all.

Posted on October 3, 2011 by

Well, it is officially autumn here in the Midwest.  Temperatures have dipped way down this weekend.  In fact, you could call it chilly with a capital ‘C’ (so really that would mean I should write it Chilly.) This cold weather is … Continue reading →

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Splish splash

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

One of my favorite parts of Return of the Jedi, is when Luke stands all quietly defiant before the Emperor and states, “I am a Jedi, like my father before me.”  He’s so serious and broodingly cute, I just want … Continue reading →

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