Two Kids and a Map

For Monday Dreaming, I am dreaming of a smooth adventure for the grandparents when they come to watch my kids for a week.  Daddy J and I are going out of town and the grandparents will be watching the kids.  I know they will be in good, loving hands but we have never traveled away from the [...]

Ingredients:
Shrimp (Lots of people like to devein and deshell them but we prefer to get our hands dirty when we eat this meal!)
Mussels
Red potatoes
Corn on the Cob cut in half
Sausage cut up in big chunks
Water
Old Bay Seasoning or something similar
Crab boil seasoning or something similar
What you need:
Find the biggest pot in your house.  Look at [...]

Tags: Wanderfood Wednesday

I was a military brat for many years.  I was lucky enough to complete the last three years of high school in the same school located in the suburban town of Irvine, California.  When I walked across that stage, I was a California girl ready to embark on an adventure.  A few weeks later, I [...]

Tags: beach, Florida

Last week’s Travel Blogger Tuesday post where I highlighted some of my favorite posts from that week was such a hit that I am going to continue it for the next few weeks to see how it goes.
Dave and Deb, at Canada’s Adventure Couple, share their experience of dining in the dark!  There is no [...]

Tags: Travel Blogger Tuesday

This morning I put my Big S on the bus for his first day of first grade!  Little S has been wandering around the house since he left.  She sat on his bed and played with his cars for a bit.  Then she watched some TV (happily holding the remote which she nevers gets!).  I was able [...]

Tags: Monday Dreaming

I wanted to take a moment to say hello to readers stopping by from Southern Living.  I am so honored to have been chosen as the Southern Living Mama Blogger of the Week.    Southern Living has been on the coffee table in my house since I was a little girl.  I am totally starstruck and [...]

I wish I had a fabulous story to tell you about how I broke my foot, but I don’t.  I fell walking into the garage on a rainy day.  I see an orthopedic doctor today to find out exactly how long I will need to be off of it and whether or not it needs [...]

When I was given the opportunity to review Kids Love Interstate 75 by George and Michelle Zavatsky, I was so excited to read it because we travel I-75 lots!  We mostly travel the section of I-75 that goes through Florida (although we have traveled many parts of it throughout the years) but this summer on one of [...]

Tags: family travel

I am going to spill one of my travel secrets. 
I love to find television and film locations when we travel.  Any film.  Any television show.
 There I said it. 
Not only do I love to find television and film locations when we travel, but I photograph them.
And I film them.
I have stood on the hill in San Francisco where the [...]

Tags: Florida, Monday Dreaming

For Travel Blogger Tuesday this week I am going to tell you about a great traveling with children resource!  

I was so excited when I was asked if I was interested in reviewing the new Wanderlust and Lipstck book, Traveling with Kids.  I had heard the buzz about the book and knew it was written by Leslie [...]

Tags: Books, family travel