Like many families, ours has been hit hard with the impacts of COVID-19, increasing fuel prices, and employment changes the past couple of years. I’m relatively lucky to have an older hybrid car myself, but my oldest daughter uses my mini-van and it chugs gas like a college student chugs energy drinks while cramming for […]
Car Shopping in a $5 gallon world
How to Spend a Week in Napa Valley
Photo: David / Public Domain The Napa Valley has a long and illustrious history of being one of the best destinations for wine, hospitality and dining in the world. But if you’re only going for the wine, you will be missing out on the rest of what makes this valley so special. From the arts […]
Our Visit to Great Wolf Lodge in Grand Mound, WA
Whew! I’ve been meaning to write for just about a month now! I took the kids on a four day vacation to Great Wolf Lodge for the very first time. This is also my first vacation with all of the kids at once. Plus it was only me and all five of them. Needless to […]
Our Family Australian Travel Bucket List
As you all know, Aussie is Australian. Well, I hope that people would know that from his nickname. That might not be fully clear I suppose. Anyway, I’ve never gotten to go to Australia, and he hasn’t been since he moved here 6 years ago. So, someday I’d love to be able to go there […]
In My Dreams… Hawaii Dream Vacation
While I’ve never gotten to leave the mainland USA I’ve always wanted to. I have a fair few places on my dream list, and I bet it’s not too surprising to hear that Hawaii is one of those places I’ve dreamed of. Beautiful beaches, warm sun, beautiful water. Paradise. I’d love a few days relaxing […]
Summer Fun At Silverwood Theme Park – Athol, ID
One of my goals this summer was to get out and do more even though I’m more of a home body than anything else. So, without too much grand thought on it. I decided to buy all of us season passes to our local theme park Silverwood. Thankfully after 3 uses they paid for themselves […]
A Quick Seattle Getaway and Daiso Goodies!
Hi everyone! I’m home! Did you miss me? Heh…heheh.. I went to the Seattle area with my mom, dad and little sister. Dad did all the driving, which was good and bad at the same time. Good because it meant no stress of trying to navigate and drive all that myself, and bad because I’m […]
Why I Want to Visit Iceland
I know I know, you’re probably wondering why someone who hates snow wants to visit Iceland of all places in the world! One of the things that always fascinated me about Iceland is how it sounded like it was always freezing cold! However, it does stay pretty cold like I thought, it is ‘warmish’ in […]
Visiting California – The Aquarium of the Pacific!
Disclaimer: We received tickets to the Aquarium of the Pacific in order to allow us to visit and then write about our trip. All thoughts are our own unless otherwise stated. Nothing could buy my enthusiasm over Sea Jellies and getting to pet sharks more than experience can and did! On our recent trip to […]
Travel with my tween and teen – Legoland California
Disclaimer: we were provided with two complimentary tickets to Legoland California and the Legoland Sea Life Aquarium. I did have to purchase a 3rd ticket. All opinions are our ownunless otherwise stated. Our arrival in California had been marred by a flight landing late, a missed connection, a new flight, and a bad map to […]
