Critter Chronicles
Travel
The Camper
{Yes, I’m breaking my own bragging rule with this one. I’m sorry. But as I’ve shared this news with others I’ve also gotten requests to show and tell about it. This is the best way I know how.} Tony and I have been talking for months now about renting an RV to drive cross country … Continue reading
Aggra-Vacation
My grandfather doesn’t like to travel. Period. He considers a trip across the state, one in which he’s required to sit in his car for more than two hours in each direction, a hassle to be avoided at all costs. He refers to vacations as “Aggra-vacations”, and given that the last time he made a … Continue reading
And The Circle Continues
I’ve written a couple times about how every time I return to visit my family here in Connecticut I make sure to reserve a day to spend with my best friends from high school, Christa and Mary. Because I’m too lazy to go back and find the links from last year’s visit, let me remind … Continue reading
Cousins, Casts, and The Avoidance of Sand
>I’m finally getting caught up with the rest of the stories from our trip, part of which includes finally retrieving the pictures from my memory card to edit and upload and share. After attending my friend Corinne’s wedding, we drove down to North Carolina to spend the night with Tony’s brother and his family at … Continue reading
Overheard #28: The Metro
Reposted from my Facebook status a couple weeks ago: Brenna to Anthony: “I’m going to take a shower. You keep an eye on the Metro.” Two minutes later, Anthony: “Brenna, it’s back!” Repeat every two minutes. And *this* is why my kids liked our DC hotel.
>25 Things I Learned On This Trip
>I’ve heard it said that in order to continue growing as a person I should learn something new every day. In that spirit I give you a list of twenty-five things I learned on this trip, one for each day we were gone from our home. 1. Bad things happen in threes. It’s true. 2. … Continue reading
>Five States Down, Three To Go
>Tony was released from the hospital yesterday and insisted we keep going to Monday’s hotel destination in Indiana. And when we got there five hours later and ate dinner, I was wide awake, The Critters were happy, and he was still moderately comfortable in the passenger seat. So we decided to push on into Illinois … Continue reading
>Hospital: Day 2.5
>I’m going to go all Pollyanna on you for a bit, because the “glass is pretty much bone-dry” mentality is not good for (my) morale. So I apologize for the saccharine tone today.* As far as recaps go, this was not how I planned to sum up our Big Trip. I was hoping for more … Continue reading
>The Monday "Adventure"
>a.k.a. I’m not going on vacation with these people again *see below So Anthony broke his foot in DC, right? Tony decided to one-up him and get acute appendicitis while driving through West Virginia, and had emergency surgery in Charleston. This was NOT on my itinerary. The nursing staff kept us fed with crackers and … Continue reading
>The Friday "Adventure"
>I say adventure, but really I’m just proud of myself that I didn’t lose my $%!& and my husband is still alive and well. It’s not his fault. Not really. When I was planning the trip – and let me pause for a moment to let you know that if you hear him tell you … Continue reading
