Critter Chronicles
Travel
Real Life Train Game
Tony took the kids fishing on Saturday, and because that kind of thing is not my kind of thing they left me at home. I had all day to myself, and though I’d only gotten three hours of sleep the night before (my fault – I found an iTunes version of my very favorite board … Continue reading
Spring Break Stay-Cation
The Critters both had this past week off of school for Spring Break, and because Tony is (still) gone and out of the country I originally planned to just stay bottled up inside our house and wallow in the fact that we’re just over halfway through this five-week separation. (Yes, he was home for four … Continue reading
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
