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>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
How to Do DC With 2 Kids in 4 Days
>We had originally planned to leave my cousin’s Virginia locale on Monday morning but when Tony learned that he had an 8am meeting that day in DC we arranged to check out of our hotel early and head into the city a day ahead of schedule. This meant rather than having half a day in … Continue reading
Wedding #1 and Mother’s Day With The Dinos
>As soon as we arrived at our hotel on Friday my parents met us in the lobby; we hadn’t seen my mom since last summer and we missed her (and my dad too, even if Anthony had told him on his birthday last month that he “doesn’t much like Grampy”). So we made up for … Continue reading
The Long Road East
>I was all set to go ahead and publish a third post in the “preparing to travel” series back a couple of weeks ago, but then I never was able to finish it and by the time we left I was just slammed with last minute things to take care of. So today you’ve finally … Continue reading
>Lost in the USA?
>Where are they, you might be wondering. Are they home? Still traveling? Stuck on the west side of the swollen Mississipi River? Laid up with broken bones? The answers, in short form: North Carolina. No. Yes. No. Yes. I have much to blog about, pictures and stories to share. I almost got some of them … Continue reading
>Wordless Wednesday: My Family
>Lucky me – this is what I get to spend sixty-four hours and 4000 miles in the car with for the next three weeks. Someone help me. Please. Please click through to Critter Chronicles for pictures and more content. Become a Fan of Critter Chronicles on Facebook All content © HMGBlogs 2007-2011
The Big Trip: Preparing The Critters
>Yesterday I talked about how I planned our route and hotels on our Big Trip. But that’s only a part of the preparations I’ve been making to get ready to go on our cross-country car journey. I’ve got The Critters to think about, too. I’m not at all nervous about all the driving this trip … Continue reading
The Big Trip: The Route Planning
>Note: I have written, edited, and re-written this post – and others to follow – about four times, spending about three hours on it in all. That’s merely a fraction of the amount of time I put into planning the actual trip. This has been an all-consuming process for me, as I’ve pretty much planned … Continue reading
>Marriage Retreat: Take Two
>Around this time last year Tony and I took advantage of a marriage retreat our then-unit’s chaplain was putting on. It was held right there on Okinawa, just about thirty minutes from our house, but for us it could have been anywhere: we hadn’t much left our home since arriving on island twenty-some months earlier. … Continue reading
