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Is Summer Vacation over already?
This is one of my favorite pictures of my sister on vacation. It was taken a few years ago, in St. Lucia. You can see one of the Pitons in the background. We had taken a day trip into town and was...
View ArticleMaking the Most of the Mini-Vacation
There are times when you just cannot afford to take time off or pay for a week's vacation and we are in one of those times right now. But that does not necessarily mean you cannot take a few days off...
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My Sister wears Lilly Pulitzer on Vacation
There are very few clothing lines that say "VACATION" like Lilly Pulitzer. Their clothes scream "I'd love a strawberry daquiri". My sister wears their clothes year round, but the best are her resort...
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Discovering the 'College Parent's Weekend Vacation'
Fall season is upon us and for the empty nest parent with college kids, that means Parents Weekend and Football Games! Most schools place their Family/Parent's Weekend Visitations during the Fall...
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Parent's Weekend at Miami of Ohio
Ah, home sweet home. I think we got the last available room in all of Oxford, Ohio for Miami University's parents' weekend. This 150-year old farmhouse has one room they open for guests. This is our...
View ArticleAdvise Needed From My Secret Blogger Friends
Okay, here's the deal and if Husband Bill reads this (.09% probability of this happening), I am screwed. In about 10 days or so, Bill and me head to Dickinson College's Parents Weekend. We will be...
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How Many Things Can an Empty Nest Mom Worry About During A College Parent's...
For this empty nest Mom, the number is three, maybe four.This past weekend I went to see my baby (who's a Freshman at Dickinson College) for the first time since she left for college this August. I was...
View Article20th Anniversary and Nowhere To Go
People tend to take their most memorable vacation trips in tandem with special anniversary and birthday dates. I don't know whether this is the case in other countries, but we somehow prefer the dates...
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Mustique Island, One Choice for the Anniversary Vacation
We start the journey to find the 'Anniversary Vacation Trip' with my sister and her husband on the island of Mustique. Mustique is a 1 mile by 3 mile island located in the Grenadine Island group. In...
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June Picks Her Mustique Villa, Then You Vote
Today, we review my sister's choice for a villa rental on the island of Mustique. She used the same timeframe and budget constraints as I had used in the post I wrote yesterday. After reading about her...
View ArticleAlways Carry Your Phone to the Dining Room Table
I missed one phone call on Christmas Day. It happened during dinner, around 7:30 pm. Our dining room is set off far from the kitchen where both the land line and the portable phones were located and we...
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Top Items I Would be Buying IF I Had the Money and IF My Sister and I Were...
Can I help it that the economy is in the tank, and we don't have the time or the money to go on a fabulous trip to some exclusive island in the Caribbean, this February? We really should be going...
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Photo provided my daughter, Laura, www.flickr/lsphotographyScottsdale, Arizona has an average of 6" (yes, that's six inches!) of rain annually. So why is it that when my sister and her husband decide...
View ArticleFamily Visits: Surviving the Day They Leave
She's sitting on the plane with her husband, having two hours left of the grueling trip back home. I haven't moved off the couch. We ate so much this weekend, that I feel a bit like a slug. I have the...
View ArticleEighth-Grade Trips Sound Fun
My sister is on a trip to Europe with her daughter and classmates, for their eighth-grade trip. For ten days, they are traveling to Italy and Greece. I imagine they are having a blast.My children all...
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