First Snow Day of 2019
We don’t get a lot of snow around here, but when there’s a threat of an inch, schools and businesses close in precaution. (Don’t make fun. We ...
Category: creating memories
sweet moments, things I don’t want to forget, things I’ll never forget
December so far
We have officially crawled into Christmas break, and, to be honest, it wasn’t pretty. The fall semester has been a maelstrom of life lessons about priorit...
Medal No. 22
I signed up for the Santa Hustle Half Marathon in the Smokies back in the summer, not yet knowing that I would be running a half marathon in England in October....
Thanksgiving 2018
My parents are moving back to Tennessee, and since they are already in the process of the move, it made sense for my sister and her family to spend Thanksgiving...
The UK Trip: Day 10 in Amsterdam
For a dozen reasons, we didn’t want to leave Scotland. How can one look forward to a trip for more than a decade, finally experience it, and leave without...
The UK Trip: Day 9 in Inverness and Banff
By Day 9, we were acutely aware of how quickly time was passing us by. It was an impossibility to see everything on our respective lists, but we would sure as h...
The UK Trip: Day 8 in the Scottish Highlands
Having spent one full day in Edinburgh and one full day in London, I for sure knew I was a country mouse. We both were excited to get back to the countryside, a...
The UK Trip: Day 7 in Edinburgh
We arrived in Edinburgh Thursday evening just as it was getting dark. We were fortunate to find our Airbnb apartment and unload our things before it got too lat...
The UK Trip: Day 6 in Northern England, Alnwick Castle, and Bamburgh Castle by the sea
The night in Horsley near Newcastle was a delight, and the Airbnb apartment where we stayed was in an old, Victorian converted barn which offered one of the mos...
The UK Trip: That one night in Newcastle
Of all the unpredictable details of our anniversary trip – the pleasant weather, the ease in which we navigated the roads, the picture-perfect half marath...
The UK Trip: Day 5 in Oxford and the Cotswolds
The plan for Wednesday, October 10, was to spend the morning walking in Oxford and driving through the Cotswolds before the long drive north to Newcastle Upon T...
The moment I thought all was lost
Last week I had a near heart attack when this site went blank. A corrupt plugin (or perhaps a plugin update?) looked to have wiped the site of all content. No b...
The UK Trip: Day 4 in Windsor and Dorset
Originally, my plan was to drive to Brighton, then Dorset and up to Oxford, but when I couldn’t find room in the itineraries to visit Windsor, I had to ma...
The UK Trip: Day 3 to Rye, Dover, and Canterbury
Every day we spent in England was meticulously mapped out to make the most of our limited time. Scotland was less so, and we would eventually enjoy a more laid ...
The UK Trip: Day 3 at Hever Castle
We visited more than just Hever Castle on Day 3, but my affection for Queen Anne Boleyn warrants its own post on account of the number of photos I took at her c...
The UK Trip: Days 1 and 2
I’ve already confessed to the number of photos I took throughout our 12-day trip. I’m not embarrassed or ashamed, but whew – I’m overwhe...
700 photos later…
In 2006, Chuck and I started talking about taking a trip to the UK. Until last week, it had always remained a conversation, a daydream, or thing that would happ...
When you don’t take your own advice
Chuck and I are going on a trip, but before we leave I have eleventy billion tasks to complete. I’m not entirely sure how I got here, but I’m certai...
Summer is in the rearview
We are fully immersed in the fall schedule – homeschool co-op classes, soccer for Jeremy, another round of equine therapy for Jack, and other extracurricu...
Brewers vs. Braves: A Victory
We’d gone out to dinner one night this summer to one of those restaurants with TVs scattered throughout the room. Baseball, soccer, and other summertime g...
Equine therapy and Jackson’s first horse show
Last fall, after Jackson finished nearly three months of occupational therapy to help with his spatial awareness, fine motor skills, and core strength, I was le...