Tag Archive: travel

Kate has been bitten…

…with the travel bug that is. And she gets it honest. Craig and I both love to travel and did so fairly frequently before the girls were born. Now that the girls are older, much easier to travel with and truly enjoy what they are seeing and experiencing, we want to take them all sorts…

I #YOLO, do you?

The sweet, funny and incredibly-hip Empress first introduced me to the concept of #YOLO back in June. Then my uber-awesome biz partner, KLZ, wrote her very own #YOLO list last week. Now, if you live in TN, KY or NC, YoLo probably means a post-dinner frozen yogurt and gelato treat. But for those hip to…

Our Road Trip from MEM to ATL

Last week was our spring break here in Memphis, TN. Now that the girls are older and both have more patience for car rides as well as more interest in seeing and learning new things, we decided to take a road trip. To Atlanta! It was 6.5 hours from door-to-door, and that included 3 stops….

FourSquare Prison Check-ins: The Latest Craze

Mama Kat, in all her infinite wisdom, included the below prompt in this week’s Writer’s Workshop batch. 5.) Draw a picture that best represents one of your most recent tweets and share it with us. Little did I know that my tweet regarding whether or not to check-in via FourSquare at an Illinois State Penitentiary…

My kids are 5 & 3, and I’m out of gift ideas

I feel like I’ve nearly reached a point of desperation as far as gift ideas go. Christmas is coming, and I’ve only come up with a few reasonable, logical present possibilities. As the mom, everyone asks me what the girls want for Christmas. I admit that I’ve been coming up completely short with this task….

A Tourist in my own City: Memphis, TN

Travel used to be one of Craig and my favorite things to do. I say “used to” because having kids changes everything. After we moved out of Memphis in 2007, we obviously never expected we’d move back 17 months later started to talk about how it was such a shame we didn’t go here or there,…

I’m slowly realizing how much I photograph food

It has been pointed out to me by a certain Instagram friend who shall remain nameless for her own protection, that I share a high volume of food-related photos. Ahem… This week’s set of #iPPP pictures – while, in fact, food-themed – documents food prep and dining of a much different caliber than fried pickles….

From Shark Week to Dino Digs

I don’t think many things can compete with our very own Shark Week, but we tried our best with our visit to the Creative Discovery Museum while in Chattanooga, TN for our family vacation. The Creative Discovery Museum is also downtown, near the water, and very walkable from our hotel. We have been to a few kids’…

Our Very Own “Shark Week” at the Tennessee Aquarium

It’s no secret that I find traveling with my husband to be worse than traveling with my two small children. And we all know that traveling with small kids is a task worthy of an olympic gold medal on its own. So why, pray tell, did I suggest that we load up the car, Clampett-style,…

Why Traveling with my Husband is Worse than Traveling with my Kids

Before I get started, I need to insert my disclaimer: The following list may not apply. If your husband isn’t really anal, with girly tendencies, traveling with him may be an easy-breezy, simple and enjoyable experience for you. But for me it isn’t. Nope. No way. Here’s why… 1. My husband implements a strategy for…