In one of my previous posts I mapped out my New Year's Resolutions because it helped me stay on track last year. Thanks to my master's degree program, I've only been somewhat successful at meeting my goals this first quarter of 2014, but what we have tackled has been fun. Once a month we try …
St. Patty’s Day 2014
We hosted another successful St. Patty's Day weekend at our home this year, despite the cold weather. It's impossible to believe that just a couple of years ago we were sweating to death watching the St. Patty's Day parade in Cleveland. We had about 30 people between the ages of four and ninety-two eating, drinking …
30 By 30: Morocco and Portugal
The flights and hotels are booked. We're officially headed to Morocco and Portugal this May. I'm officially going to have been to 30 countries by the time I turn 30. For the record, I have the world's greatest husband. I am so grateful he goes along with some of these crazy ideas and genuinely supports …
Fewer Resolutions, Continued Success in 2014
I completed all of my 2013 New Year's Resolutions. I've never been able to do that, but I think I made them flexible and reasonable, and I definitely held myself accountable by writing about them here. Thanks to the diversity of things I chose--many to improve myself, such as enrolling in a master's degree program, …
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2013 Travel Recap
Each year I try to recap the places I've been. I didn't start my blog until 2009 (years prior to 2009 involved lots of travel so I don't know how I would have recapped all of that!) and the trips have been reasonable--both domestic and international, and some not so far from home. Although I …
Honeymoon Travel: Romania
The underdog of our honeymoon was Romania. I had been waiting forever to see Turkey and Greece, and I was excited about Croatia and the good things I'd heard about Dubrovnik; but I didn't have much background or information or really any idea what we were getting ourselves into visiting Romania. We actually threw it …
Honeymoon Travel: Ionian Coast
The last port of our honeymoon cruise was along the Ionian Coast of Turkey--Izmir (formerly Smyrna). I was fascinated with Turkey and would love to return--we really only touched the surface of Istanbul, and Izmir and Ephesus were a completely different experience that really indicated the incredible vastness of what Turkey has to offer. Although …
