Jul

13

Thank You, Lord

Posted by Pennie

July 13, 2009 | 1 Comment

Our daughter and son-in-law and three of their four children who are visiting us this week were in an accident on busy Interstate 4 in central Florida today. Another car had a tire blow out, bumped our kids’ van in the rear side, pulled back somehow and again bumped the side of our kids’ van, [...]

Jun

11

A Cheap Week at Grandma’s House

Posted by Pennie

June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Our kids and grandkids are planning on a visit in July so I’ve been looking at air flights and have seen a few things I’d rather not. For instance, on the airlines I was looking at, they charge $15 for the first bag of checked luggage, $25 for the second and $50 for each bag [...]

Mar

26

A Day at the Beach

Posted by Pennie

March 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We took our empty nest fillers to Clearwater Beach on Tuesday. It was necessary to drive around for probably half an hour just to find a parking space. Whoever said tourism is down apparently hasn’t visited Clearwater Beach during spring break. We finally found a spot with a two-hour parking meter so then we had [...]

Mar

20

An Empty Nest Refill

Posted by Pennie

March 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment

We’re on the verge of refilling the empty nest for a week! One of our daughters and her husband and just-turned-a-year-old son will be here in approximately 12 hours. The empty nest is all cleaned up, the extra bedroom cleaned out and tidied up, we’ve taken our junk off the back seat of the golf [...]

Jan

25

Musings on Next Christmas

Posted by Pennie

January 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Well, here it is January 25th already, only 11 more shopping months till Christmas! What will the economy be like by then, do you suppose? Will it be better than last Christmas which was just a month ago, or worse? I hope it’s not worse, but all the financial things I read don’t sound too [...]

Dec

10

A Disney World Christmas

Posted by Pennie

December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Can you believe all these lights? This is part of the annual Christmas parade at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. If you get the chance to go to Disney World around Christmastime, be sure to stay until after dark to see all the light shows they have to offer. Even if you’re there sometime other [...]

Nov

8

London’s New “Gem”

Posted by maureen

November 8, 2007 | 3 Comments

Trains were a common sight growing up in England. In fact, I lived within walking distance of a small village railway station and could see and hear the trains go by from our little cottage. When I was very young the trains were steam and they left a trail of smoke as they chugged along [...]

Oct

10

England Vacation

Posted by cameron

October 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Of course, London is a huge attraction and there are many things to see and do. Apart from all the usual things a couple of small things stand out in my mind: The first came in a visit to the tower of London. Yes we did all the usual things like the crown jewels but [...]

Jul

6

Traveling With Your iPod

Posted by maureen

July 6, 2007 | 2 Comments

This summer don’t just load your iPod with all your favorite music to distract you on a long flight or keep you company on the beach .Get the most out of your iPod when traveling by getting a downloadable phrase book or walking tour.

These programs will enhance your visit and have definite advantages over the [...]

Jun

22

Rome In 3-D

Posted by maureen

June 22, 2007 | 2 Comments

I’ve vacation in Rome and loved every minute of my visit. There’s so much to see and so much history behind all those beautiful ancient buildings. But have you ever wondered how this much visited city would look if we were able to view a simulated three-dimensional computer model of it? Well, now we can [...]

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