September 30, 2015
September 10, 2015
Farmers Markets to Waterfalls – North Carolina Has It All
Chris and I took the past weekend off from unpacking and settling a bit and decided to go exploring our new area in North Carolina. It is always fun to find out what lies beyond and living in Transylvania County is offering us far more Continue reading →
June 11, 2015
Well Hello Danica!
My travels as of late have been fodder for blog material. Isn’t it fun? Remember my trip to the Puerto Rico mountains where the owner of the Airbnb thought that I was “confusing the smell of ‘our’ organic cleaning materials with the smell of urine”? And Continue reading →
May 28, 2015
A Little Mountain Misadventure
I am usually game for trying just about anything. I think I have proved that time and time again in my marriage to Mr. Diamond. Trekking off to Australia to live immediately comes to mind. It is all part of the adventure called life. But Continue reading →
May 22, 2015
Always Pack Extra Underwear
The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind . First off—we have an offer and contract on our house in Mason City with a set closing date in late July. I never believe that anything is actually official until the money changes hands but Continue reading →
May 14, 2015
A Small Plane, 8 Bloggers and a Big City
As part of a North Iowa Bloggers Tour through Clear Lake Chamber of Commerce I was provided with round trip airfare from Air Choice One to facilitate my review. All thoughts are 100% honest and my own. It should be no surprise to my readers Continue reading →
March 27, 2015
Feeling a Bit Moody
Christmas 2014 found our family of 4 spending the week on the beach at Galveston Beach, Texas. We had a lovely home to rent for the week and while the weather was less than perfect that week for beach walking we were able to find Continue reading →
March 16, 2015
A Bit of Spring – Fort Worth Botanic Garden
I love to visit botanical gardens when we travel and Chris and I seek them out as often as we can. Different regions offer a variety of different flora to discover and there are always wonderful pictures just waiting to be taken. Last October when Continue reading →
March 6, 2015
The Winter of my Discontent
Laura of Cat Tales With Laura and Sara of All In An Iowa Mom’s Day and Travel With Sara and I were going on a trip –the trip of all trips for us “mid lifers”. We were headed to Nashville to attend the first ever Bloggers At Continue reading →
February 23, 2015
O Suitcase Where Art Thou
I might have jinxed myself. Just maybe. I took this picture and posted it on Facebook on Friday when I left Minneapolis for Dothan, Alabama. I wrote “it’s always good when you see your suitcase being loaded”. That’s mine—the red one with Travel Queen pink Continue reading →