Is A Safari Better Than A Zoo?

Florida Golf Communities: The golf community where we are currently visiting is comprised mostly of an older clientele. The children are having a grand ole time living this life of leisure amongst their older peers but there are also dangers that lurk beyond the facade. We have near misses daily while...

Enjoying Sandy Days On Sanibel Island

My friends Birgit and Neil convinced me to leave the rainy side of East Florida and come visit them at their home on Sanibel Island. We picked up the PT Cruiser from the car rental shop and took off down Alligator Alley for the sunny side of Florida. We didn’t see one alligator along the way and...

Fear Does Not Lead to Adventure

I called great friends of mine that I haven’t seen in approximately three years and asked them if I should come visit them in their new home in Sanabel, Florida. They were all over it. Figuring that they could handle me and the three boys I agonized over my decision to leave my mother for a few days...

Potty Talk Rhymes With Naughty Talk

Brevitt and I looked up the ten day weather report after waking to another torrential rain storm. Looks like temperatures will not reach the 80’s while we are visiting Florida. I was so looking forward to being HOT, wearing nothing but my bikini and flip flops. Instead, I am in a sweater all day,...

Is Flying Ever Easy?

First and Second Trip to the Airport Sometimes traveling runs like clockwork, especially when one travels alone, and sometimes it doesn’t. Monday, the boys and I excitedly drove one and a half hours to the Eagle airport expecting to see Grandma in Florida by late evening....

Enduring Airplanes to Visit Grandma

We are flying once again to visit Grandma Nicky in Florida. I don’t know how we are going to pay for it but I know that I am needing to get away. Wade is all for it. He loves those ten days he blessedly gets of peace and quiet. To his credit, he is usually refreshed and ready for us by the time that...