Raleigh, NC Lunch at Tipsy Parson

Last week, I visited Tipsy Parson as a guest of the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau. I had such a great time both learning more about Raleigh, North Carolina and eating yummy food. I have visited North Carolina before … Read More

Getting ready for Rocking Horse Ranch Resort

I shared some of my goals for 2012 last week, but I’ll be sharing more of them as the year progresses. I’m quite ridiculous when it comes to goals…I make them about everything. For instance, when I was at the … Read More

The Coleman’s Camping World

I was right! Usually, I don’t like to gloat, because no one likes an “I told you so” type of person (as I tell my kids).  However, I’m going to indulge this time.  See, I have been trying to encourage … Read More

Summer 2011: The Colemans’ “Summer of Fun”

The summer of 2010 was crazy.  I definitely worked too much and played too little.  Instead of being refreshed, I was exhausted by the end of August.  It actually took me the rest of the year to fully recuperate.  That will not be happening again this year in regards to things that I have some degree of control over.  Of course that does not mean that life will be all play and no work.  Rather, I have noted where thing went wrong last year and I am adjusting accordingly.  In fact, my family has dubbed Summer 2011 as “The Summer of Fun (with the people that we love).

When school ended last week, our family gathered in our planning spot (the bed in Reggie and my room) and we wrote down all of the things that we wanted to do over the summer.  We’re not going on any major trips, since our travel budget was used up earlier this year with the cruise and the trip to Walt Disney World.  That’s totally fine though, because there are so many fun (and free!) summer activities for kids in NYC.

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Nickelodeon All Access Cruise: My Final Recap

We came home earlier today. Disembarking was a bit tedious due to the long lines, but we are just happy for a safe return. One thing that was a little “trippy” was that they didn’t screen our bags when we … Read More