Christmas will be here in just three days. That sure happened fast! Have those of you who celebrate Christmas finished all your holiday to dos? Yesterday afternoon, I wrapped my last gift of the season. Now all I need to do it make a few dishes for a holiday party and for Christmas morning. This holiday season is so much less nerve-wracking than last year’s. This time a year ago, Bill had just returned home…
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I hope you enjoyed Day One in Barcelona of what I call our “Dream Trip” to the Mediterranean, which you can read here. I left off with our wonderful breakfast at the elegant and luxurious El Palace Hotel in downtown Barcelona. After we noshed on tomato bread and jamon and had our fill of cappuccinos, we got in a taxi and headed to Sagrada Familia. Basílica i Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família Basílica i Temple…
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Hello and happy weekend! It’s time for this week’s Seven for Saturday so let’s get started! 1 ~ Blogging Balance My mind has been on our recent trip this week and I’ve been engrossed in sorting through our thousands of travel photos and planning future blog posts. After a solid year of little activity here on the blog after our Wine Country wild fires, it feels awesome to be excited and inspired to blog regularly…
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As promised, I am sharing photos, details and stories about what I call our “Dream Trip” to the Mediterranean. I hope these posts will provide you with some useful information and/or travel inspiration, or at the very least a bit of entertainment! For me, putting these posts together is a fun way to document our trip and share highlights with family and friends. Please feel free to ask me any questions you like about our…
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Happy weekend, everyone! I am excited to be back to blogging regularly, beginning with a new Seven for Saturday post. 1 ~ Home From Our Dream Trip We returned home from our dream trip to Europe the day before Thanksgiving. Since then, we’ve been recovering from jet lag and trying to get back to normal life. I can’t wait to tell you all about our cruise on the Regent Seven Seas Explorer! I still pinch myself…
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Hello there! Well, it’s been a minute or two since I last blogged, hasn’t it? October was a whirlwind of fun and sun for us with trips to Catalina, Newport Beach and Calistoga. We’ve hardly been home in the last several weeks. We flew home from Newport Beach Thursday afternoon and have been spending our time packing, running errands and getting organized for our big trip – the dream cruise I wrote about here. I…
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