Leave the Diva at Home

girl hair dryer

On an upcoming trip, I’m going to be roughing it.  I will truly be sacrificing some comfort.  I will be…

traveling without a HAIR DRYER!

Don’t judge.  This is seriously a sacrifice for me.  If my house were burning down & I had to choose between my hair dryer or toothbrush, I’d grab the hair dryer.  I have short, bi-polar hair & I just never know what mood it will be in from day to day.  I look terrible in hats, so I can’t cover up a bad hair day.  Hence my dependence on this large unwieldy tool.

I rarely travel with a hair dryer because I purposefully select lodging that has one.  Conversations like this can occur in my household:

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Let’s Go to New Hampshire…or Not

White Mountains New Hampshire
Mother nature reminds us mere mortals once again that we are at her mercy. We may have dodged Hurricane Harvey in Southwest Louisiana, but we have not escaped the repercussions of this disastrous storm.  Our “almost Banff turned New Hampshire” trip has been cancelled, due to the fact that we can’t fly out of Houston (as originally scheduled) and there were no good options out of New Orleans.  That & the fact that our own city might see some serious flooding if this rain doesn’t let up.
I could sit here feeling sorry for myself & racked by guilt for feeling this way while loved ones in Texas are experiencing such devastation, but I won’t. Instead, I’ll share our “not-to-be” Labor Day trip to New Hampshire in hopes that someone may enjoy a beautiful hike in the White Mountains.
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The Way to My Heart is through Food

If you know me, then you know I’m one of the luckiest women in the world…because I come home from work to a home-cooked meal almost every day.  These meals are lovingly prepared by my husband who also works a 40hr job just like me, yet I have never once heard him complain.  NEVER.  Sure, sometimes he doesn’t cook, because he’s tired or got home late, but those times are rare and he still doesn’t expect me to cook even then.  Now before you start claiming him Saint Eric, let me interject here:

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