Budget Travel 101 — Lesson 1
I grew up with a daddy who loved to go and a mama who was willing to sacrifice to satisfy his wanderlust. They weren’t going to let the smallness of Daddy’s paycheck keep us at home. Since Daddy worked until…
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“Pardon Me, Boys, Is This the Chattanooga Choo Choo?”
Ray and I headed out on Thursday for our last convention of the 2014 convention season. Notgrass Company has been coming to this curriculum fair for fifteen years. I think that I have been there myself fourteen of them. We love…
Small Town, USA
Last week friends told us about a 4th of July celebration in Lancaster, Tennessee, a tiny town about an hour away from us. Ray and I decided to meet them there this year. Mary Evelyn and her family went too.…
The Family That Reads Aloud
Several months ago my close friend (and blog reader) Laura suggested that I talk about good books to read. I thought of her idea again when Dr. Carson encouraged everyone in his audience to spend thirty minutes a day learning…
Make Time for Music
We drove through Kentucky yesterday, headed for the homeschool convention in Cincinnati. We stopped at Wendy’s in Mount Vernon. Decorating its walls were three historic images about local country music. Ray reminded me that we were near Renfro Valley. Since…
Spam, Spam, and More Spam
As we drove south through Minnesota on Monday, Audra noticed a funny billboard for the Spam Museum in Austin: “Spam Museum–Where Hawaiians Go on Vacation.” Though we don’t actually eat Spam, Audra and I thought it would be a fun…