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Welcome to 2017! What better way to start the New Year than to talk about our favorite thing—travel! Leana is on a trip right now, so I’ll share my travel plans for the year first, and she will share hers when she returns. It’s funny how I plan these trips independently, one at a time….and […]

My husband, Brian, traveled to Dublin, Ireland last week on a business trip. Somehow, I convinced him to write a trip report. He even took photos of the hotel bathroom! Without further ado… The Trip to Dublin, Ireland Since my trip was booked only a few weeks in advance, I had to take the cheapest […]

The end of the year is near! This is a good time to reflect on the past 12 months, and it made us think of our best and worst travel moments of 2016. Nancy’s Best Travel Moments 1) Visiting Virgin Gorda Baths It seems like a lifetime ago, but in January we stopped at Tortola, […]

Last month, my family visited Denver over Thanksgiving break (see my review of our hotel). While we have visited Denver many times, the big difference with this trip is that we visited Denver without a car. Why would we do that? For starters, since we were staying in a hotel downtown, parking was $42 a […]

My previous office job involved a lot of Excel spreadsheets, so that is how I’m used to organizing my personal finances. I have an Excel spreadsheet that shows my monthly expenditures for the past 13 years! Online sites, who needs ‘em? Ok, now that I’ve confessed that, I can tell you that I have a […]