A lifestyle blog for finding MAGIC every day!
We have been having a wonderful time in China so far. We’ve done so many activities, seen so many different things, and tried so many new foods! We haven’t had a single major issue in this whole trip and I hope this continues. The only small issue we’ve had is when my husband discovered just …
Today, Miss Doodle’s Wish Comes True. A Wish to Dance on the Great Wall of China. But It Is So Much More. It’s a Wish for Sisters to experience their Birthplace, China. To Be with Chinese People. To Learn Chinese Culture. To Experience Chinese Food. To Speak Chinese. To Hear Chinese. To Live for a …
First Full Day in Beijing. 4 AM and We’re All Up. Just in Time for Breakfast. The Poly Hotel has an Incredible Buffet Breakfast. Included with the Room. Offerings of Chinese Delicacies and Everything Else. We are the only ones in the dining room. It’s That Early. 🙂 Get Ready for an Incredible Food Overload…Since …
China Day 1 – The Forbidden City with a Side of Noodles…Read More
Happy New Year! A Brand New Year and a Wish Granted. Together as a Family We Traveled to China…Beijing to the North and Guangzhou to the South. A Trip we had done two times before for China Adoptions. But Now as a Family with Teen Girls, We Will Experience China through Their Eyes. A Trip …
I am House Obsessed. Forever and Always. As a Kid I Built Houses Out of Anything Large Enough for Me to Fit Inside. Houses Constructed from Major Appliance Boxes were Jewels. Fallen Tree Limbs Worked Too. Â I Would Spend Hours Designing and Building and Decorating the Space. At Lunchtime, Eating in My Special House …
Magic at Home. In My Own Backyard. The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. An Uplifting Event. 🙂  October 6 – 14, 2018. When Albuquerque is at its Loveliest. Cold Mornings. No Wind. The Day Warms with the Sun. The Bluest Blue Skies. Please Join Me. Hold On Tight! The Fiesta Begins Early, Early Morning. Way …
Thank You JetBlue and JFK. You are Our Saving Grace for Extended Layover Air Travel. Here’s the Poop on This Fabulous Discovery. Â Â For Our Latest Jaunt to Florida, We Had Credit on JetBlue and It Only Made Sense to Use the Credit. Â Â One Problem…JetBlue has ONE Flight from Albuquerque. A Midnight …
With the Overwhelming Rise of American Super Highways… the Ticky Tackiness of Summer Vacation Road Trips are Relegated to Nostalgic Memories. Why Take the Slow-Down-Through-Every-Little-Town Route, When You Can Speed Up a Super Highway Like I-75 to Get Where You Need to Be? Because You Would Miss a Treasured Spot Like …
Finding Harry Potter. At Universal Studios Orlando. Summer in Florida. Ahh…Delightful. Tickets are Pricey. Yes. But We Just Have to Do This(!) According to the Girls. We Left the Vacation House Early, Early and Hit Orlando as the Haze was Lifting. It is Already Steamy. This, My Friends, Is Humidity So Thick You Can See …
Do You Have a Dream Restaurant? One that Hits All Your High Points… Fabulous Menu…Excellent Service…Good Value…With Atmosphere and Views. Elegant Dining? For Me…No. For Me, it’s All About a Relaxed, Fun Spot with Views for Days. I Found It. The Fishery. In Placida, Florida.  Right on the Gulf. It Doesn’t Look …