Your Best Vacation As A Kid

When you were a kid, what was your favorite family vacation? For me, I loved going to Oconee State Park with our RV and camping. We did this quite a bit. Several of my parents friends had RV's too so there were always other people there.

I loved driving up through Walhalla. As soon as we passed Cuzzins general store, we knew that we were almost there. We would go there on Saturday nights and listen to the old men who hung around and played bluegrass.




My parents friends had kids our age so my sister and I had people other than ourselves to play with. In the morning, Susan, Lisa (our really good friend) and I would make monkey bread for breakfast and then set off on our adventures where we would roam around the park on our bikes and explore the woods around us.

I'm glad that I grew up in an era where you could still do that! During the day and in the evening, the park had a pavillion where they had clogging and square dances. Sounds kind of geeky but it was super fun!

Then at night, we would sit around the campfire and roast marshmellows before our parents would send us into the RV's so they could have "adult time" ...ie, so they could drink beer. :p

Someone had a small TV where we would watch Saturday Night Live even though we were told not to. We had a look out and as soon as we heard or saw them coming, we would turn it off. Sorry, mom. :)

Yes, I realize that's coming back to me trifold. Susan, Lisa and I are *really* sorry.

So, that's my best vacation memories. So, we're looking at taking the kids on vacation next year. We'd like to take them to somewhere they've not been so here's where you come in.

What was your favorite family vaction? Any good recommendations on where to take them or what to do? We've done Disney. We've done NY. We're looking for something different and fun.

So...what say you? If you could relive any vaction, where would it be?

Comic Strip Time

I love it when a comic strip makes me laugh out loud. This is one of them. The humor is just so dry and funny. I'm sure that a few of you will laugh at it too. And identify with it no doubt!

The Bug Slayer

As I was coming down the stairs this morning, I came around the corner and stopped dead in my tracks. There was a huge cricket-like bug on the hall stairway. It was so big that I could see it without the lights on. Um. Ewwww.

I pondered what to do with it. It was so big. And scary! I resisted the urge to scream like a little girl.

Since Shane has been learning to be the bug slayer (and prides himself on this role), I yelled for him. He would save me from the big bad bug. I yelled that there was a bug and asked him if he could come and get it. He said sure and went and got some paper towels.

I was still pondering what to do with this huge bug when Shane rounded the corner and turned on the lights.

He saw it and said "OH MY GOD."

Then he said..."yeah mom. Dad wouldn't get that and neither am I" and hands me his one little napkin and says good luck.

Some bug slayer he turned out to be.

But he did clean up the aftermath.

LOL.

Happy Birthday To Me...And To You!

Lots of Birthdays today. So Mary Mayken wanted to sing them a special birthday song.

Happy Birthday to Mommy, Aunt Kem, Scott, Amy, Chuck's Daughter (otherwise known as "Chuck's Arbor")...Happy Birthday to you!



Owen asked me what I wanted for my birthday and I said for him to clean up after himself and don't fight with his brother.

He responded that he'd rather give me a present. lol

Someone Call The Cops!

I am watching my (about to be) three year old niece Mary Mayken. We walked Shane and Owen to the bus stop this morning. On the way back, she noticed my neighbor's Yukon in her garage.

She pointed at it and yelled "Someone stole daddy's Yukon Aunt Kem!"

I couldn't convince her that Rachida hadn't stolen her daddy's Yukon and there was no need to call the cops.

lol. So cute!