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Road Trips
“Why aren’t we flying? Because getting there is half the fun.” – Clark Griswald We Real Women, with our real families, spend a whole lot of time in our cars. There is commuting back and forth to...
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Escapes
I love my home, I really do. I enjoy spending time here. In the summer, we like to have weekend “staycations” by our pool. But from time to time, I feel the pull to get away. I enjoy traveling, and...
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Have Bag, Will Travel
“When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money“. Ah, the lure of travel….the excitement of getting away….the promise of...
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Roughing It
Once or twice each summer, we go camping. We pack up our tent and supplies and head out for a weekend under the stars. Naturally, “camping” means a wide range of things to a variety of people. There...
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When We Have Wings
My family and I are starting a much anticipated, much needed vacation. As I type, my son and I are on a plane headed west. Usually our spring vacations are to Florida, but this year thanks to us...
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Style or Comfort
While we’ve been traveling, we have spent a substantial amount of time in airports and in rather affluent areas of the West Coast. Both locations have offered my husband and I prime opportunities to...
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Of Tourism and Thresholds
“I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.”—Susan Sontag Most of our leisure travel time is spent visiting family and friends. Like so many other real families, our loved ones are scattered...
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Preparing to Relax
Most of us Real Women like to think we can be spontaneous. To us, spontaneity means fun, carefree, happy, no stress. We don’t have to weigh ourselves down with pesky and arduous planning and...
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The Seasonal Abyss
Ahh….summer… school’s out. A time for warm breezes, playtime and bbq’s. Everything seems sunnier and we dream of days off with family and friends. Life is easier. And moms everywhere are stressed and...
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Stay!
Relaxing is not always easy for real women. We get so wound up about everything we “gotta do”, and all the people we have to take care of, that we rarely clock out, go off duty, and slow down. Usually...
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In Search of POE
I was fortunate to take a mini-vacation this past week. Four and a half days of fun, sun, sand and surf in Florida. It was lovely and restorative. I could use this post to go on a diatribe about how...
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Just Relax
For a variety of reasons, I’m not having a summer vacation this year. Now before any of you think I’m saying that to garner sympathy, let me mention that we have a lovely pool in our backyard, and we...
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