Tuesday, March 15 After a couple of pretty full days, and a weather forecast that looked iffy anyway, the plan for Tuesday was a pretty low key morning. My nieces had school, so they went off to that, but the rest of us slept in a bit. The boys got a kick out of riding… Continue reading Day 4- lazy morning, Museum of Country Life, pub
Monday, March 14: My sister planned a full day “out” on Monday, just us, my parents, her youngest and her (while my nieces went to school and brother-in-law worked). She had mapped out a scenic driving route, with several stops along the way. Starting out- it was gloomy/rainy at first, but the weather was supposed… Continue reading Day 3- Scenic drive, Kylemore Abbey, Castle
We made it!! Like I said, it was going to be a long journey, and it was. But all in all, everything went smoothly. *We started out by taking a 10:20 bus on Friday, March 11, from Madison to Chicago O’Hare. Ivan’s sister drove us to the bus stop. The bus was packed!! Turns out… Continue reading Day 1- Travel Day/Arrival to Ireland!
Shower 🚿3 hour bus ride 🚌~ 2 1/2 hour wait in the airport 🏢7 hour plane ride ✈taxi to train station 🚕~3 hour train ride 🚅😴 And then....finally..... (a favorite pic from my last time to Ireland...can we hope for at least a few blue sky days like this??? please???) The kids are sooooo excited… Continue reading Plan for the day
I can't believe it, but we're in the home stretch now before our trip. We are here. (countdown sheet I made for my nieces in Ireland...45 day seemed long when I made it, but the time flew by.) Work This week did not turn out exactly as I'd hoped, mostly due to some unexpected work… Continue reading Final countdown
Yesterday morning I spent some time hashing out (or trying to...) some details for the "Rome" portion of our upcoming trip. We'll only be in Rome for a few days, which makes it a bit more important, in my opinion, to do at least some advance planning. only bought a pocket guide this time- shorter… Continue reading Trip planning/ advance tickets
Okay, I'm suuuuper tired right now because I am just getting over a cold AND I managed to wake up at like, 2:30 a.m. (after not going to bed until ~11:00 p.m....) and never fell back to sleep. 😩😩 (Why? Why? Why??!) But I'm feeling chipper enough to share something that has me really excited!… Continue reading Printing my blog into a book!
Day 5, Monday, January 17: Monday was our last full day in Mexico. Thankfully, the semi-yucky weather the day before had fully moved out and we had a GLORIOUS final day!! (I went down by the water in my PJs that morning to just sit for a while. There were still a few lingering clouds,… Continue reading Isla Mujeres, Mexico- Trip Recap Day 5 (beach, shrimp quesadillas, COVID tests and fancy dinner!)
Heyyy, look at me, picking my trip recaps back up!! I abruptly left off on Day 3, but I've been itching to finish these up! Days 1-3 were great, but so were the last couple days, too. So here we go! Day 4, Sunday, January 16: On Saturday overnight/ Sunday morning a little weather pattern… Continue reading Isla Mujeres, Mexico- Trip Recap Day 4 (walk downtown, chilaquiles, Playa Norte, enchiladas!)
I was not originally going to share this quite yet, because I don't want to "tempt the fates" and all of that....but then I decided... You know what, Universe? I'm not playing your games anymore. I'm confident that things are going to work out this time, in my favor. So, I'm going to say it… Continue reading Exciting news
GRATEFUL KAE 