Travels Narnia Road Trip Day 8 – Safely Home December 23, 2023January 1, 2024 Friday, December 22, 2023 We are becoming breakfast critics. Today’s Embassy Suites omelets were good yet the Pittsburgh Embassy Suites breakfast won the first place award for hotel breakfasts on this trip. We left Columbia, South Carolina by 9am, the girls having slept in until 7:30. Catching up on sleep… Continue Reading
Travels Narnia Road Trip Day 7 – Goodbye Snow & PA December 22, 2023January 1, 2024 Thursday, December 21, 2023 On our Narnia Road Trip Day 7, it felt so good to sleep until 8am. Then we hit the ground running. The car was mostly packed by 9:00 at which point we went to breakfast before saying our final goodbye to the snow and PA. Breakfast… Continue Reading
Travels Narnia Road Trip Day 6 – Snow Much Fun! December 21, 2023January 2, 2024 Wednesday, December 20, 2023 Ladybug dubbed this as “the best day ever!” (Until I asked if it was better than ice skating last night. She said no. No matter – it was definitely a good day.) Snow much fun! We slept in and had a late breakfast before checking out…. Continue Reading
Travels Narnia Road Trip Day 5 – Library of Congress & Pittsburgh December 20, 2023January 2, 2024 Tuesday, December 19, 2023 Narnia Road Trip Day 5 began early. After loading the car and eating our Hampton Inn breakfast, we took the Metro to the Library of Congress. Gregg and I had never been there, which seems strange now since we both lived in the DC Metropolitan area… Continue Reading
Travels Narnia Road Trip Day 4 – Washington, DC December 18, 2023January 2, 2024 Monday, December 18, 2023 Wintery Mix We were up early and out of the house by 7:00, headed to Washington, D.C. It was drizzly/rainy all night with the forecast to change over to snow by mid-day. The snow is an unexpected surprise (a few days ago, they had been calling… Continue Reading
Travels Narnia Road Trip Day 3 – Church and Family December 18, 2023January 2, 2024 December 17, 2023 Back to Morgantown Narnia Road Trip Day 3 started with Gregg frying eggs for us girls before going to Morgantown for church. It was wonderful to see our friends there. And the service was a special Advent service, Lessons and Carols. After church, we went to Mennard’s,… Continue Reading
Travels Narnia Road Trip Day 2 December 16, 2023January 1, 2024 Saturday, December 16, 2023 Why Narnia Road Trip? Why Narnia Road Trip? I’m glad you asked! When we were in PA this past summer, we heard that the West Virginia Public Theatre would perform Narnia the Musical in December. We immediately longed to see it but… did we really want… Continue Reading
Travels Christmas Vacation Narnia Road Trip with Ladybug December 15, 2023January 1, 2024 Friday, December 15, 2023 Gregg and I have enjoyed a slow staycation this past week. We walked or ran first thing each morning, joined Planet Fitness, hung out at home, binged watched Father Brown cozy mysteries, read, I crocheted and did a bit of writing, and we just relaxed and… Continue Reading
Aunt Kitten Books Picture Book on Sale: There’s Only One You! With Aunt Kitten December 1, 2023August 20, 2025 Are you looking for Birthday, Christmas, Baptism, or other holiday gift ideas for young children? How about an encouraging picture book on sale? The repeated refrain in There’s Only One You! with Aunt Kitten, is “We’re all unique, God made each of us new. I’m glad you’re here, ’cause there’s… Continue Reading