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BlogHer: What I Learned, What I Packed, And What You Should Bring

My head is still swirling in BlogHer fog, but my spirit is bursting with enthusiasm. I went to BlogHer nervous, scared and not knowing what to expect. An event of 4,000+ is really not my cup of tea. But some amazing things happened that changed how I see myself. I’m a big girl now. The […]

Filed Under: Blogging & Writing, Get Inspired, Travel, Writer's Life Tagged With: blog conference, BlogHer, Chicago, Sheraton Hotel, what I learned at BlogHer

10 Best Travel Tips: Bathrooms to Speedos. Yes, I went there.

Summer is a very special time in my home now that both kids are in college. For nine months they live across the country and I parent from afar. But summer brings them back to me and for three months I have a full house again, and I’m full swing into mommy-mode, and there is […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Lists, Travel Tagged With: Summer Series, travel, travel tips, traveling with kids

Fear of Flying: Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight. Yeah, right!

fear of flying

Sitting at 36,000 feet above ground is not my favorite place to be. It takes a lot to get me  airborne. The twenty-four hours before any flight is filled with tremendous anxiety and a need to finish every project ever imagined. I’m like a whirling dervish, coordinating and packing my tiny carry-on at the very […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Popular Posts, Travel Tagged With: airplanes, and enjoy the flight, anxiety, fear of flying, flight attendant, flying, Huffington Post, ipod, mom, pilots, relax, sit back, turbulence, Xanax

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