We recently had a family road trip to Edinburgh, which involved Edinbrick; a pretty cool Lego model show, some time at the zoo, and lots of laughs. The laughs, Lego, and family time was much needed. Some other stuff was not. (The product links in this post are Amazon affiliate links, I make a small commission if you make a UK or US purchase through them. Read my disclosure here.) This post is not sponsored by LEGO or Edinbrick. We just…
I’m going on a road trip with the family today. You’d be forgiven for thinking we do this a lot, because we do. This time we’re looking for a house (yes, still) and taking the kid to Edinbrick to see a bunch of Legos that aren’t already in my house. I’ve said before that I’m trying to get more organized. But there are two places where I already have color-coded lists. Blogging, and planning a trip. I LOVE traveling. Planes…
OK, so. You know when you’re in holiday mode and every day feels like a Sunday? You’re craving a piece of fruit, but you have a whole bag of Skittles instead? Your clothes are tight for no good reason, you’re getting back to your routine, and you’re feeling a little depressed? Hi. Who’s with me? Happy New Year. I previously declared that 2019 will be the year of Shenanigans. That’s still true, but it’s also the week of candy, and…
There’s this interesting thing about me. The best part of any holiday or vacation or fuckskioffski or whatever you call it, is the night before you leave. That and Day One. Round about Day Two or Three, I’m already thinking of ways to extend the trip. Because I am a wanderluster like that. And as we approached the middle of our Edinburgh road trip, I got to thinking. Neil will tell you my over-thinking is a scary thing. But stick…
If we were having coffee, and catching up on blog news, I’d tell you Sonia at Losing The Plot won the recent blog promo video giveaway. And Christine at I’m Sick and So Are You, in her infinite wisdom, has come up with 5 Reasons You Shouldn’t Read Gin & Lemonade. Do you think sarcasm is the highest form of flattery? Please say yes. Because then we can be friends. In real life, the fam and I took a week-long…
