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Enjoying a slow morning (heading to hotel gym in a bit) but just wanted to share/capture the fun day we had yesterday in NC. YES there has been a ton of travel for me over the past couple of months, and a good number…
Monopoly: House Rules? C & G are on a Monopoly kick. I played endless hours of Monopoly with my BFF/next door neighbor when I was ~7-8 or so. We did the following things, which I now know are “wrong”: As a result our games…
Q3 so far Summer is definitely in full swing around here even if summer as defined by the calendar doesn’t start for a few more days. Thus far . . . I am into Q3! Camp started off pretty well. This week, C is…
(A New Hampshire Postmortem!) We spent last week in New Hampshire. I felt SO GOOD going into this trip about our plans – better than usual, really! And the trip was good. It wasn’t awesome. So, it seems like it might be helpful to…
Ep #255: Travel Planning: Strategic Planning + Anticipatory Fun at Every Time Horizon
Today’s episode centers around strategies for travel planning, from super-long range (5-10+ years) to daily planning while on vacation! I share my favorite strategies at each time horizon to craft travel plans that reflect your values and highest priorities, while meeting your actual real-life…
Day 5: Canoeing on the Saco River + Diana’s Baths We went to Diana’s Baths BOTH before canoeing AND after! (The kids didn’t feel like they got enough time prior to our canoe excusion and since the hike was only 0.6 miles each way…
It turns out I felt like taking a little bit of a posting break on this trip, so that is what I did! Instead of getting up early I slept in until ~9ish each morning and there just wasn’t a natural time for posting.…
BLP Ep #254: Where Planning Meets Etiquette with Lizzie Post of the Emily Post Institute
Lizzie Post is the great-great-grandaughter of famed etiquette expert Emily Post and serves as co-president at the Emily Post Institute along with her cousin Daniel Post Senning. In today’s episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Lizzie on all things planning AND etiquette adjacent!…
The only thing it did not contain much of was packing, but ultimately that worked out! After G kicked off her summer gymnastics (rec classes 2x/week most weeks), it was time to get ready for the annual dance show! This was our 3rd round,…








