Happy (Late) Mother’s Day

I know some of your are Mommies (whether of children or children of the furry variety) so I wish you all a belated Happy Mother’s Day. I ended up spending the entire day with Mom and it turned out to be a good day. She was having one of her good days and we laughed…

Adventures in Ste. Genevieve

Thanks to my wonderful friend Christina, the girls (Jennifer, Christina, Lesley, Amanda and I) had a weekend planned in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, which is about 2 to 2 1/2 hours north of where we live. We started our trip bright and early at 8:30 a.m. Since we knew we’d be eating breakfast on the road,…

Marshmallow Milkshakes

Yesterday, Christina and I headed up to Sikeston to meet with someone from the Missouri Arts Council for our theatre group, the Bootheel Community Theatre. I can’t remember the last time I’d been in Sikeston. We met at this cool little building that apparently used to be a train station. But the highlight of the…

Familial Road Trip

So yesterday was the annual Go To Kentucky to Celebrate Lily’s Birthday familial road trip. Lily, who was celebrating her second birthday, lives in Elkton, Kentucky. It’s about three hours to get there and three hours to come back. Needless to say, we are tired. But fun was had by all. Even if my brother…

Quotes about Paris

A fellow TripAdvisor forum poster had this to say in a thread about what pulls us to Paris. No one can really state it’s anything specific, but this sums it up perfectly: “Paris is like a lover who has a permanent hold on your heart ~ you just can’t get him out of your head…

Paris-bound

I finally got around to emailing American Airlines about my horrible previous experience flying with them. They responded with a voucher. I decided to bite the bullet and take advantage of the amazing air fare sale they’re promoting right now for fall travel to Europe and booked my flight to Paris. I’m optimistic that I…