Raise your hand if you have a vacation planned for the summer! *raises hand* I’m so excited I can’t stand it! Dearest Carl and I get to spend a whole week of Florida, visiting a few friends and then spending a few blissful days just the two of us, going out on the town or staying in, whatever we want! …

Before you ask, we are not hardcore campers. When the Watkins go camping, we go for two nights to some state park or other and we do this twice a year. But it’s a beautiful twice a year. Usually it’s the two of us plus a variety of siblings-in-law and friends so there’s a crowd. That’s what makes it fun …

It’s just a fact, Lincoln State Park produces so many memories. The good, the bad, the ugly, the funny, it all happens there. And inevitably we come home in a glow of contentment and with a flurry of leftover snacks. Here is a peek into our spectacular, technology free vacation. Our first two days at LSP were spent trying to …

For almost as long as we’ve been married, we’ve spent a week of the summer in a cabin at Lincoln State Park. The Watkins family has been taking this vacation for as long as Dearest Carl can remember so it seemed only natural that we jump on board too. Our first trip together was only for a few days but …

No doubt you’ve heard me mention that this September will be our 5th anniversary. Since it’s rather a big occasion, we’ll be going to Chicago for a long weekend! We plan on staying in the city overnight on our anniversary and then meeting up with my sister-in-law and her husband (who have an anniversary the weekend before ours!) for a …

It’s my firm belief that summer should be spent reading the books you want to read. Not the textbooks or that one book that you’ve been putting off. No, whether it’s a new to you book or a book you’ve read so many times it’s falling apart, you should want to return to it on those long road trips and …