Ruly Holiday Road Trip: Day Two, Detroit and Chicago

Ruly Holiday Road Trip: Day Two, Detroit and Chicago

We awoke in Cleveland on day two of our journey and after partaking of the hotel’s free breakfast, made an early start toward our first destination of the day, Detroit. Many we told of our travel plans were puzzled by our choice of Detroit as 

Ruly Holiday Road Trip: Day One Pittsburgh and Cleveland

Ruly Holiday Road Trip: Day One Pittsburgh and Cleveland

Ever since we relocated to the east coast, we have never been home for Thanksgiving. Sometimes we had to save our plane fare for Christmas or we didn’t have enough vacation days. Since it takes almost a full day to fly that far, the travel 

Stressed Out by the Holidays? Relax, You’re Supposed to Be!

Stressed Out by the Holidays? Relax, You’re Supposed to Be!

This holiday season I have definitely bit off more than I can chew. At the moment, I have just returned from a journey of 4,000 miles. I have a mountain of laundry, luggage to unpack, Christmas shopping to finish, thank you notes to write and, 

3 Tips on Holiday Housekeeping

3 Tips on Holiday Housekeeping

My apologies for the lack of posts last week. Instead of blogging, I was in early holiday preparation mode as we had some entertaining to do and a house to deep clean. As I was in my zealous cleaning state, I had to laugh at 

Halloween 2013

Halloween 2013

We are still in holiday mode at our house, recovering from a wonderful Halloween celebration yesterday. Here are a few highlights from our celebration. Costumes While my taste in Halloween costumes tends toward paintings, historical figures and storybook characters, this summer, my daughter said, “Mom,