09 Nov 2009 | By
charlotte
We traveled by car to Texas just about a year ago to take the boys down to their mom. I’m so glad I didn’t take them down by myself. Of course having 2 young boys along we had to stop at rest areas to use the restrooms and Eddie seemed to have a fascination with the hand dryers. Hubby had to keep telling him to stop messing with them.
It would have been hard on me and could have been dangerous letting them go into the men’s restroom on their own since it would have been very awkward if I went in there with them or took them into the ladies room. But it all worked out without too much aggravation on hubby’s part.
If you’re a single mom or dad how do you work out the restroom thing when you travel with your son or daughter?
16 Jul 2009 | By
charlotte
I’ve lost interest in only doing travel and news on this blog and I’ll be posting other things too. I don’t want to clog up my main blog with too many posts so I’ll be doing some here.. as you’ve already seen.
I will still be doing some travel and news posts too just not all the time.
13 May 2009 | By
charlotte
Next month Andi will be bringing the boys up to their dad’s and taking Tayler down to Texas with her for the summer. So she’s getting ready for the trip by cleaning out some things. She’s deciding what to pack like tylenol, Apidexin, clothes, the boys xbox, Eddie’s meds for his ADHD, etc.
She will be driving up and probably leaving Texas on June 13th or so and will be here almost 2 weeks. She’s almost 6 months pregnant and this will be her last trip up here before the baby is born. She’s due to have a c-section on August 25th and is having a boy.
30 Apr 2009 | By
charlotte
Have you noticed that since unlocked phones have become more popular that pay phones have started vanishing? Cell phones have become a staple in peoples lives. They’re convenient and are easier to use than to have to make sure you have change on you.
Even house phones are becoming obsolete in some households. I don’t have a house phone.. only my cell and hubby has his. Cell phones are great when traveling. We don’t have to try to find a pay phone we only have to make sure we bring the chargers with us. We don’t have to use the phones, and get charged for calls, in motels.
I don’t see many pay phones around anymore. They used to be on almost every corner and outside almost every convenience store and grocery store. There used to be tons at rest stops on the interstates too… now there are only a few and I rarely see anyone using them.
28 Dec 2008 | By
charlotte
When hubby and I travel we do get discounts. These discounts come because we’re old! *kidding* We do happen to have AARP membership cards. A lot of people think that because you belong to AARP that you’re old. I even thought that way for awhile but having that card can get you discounts at motels/hotels when you travel.
You can save anywhere from 10% to 25% on motel/hotel rates. That card helped us out nicely on our trip to Texas last year. You can also get good savings on rental cars too. If you are 50 or about to turn 50 then you should look into AARP and start saving!
