Lifestyle And Dreams Over 40

Vacation Time! Vacation day arrived. My son, Z, and I were traveling to the Oregon Coast for a few days.  Now granted, the coast is only about an hour away, but life gets busy and we don’t go as often as we’d like.  I had to wake up Z and get him moving, but soon we were off on our adventure. The first stop was Lincoln City where we visited a few video game stores (Z’s passion) and went to The Christmas Cottage for a bit of shopping. The Christmas Cottage is a favorite stop of mine, since I was a little girl.  It has everything from nutcrackers to Jim Shore collections to Halloween ornaments to nativity sets. It is an abundance of everything holiday and I love it! Next door is a candy store and we made a quick stop to pick up chocolate covered Oreos and sour patch candies. We did stop at Pig N Pancake and had a wonderful late breakfast and then hit the road to Depoe Bay. Depoe Bay is a charming, small, seaside town that just begs you to stop and dal...

TRAVEL ESSENTIALS: MUST HAVE FOR EVERY TRIP One of my favourite things to do in this world (outside of spending time with my family) is traveling. Most of us would have to admit that we do occasionally forget to pack an item that we really need. This can certainly be frustrating, even though there are many products that we may be able to buy once we reach our intended destination. There are, of course, some travel essentials that are really irreplaceable. When we're at home, we almost take it had granted that we have pretty much everything that we need. Things are often different when we are traveling. We need to remember to pack all of the holiday essentials. So, how good are you at packing? In my own experience, I've noticed that most people do remember to pack their really vital travel documents. It's relatively rare that people do forget about things like passports and airline tickets. It tends to be some of the other essentials that are most frequently forgo...