Sweeping Through Life

Myrtle Beach We will be sitting in these for our family vacation.  Last year we did a staycation and took a few day trips but this year we are heading to Myrtle Beach. I am looking forward to it, especially since the little has been asking for a year to go to the beach. We just need sometime to just relax, spend time together and explore. I have heard good things about it and it seems like everyone was going there a few years ago (so I am a bit late). I know I want to take Miss G to the aquarium there, but I do not know what else to do there besides sitting on the beach (which is a good thing).  If you have any suggestions of restaurants, places to see or things to do let me know, the internet can tell you so much, your suggestions or experiences are much more beneficial.  I am so excited and can not wait to make new family memories.

We went to the beach for our honeymoon 4 years ago and it is calling my name. I know that we probably will not make it this year but I am so planning for next year. I think South Carolina this time , since we went to North Carolina for our honeymoon. Anyone have any suggestions? Even though my body is not there my thoughts so much are.

For our second anniversary we had a stay-cation. At first, I wanted to go away somewhere thinking that Mr. J was just being a cheap-o, but I really enjoyed the stay-cation. For our anniversary we went to have massages and had a nice dinner. Our actual anniversary day was the only day that we had something planned, which was nice. The rest of the week, we had breakfast at the Waffle House, hung out around the house, went purchased a new cell phone cover for my husbands new touch screen phone, watched a few movies, painted our bedroom just in time for the arrival of our new bed and the best thing of all sleeping in and taking lots of naps. It is nice to go away, which we have a few trips planned this summer, but I must say a stay-cation is great too. I look forward to doing it again soon.

We will be leaving for our little anniversary trip in a few weeks for Pittsburgh. I am excited to just get-a-way for a few days. A co-worker of mine has given me some ideas of what to do when we are there, but I am looking a for few more so that we can have some choices on what to do. If you have any ideas on restaurants, must see places and things to do let me know. Please reply to this post with your suggestions and ideas. image found here

I am going to my yearly, regional sorority conference this weekend. I am taking a little "Sistercation" (sisters + vacation=sistercation). It is going to be nice to have some time with sorors  (sorority sisters) relaxing, exploring a new city and taking care of the work of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. I am exited to see the founding place of our sorority and see some of the sorority sisters that I only see once a year. I hope that you have a great weekend. P.S. I am kinda bummed that I can not do the "Fill in the Blanks" Friday this week, but I will make sure that I do it next week.

It was between Chicago and the state of Pennsylvania. Well....the state of Pennsylvania won out for our little trip for our first anniversary. It is a shorter drive than going Chicago, especially since we do not want to spend most of our mini-vacation in the car. I have a co-worker that lived in Pennsylvania and she gave me some great places for us to visit like, the Phipps Conservatory, the incline at Mt. Washington and the Pittsburgh Zoo ( I think that the hubby would like the aquarium). It is hard to believe that it has been almost a year since our wedding, but I can not wait for our time away. Even though I want to see somethings while we are there, I really just want to relax. If  you know any great places to go or see in the state of  Pennsylvania let me know. We are looking at taking some three day weekend trips in the summer and maybe a week long trip to the beach in the fall.  Do you have any plans for trips anytime soon or this summer? Share we might want to g...

If you followed me on my blog Jumping the Broom, when I was planning my wedding I did a post about the stipulations of how we had to travel (click here to see post). Just to recap a little, my dear hubby does not fly nor has he ever flown and states that he will probably will never fly, so thus we have to travel by car. Flying is so much quicker and easier, but I can not dwell on that but try to find somewhere that is a reasonable drive from our state. Our trip for our anniversary is going to be about a 2-4 day trip. We are looking at taking a longer trip sometime in the summer since my husband wants to go back to the beach, since he loved it so much when went on our honeymoon (You have any suggestions for great beaches to go to email me or respond to this post). I am looking at somewhere that we can have a fun, relaxing and short drive. At first, I had thought about renting a cabin for a few days, but when I started to look at the prices, I thought we can go out of the state for a f...