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The Christmas Capital of Texas – Remembering Our Visit to Grapevine for #IGTravelThursday
If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the Family Rambling RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!It’s really cold in Iowa right now. I don’t think we have hit double digits in over a week- and if we did, those temperatures were brought down by windchill. Don’t know what windchill is? You must live […]
Winter Rejuvenation in Michigan’s Harbor Country
Winter can be quite bleak in the Chicago area, especially when January and February hit. A few years ago, we stumbled on a little winter escape near our Chicago home that provides us with that much needed boost to help us through winter. Each February, we like to spend couple of days in Michigan’s […]
Destination : Verizon – #IGTravelThursday
The Mall of America got a new store a couple weeks ago, which usually isn’t news (at least for me). I’m not a big shopper… unless it’s gadgets. I do love me some gadgets. And when I entered the new Verizon Wireless Destination Store I was in geek nirvana. The Verizon Wireless Destination Store at […]
Best Fun for Families – Passports with Purpose 2013
Last week I introduced Passports with Purpose 2013. This project, in it’s 6the year, has changed lives around the globe in places like Cambodia, India, Zambia, and Haiti. This year PWP has chosen BuildOn.org as their beneficiary with the goal of raising $115,000 to construct three primary schools and fund three Adult Literacy Programs in the Sikasso Region […]
Passports With Purpose 2013 : Browse, Give, Travel
2013 marks the 6th year of the travel blogger fundraiser Passports with Purpose. It has been amazing to be a part of this effort for the past 4 years, working with prize sponsors and and helping raise funds for some incredible charities. As I have the past 2 years, I am hosting my prize at […]
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