I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me that our painted car has drawn strangers into conversing with us at rest stops and hotel parking lots.  We’ve been getting lots of questions about our plans, how long we’ve been gone, and more than a few “wows” at that fact that I’m alone with this kids for this leg [...]

We are now happily ensconced in our hotel room in Boerne, Texas.  A small little town, apparently German-influenced (our front desk clerk told us as much).  All I know is that like all dependable Texas towns, it has a Walmart, which came in handy for a few of things we realized we forgot!  A LONG [...]

If you know me, then maybe you know that I’m actually quite phobic about driving.  I have my little 5-mile comfort radius and rarely travel beyond that (and almost NEVER on freeways!).  The idea of even taking this trip with my kids has been so out of character, but I’ve talked myself into it by [...]

(for more Top Ten Tuesday posts, visit ohamanda.com) Funny thing about taking a month-long cross-country road trip:  it requires A LOT OF PLANNING!  (who knew!)  I have lists upon lists of things “to do” or take care of before we leave.  Some things are big, some are little, but they all seem to point to [...]

(for more Top Ten Tuesday posts, visit ohamanda.com) This summer we are taking our 5 kids more than 5,400 miles across 12 states in 27 days. We’re calling it the #NerdsGoWest Summer Road Trip Series. Read more HERE about following our adventures on this blog and on Twitter! Here now are 11 (I cheated a [...]

I’m usually so careful to feed and water my blog regularly; I fear it’s been withering in my absence, static and stagnant over the past few days of my trip. BUT, that is because something else has been fed and watered in its stead – my heart.  It has been so good to be home, to [...]

Tomorrow morning I hop a flight – all by myself! – to visit with my family in California for a week.  Tables will be turned as my husband (who travels A LOT for work) holds down the fort, or as I call it, “The Looney Bin.”  I’ve left him a detailed calendar of activities, lots [...]

I’ve been putting up to 150 miles a week on my car by repeatedly driving within the same limited radius: elementary school, jr high, high school, grocery store, daughter’s work, and church.  It’s put a lot of wear-and-tear on our 12yr old Suburban, and several months ago we decided to take advantage of a really great deal [...]

Our trip to the Type A Mom Conference in North Carolina involved driving through 8 Southern states in 6 days.  Since we literally dropped out of the sky into Houston 2 years ago and haven’t had the chance to travel since, this was my first ever journey through this region of the U.S. I was [...]

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