Looking forward to a day in Germany I recently got the chance to spend 1 day in Alpine Helen, Georgia and it was a fantastic day! After 11 days of working within the community in Hayesville NC, we were ready for a day of MWR. For those who are not military that stands for Morale, Welfare, and Recreation-another words a day of fun and no work! The mention of a Bavarian village called Alpine Helen in Georgia, snuggled in the…
Boryeong Mud Festival is the biggest event on the West Coast of S. Korea, for two weeks Daecheon beach is filled with locals and tourists who love to play in the therapeutic mud. Once a year on a long stretch of warm sand – the biggest beach on the west coast of S. Korea (3.5km) the town of Daecheon hosts the Boryeong Mud Festival, loads of mud is trucked from the surrounding area to create a mud-wonderland! The mud which…
Everyone should have a bucket list- this is a list of places that you want to see or achievements you want to have in your lifetime. For me, my bucket list is full of places to travel! One place on my bucket list was Normandy and visiting the beaches of the D-Day invasion- Omaha and Utah Beaches. I also love museums and monuments so we were looking for as many as we could find in 2 days of travel. Normandy…
Are you prepared if your dog has an Emergency? If you answered no you are not alone- I’ve outlined some steps to ensure you will be prepared for the 3 most common dog emergencies. I have identified 3 of the most common pet emergencies to include heat, choking and poisons. Dogs are no longer just our pets…dogs are a part of our families…they have insurance policies (Petsmart), they have special diet foods (Science Diet), they should have a vitamin…
Deals and Duds from our trip to Fukuoka Japan 11 reasons for you to visit the city of Fukuoka, we found some great things to do and we had a couple duds as well! Our latest trip was to Fukuoka Japan and like everything in life, some things I planned worked out great and we really enjoyed them and some items were a complete dud. Here are 11 things we did while we were there. I was trying to…
Lets go for a hike he said, it will be fun he said. This is what I learned from my first hike in South Korea Upon arriving in South Korea we were very excited to get out and about and see Korea. We visited some temples and went to a cool park full of bears…but we also wanted to see the landscape of Korea so I went to the local USO and inquired about upcoming tours. Songnisan National Park is…
Do you have days where there is no motivation to work out? I am not going to lie, I had no intention of getting up on Saturday morning and doing my Friday morning workout (I had skipped it on Friday). So I was laying there at 6 am wondering why I can never sleep in on the weekend…I reached for my phone and started scrolling through social media…facebook, twitter, Instagram…you know how this goes—an hour later I am still in…
We only had a day in Hong Kong following a Royal Caribbean Cruise, thankfully we didn’t have to put much thought into what to see, the RCC had already put together a fantastic itinerary for a day trip in Hong Kong and these are the 3 places we visited in a day in Hong Kong. The name Hong Kong itself seems very glamorous, we flew to Hong Kong in order to take a Royal Caribbean cruise. Because I was trying…
Who doesn’t love a cool refreshing smoothie on a hot day, or before a workout, or just for the heck of it because you are walking by a smoothie store? Smoothies are an awesome drink that can be loaded with extras to improve their taste and nutrient content and can actually taste good and be healthy for you. Everyone has seen the smoothie shops around—Smoothie King, Jamba Juice, Starbucks, Burger King even World Gym in Houston has added a smoothie…
My husband and I just celebrated our 15th anniversary…many things have changed over the years. Our children have grown up and started families, we have lived overseas, we have traveled to very cool places and seen beautiful things.. BUT the one item that has never changed was his snoring…now he has not gone to a doctor regarding this so we have just been trying to deal with this without medical help…which means he has slept well and I have…
