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A mother to a teenage girl. Follow along on parenting adventures, which include tent camping, road trips, and visiting America’s National Parks.
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Using AI to Plan Your Vacation
Is AI the newest travel agent? Have you yet dove into using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to plan your vacation? I have, and it is amazing! I have had it help create itineraries, suggested hotels in certain price points, and done all the planning for me. Examples of prompts I have done: Response to my prompts…
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Home for the Holidays: When Your College Kid Visits for Just a Week
The holiday season is a time of joy, connection, and cherished traditions. For my family, it has also been a time to reunite with loved ones who’ve been away. This year, my college kid decided to only come home for a week, instead of the entire 3-4 week she has for winter break. If you…
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Crater Lake National Park
Visiting Crater Lake National Park has been on my bucket list for awhile. Since moving from Washington to the Bay Area in CA, I say outloud everytime we drive between the two places that some day we would visit Crater Lake. FINALLY!! When moving my daughter back to colleget this past fall, we made it…
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A New Kind of Thanksgiving
This past Thanksgiving marked a new kind of Thanksgiving in my family’s story. It’s the first time the table would have had an empty seat where my college-bound daughter would usually sit. This year, due to her finals schedule, an opportunity to work, and being able to cook for herself in an apartment she decided…
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Freshman Orientation!!
Mom and daughter trip to Portland, OR for freshman orientation.
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High School Graduation
This weekend we celebrated my daughter’s high school graduation. Class of 2023! Graduation was an emotionally charged day for so many reasons. Getting her through school took a village times. Whether it was my sister bringing her to my office while I worked when she was in 1st grade, to debating if she was too…
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Mother’s Day
Today is Mother’s Day. From my memory, it is the first Mother’s Day I have spent most of the day alone. T, my 17-year-old daughter was working. She had to get up and be at work at 7:30 a.m., and kindly let me sleep in, instead of waking me when she left. I got up…
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