MamaBlogger365 - The Enchantment is Over by Veronica Hosking

Hello, everyone. It’s another Monday morning, and I’m back to reality. Shawn and I had a wonderful trip to New Mexico, touring Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos, and Ghost Ranch. Our getaway began in old town Albuquerque, and then it was off to the first winery – Casa Rondena. From there we drove up to Santa Fe on the look out for Seton Village.

Ernest Thompson Seton helped form the U.S. Boy Scouts, and he built a home near Santa Fe. Of course an Eagle Scout wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity to visit Seton Castle. There was a gallery of Seton’s wildlife illustrations on the property as well. After that small detour, we were off to Taos to spend our anniversary at the beautiful Taos Inn.

We had a wonderful anniversary dinner at Doc Martin’s on October 12^th. Afterward, we enjoyed the musicians playing at the Adobe Bar: both the restaurant and bar are a part of the Inn. The next day we drove over to Ghost Ranch, stopping at the wineries along the way – Vivac Winery and Black Mesa Winery. At Ghost Ranch we went on the Georgia O’Keeffe landscape tour, seeing what inspired many of O’Keeffe’s paintings.


Waiting
with bated breath
to rekindle romance
off on a second honeymoon
Is it the land of enchantment?
Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos
reservations confirmed
New Mexico
awaits…

The land definitely left me enchanted, but reality is calling. The girls started the second quarter of school today. Dirty dishes are waiting in my sink and the clean clothes won’t fold themselves. Mom’s vacation is officially over. It was nice while it lasted.

Veronica Hosking
http://hosking.gather.com

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MamaBlogger365 - Why I Feel $26 Richer Today by Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller

“I wonder what would happen if I lost this ticket?” I said to myself more than once this weekend, driving back and forth on the New Jersey/Pennsylvania Turnpike for a series of college softball showcase games. I placed the ticket sticking out toward me, in between the CDs that sat in a little nook right beneath the stereo.

Then it happened.

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MamaBlogger365 - Welcome to the Texting World by Elizabeth Kathryn Gerold-Miller

“Give me your cell number so I can text you the information,” the coach said over the (home land line) telephone last week.

“We don’t have texting,” I replied.

He laughed at me. “Well, texting is how we get information to the parents during our away tournaments,” he explained, “so it really is necessary.”

The next day I was on the phone with my cell phone company adding texting to our family plan.

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MamaBlogger365 - The Trip Home by Kim Jennings

The trip home has me thinking about what home is. Is it a physical place or a state of being, dependent upon the people around you who give you a feeling of safety and security?

Do you need both in order to be home?

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MamaBlogger365 - The Vacation... that Almost Wasnʼt by Shira Adler, Diva Mama

Rincon, Puerto Rico. When I say it properly the “Rs” roll deliciously off my tongue and a smile stretches across my face like the slow and easy island sunsets I witnessed on my vacation this past week. If I close my eyes I can still hear the ocean lapping playfully on the shore beckoning me from just beyond the wall of the stunning fifteen-room private villa where I spent the last five days with my boyfriend.

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