Author: traci

  • Lansing, Michigan – Riverwalk and Downtown -Part 3

    While we were in the museum, it rained. The rain had stopped by the time we got out of the museum so we walked along their riverwalk which was cool. The Dayton Dragons, our minor league baseball team, play the Lansing Lugnuts so we stopped at the exterior of their stadium. There were a couple…

  • Free to Anyone Who Wants It

    Currently the majority of the United States is going through a really bad cold snap. It’s as though Elsa is mad at us. Now the Dayton, Ohio region is not as cold as other parts of the United States. At this current moment, 10:17 am on January 30, it’s -7 degrees. Are you serious?!?!?

  • Lansing , Michigan – Part 2 – R.E. Oldsmobile Museum

    After we were finished walking around the Capitol Building’s grounds, we went to the R.E. Oldsmobile Museum. The Oldsmobile automobile was started in Lansing which I thought was neat. Did you know the band R.E.O. Speedwagon was named after the Oldsmobile company? I can’t remember the exact story of why they chose the name. However,…

  • Before I begin my post this was a Writer’s Workshop idea from almost 2 weeks ago, I was intrigued by the idea so I wrote my own Where I’m From. I am from lots of tomatoes and bananas because that is what my parents could afford, from the land of Hershey chocolate and the Abigail,…

  • Lansing, Michigan – Part 1

    Over Labor Day weekend, I was supposed to meet my friend up in Erie, PA. When that got cancelled because so many bad juju events were occurring in her life at that moment, Hubby decided I still needed to go away. He told me to find a state within driving distance that we had not…

  • My work decided to start a weight loss challenge to begin 2019. Last year, they decided to have teams. This year the original intent was to have teams but some people were not going to participate if they were part of a team. So it’s now individuals instead.

  • Mom, What’s For Dinner? – December 31, 2018

    The weight fell off of me with no hard work. Everyone was telling me how much better I was looking. But I was feeling worn down with no appetite. Even though I was looking better, my health was failing so the weight gradually found its way back onto my body. As the new year begins,…

  • 25 pounds of rice – Disney College Program Memories

    When I arrived at Vista Way for my Disney College Program, I was randomly placed into an apartment with Internationals and one other American. The Internationals were on different time tables when they would arrive or leave from when my American roommate and I arrived and left the Disney College Program. In December of my…

  • I had bought some wreath shaped pretzels to use for my Rolo Turtles not realizing the Rolos would fall through the wreath. I used one bag of the wreath pretzels for my cinnamon sugar pretzels. Since I had another bag to use up, I found this recipe. Hubby had leftover popcorn oil from an event…

  • If I Could Go Any Where for the Holidays

    If I had all of the money in the world, I would love to go down to Walt Disney World for Christmas. I would not want to visit on Christmas Day because it would be way too busy but I would love to visit at some point in December. Why would I want to go…