How far away are you willing to drive for your #SneakAwaySunday ? My radius extends to no more than an hour away or else I am spending my sneak away on the road instead of rejuvenating. You have to decide what's right for you. Today I'm sticking close to home. In fact, I can't get any closer as my sneak away location today is my own house. Say what?! That's right, you heard me. I'm sneaking away while staying home today. Great news! You can too (as long as the family will cooperate with you). Your sneak away space in your home depends on your home! I've seen posts about people forsaking a large walk in closet for storage purposes and create it to be a sneak away space. Not everyone has that luxury. I certainly don't. I have an area in our living room that I've kind of taken over. It's got a recliner. I've set up next to it a basket that has some essentials - earbuds, some chocolate, etc. Then I've got a TV tray set up that ...

How far away are you willing to drive for your #SneakAwaySunday ? My radius extends to no more than an hour away or else I am spending my sneak away on the road instead of rejuvenating. You have to decide what's right for you. I love wandering a place filled with books - library or bookstore. I love taking my time going through the aisles of some store that I rarely get to go to. Sometimes I sneak away to public places where I can still be by myself. But, for me, they have to be places that I am 99.9% sure nobody I know is going to show up or I'm going to run into. Something about being on a sneak away but surrounded by people I don't need to interact with serves the need to renew from time to time. Plus, I get creative ideas depending on the store I wander through, or I add books to my ever growing to-read list. If I'm in a bookstore or library chances are good I'll find a place to sit and I'll read for awhile. I'll treat myself to somethin...

How far away are you willing to drive for your #SneakAwaySunday? My radius extends to no more than an hour away or else I am spending my sneak away on the road instead of rejuvenating. You have to decide what's right for you. Today I'm headed to a favorite outdoor spot. Yes, you heard me right - I have a favorite outdoor spot or two. This is a time of year where I don't mind being outdoors during the daylight hours. Now, let's not go crazy - I'm still finding shade to sit in. But today seems like a great day to hang outside for some fresh air and some soul renewal. Depending on how many other people might be around this outdoor space I go to I may or may not pop in my earbuds. If there aren't people around I'll keep them out to keep myself in tune to the nature noises that are around - especially if I go to the place that has running water. Running water is one of the best sounds, I find it incredibly soothing and peaceful.  When I get...

How far away are you willing to drive for your #SneakAwaySunday? My radius extends to no more than an hour away or else I am spending my sneak away on the road instead of rejuvenating. You have to decide what's right for you. Within my radius I pick a coffee house, almost always locally owned, that seems to be large enough to have niches and corners for people like me to hide in. And then I get there as fast as I can! I pop in my earbuds, put on some music for white noise, and read/write or whatever it is that I need. I drink yummy things - and depending on what's there, eat some yummy things. And I stay hidden away for as long as I can, because I know when I go back to life it's back to the grind. Today I've got plans to head to one of my favorite coffee house spots for a sneak away. Don't take this the wrong way but I hope I don't see you there! *wink*

There's something about sneaking away that gives me a little lift, how about you? I have my little spots around my hometown that I use as my sneak aways. And no, I'm not disclosing them. *wink* I try to choose my spots where I think nobody else will show up, of course that's never a guarantee.  I'm not willing to disclose my spots *grin* but I am willing to share with you ideas based off of them - just in case you haven't been able to come up with any of your own.  Today I'll share with you some must-haves for your #SneakAwaySundays in the future.  Of course, depending on where you sneak away to will depend on what you might take but I recommend the following no matter where you land.  Reading Material - a book, a magazine, or both Spending money Pen & Paper - you never know when you'll be struck with inspiration Earbuds/phones Water Stay hydrated

On this #SundayFunday find a festival or a sporting event you can go to today. This time of year there can be all sorts of interesting themed festivals or farm team games to attend. In my state this is the time of year we generally have the State Fair going on. We have a baseball farm team in town so those are always fun games to attend. Maybe there is something happening at one of your local parks. One of ours has a water fountain that people can cool off and play in. We are at the end of those lazy, hazy days of summer so go and have some fun today!

Why not invite friends, and family, over today - or to a park - and play some games that don't require electricity or wifi? There's a million ideas out there for games to play with toddlers all the way up to adults. Between Google and Pinterest you won't hurt for ideas. Choose a variety of games and activities that include staying dry and getting wet (it is August after all!) plus some games for the shade and those humans - big and little - who like to do some low key things. If you can do s'mores that's always a win, so are frozen treats like ice cream cones and popsicles, and make sure you have lots of water to keep everyone hydrated. If you decide to extend the get together into a meal time then invite everyone to bring their own meat and assign everyone a side dish or dessert to bring to share with everyone. I find that some of the best and most fun get togethers I have ever been to have been spontaneous ones so don't put too much planning into this...

For #SundayFunday pick a museum, aquarium, or zoo to go to. Try to pick a museum that has interactive exhibits like a Children's Museum or The Museum of Science and Natural History. Maybe your local art museum even has some interactive opportunities. To make it even more engaging you could create a scavenger hunt for everyone to participate in at the chosen musuem or zoo. Most museums have a section on their websites for teachers and you can find different resources there to help make your visit interactive. So go out there and have some fun!

On this #SundayFunday why not make a time capsule? Everyone in the family can make their own - something simple like this one: --------------------------------------------------------------> Or you could do one large family one. Here's just one, of many, posts that give some guidance about how to make a family time capsule.   If you Google time capsules you will get an endless amount of posts that give advice, questionnaires you can have family members fill out and include, etc. What a fun project this could be! And it doesn't have to be just family themed. It could be a special group of friends, or a class of students, or whatever you come up with. But no matter how you make the time capsule make sure you preserve it. Here's some tips to keep in mind: Preserving your artifacts is a fun way to celebrate your family now and later—just don’t bury the collection. “When it’s unearthed, if ever, it’s usually a soggy mess,” says Paul Stephen Hudson, a cofounder of th...

Our destination for #SomewhereSunday is Croatia. I never thought much about Croatia until I met someone whose spouse is a native of the beautiful country. Once I saw a few pictures I was like WOW! I look to Rick Steve's for a tour of the country in just 25 minutes. Sometimes Rick is a bit cheesy but he really does do a great tour overall. Dubrovnik Coastal Croatia Kuna is the Croatian currency Dobro Dosli What's the weather like in Croatia? Let's eat!  A typical traditional wooden house of theTuropolje region This is Croatian guitar sensation Damir ‘Hal’ Halilić The do's & don'ts of travel in Croatia Plitvice Lakes National Park Rovinj Zagorje Region Here's 11 reasons to visit Croatia immediately                             More about the food in Croatia            ...