Road trips

For those of you who have been reading this blog for, lo, these many years now, you are well aware that every summer my best friend Gulley and I load up our kids and go on a summer road trip. And we usually start planning said road trip a little after Spring Break each year. Of course I'm playing fast and loose with the word "planning". It usually just consists of finding four to five days in Read More

So, yes, we opted for a staycation for the first part of the road trip, but we are heading to Bryan/College Station this week because none of us want to have a road trip that doesn't ultimately involve the brownies at Honey and Big's house. But yesterday we had another full day at the JW Marriott and had the best time. Even though Gulley and I laughed because being at a nice resort doesn't Read More

Because we are nothing if not the last ones to jump on a bandwagon. road trip from Big Mama on Vimeo. This was one of our road trip goals. Because we are all about being goal-oriented even in the summertime. Especially when it comes to trivial pursuits that don't really amount to anything. You might notice the camera work is a little shoddy. And that the horn also honks twice during Read More

Gulley and I packed up the car and the kids on Tuesday morning and headed out on the open road for our annual summer road trip. Which is why I didn't post anything last night. Well, that and the fact that the hotel we stayed in charged $15.00 for wi-fi access and I decided that was absurd. I debated trying to write a post using my phone but, good grief, my thumbs can't handle that kind of Read More

This road trip marked a turning point for us. Gulley and I realized that our kids have all reached the age where they are more than 76% sure that we don't know how to do anything and that we're wrong most of the time. However, they are geniuses. They are experts on how to drive and buying tickets to baseball games and know all the facts about Mount Rushmore and can explain the workings of the Read More

Well. We have now been away from home since Friday. And I'll tell you my biggest concern at this point. Other than the laundry and massive grocery store trip that awaits my arrival home. There is a 99.6% that I'm growing black mold in my purse. On Sunday we went to a baseball game at the new Blue Bell Park at Olsen Field to watch the Aggies. And it had been raining to beat the band ALL Read More

I believe it was Mark Twain who said there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. Or maybe it was someone else. Either way, our annual summer road trip ended on my back steps yesterday around noon and, I don't want to speak for Gulley, but I think we all still really like each other based on the fact that the kids begged to stay together and Read More