August 5, 2015

W2GW: HOW TO PLAN YOUR TRIP TO AUSTRALIA
BY GUEST WRITER: OSCAR WATERWORTH
Click Here to read the full article

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Tanya's Daily Scoop
NEXT TRIP DEPARTS IN: 2 DAYS

W2GW in Las Vegas

HOWDY HOWDY! Happy HUMP Day!

I gotta start off by telling you just how relieved I was to finally book our flights to San Juan, Puerto Rico!   One big WHEW right here!

Under any other "vacation" circumstance - I've NEVER waited until 3 days before departure to make that purchase. 
When you wait until the last minute: 
The fares just keep going up and up and up!

I know that it's not TRAVELIN' TUESDAY, but this is Travelin' Cousins and I also want to share with you that we also secured the tickets for 
the San Diego Padres vs St. Louis Cardinals game for our Biking and Baseball weekend.

And to flow right into and go along with the theme of the day W2GW (Where to go Wednesday) I'm gonna talk bit about where it's so GOOD to be BAD and so BAD to be GOOD - Las Vegas, Nevada!

Reservations have been made for our Labor Day weekend trip to Las Vegas. 
All we still need to do is get the show tickets. 
While I was hoping to either see the Britany Spears show "BRITNEY: PIECE OF ME".

Click on picture for more info and tickets.

Or the Michael Jackson ONE show by Cirque du Soleil...

Click on picture for more info and tickets.

But since I didn't feel that I was getting much interest, I also mentioned some of the other shows that are in Sin City.

After mentioning several, and still being a bit disappointed that my crew didn't jump at the chance to see my first 2 selections; Dave was into seeing Frank. The Man. The Music. 
Which I know I would enjoy - as I really do have a fondness for "Ol' Blue Eyes", but what the kids got very excited about was seeing ANTHONY COOLS -- THE UNCENSORED HYPNOTIST. Ummm okaaaay. 

Click on picture for more info and tickets.

I'm sure it'll be good for a few (if not more) laughs and the kids will probably get a kick out of it! 

So now is about the time that I put what I want aside and go see this show for the kids. 
I want them to enjoy themselves and to look forward to the trip. I guess Britney and Michael will have to wait until the next Vegas go round! 

As far as yesterday went, I can happily tell you that I am finally finished unpacking! I also can update that we are almost finished packing Dave's luggage. And I made a few purchases and appointments to get ready for the trip that happens in 2 DAYS!!!!

I also finally got to see my sweet little Mika, who came over for a surprise visit sleep over!

Mika

Dave C. and the kiddos

Today I'll be continuing in the process of getting ready for the trip, and working on my calendar...so very many fun things on the horizon!
And then I can go and relax when I have an appointment for my ISLAND themed Mani/Pedi later this afternoon.

Hopefully you've already checked out the wonderful article written by Guest Writer - Oscar Waterworth about How to plan a trip to Australia! Click HERE

I'll see you back here tomorrow! Oh and one last thing...our rating has dropped at TMB - BOOOOO
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One click is all it takes! Thanks :)

Ciao 4 Now,
-T

Elisa's Daily Scoop
NEXT TRIP DEPARTS IN: SEPTEMBER

W2GW in Australia!!

G'day mates!! Today we are happy to bring you a special feature from our friend Oscar Waterworth from down under.

Tanya and I love to shake things up here on TC by bringing you information about new and exciting place around the globe.  That is, afterall what W2GW (Where to Go Wednesday) is all about!!

I hope you enjoy this article and that it piques your interest to visit Oz!

So how are you on this lovely hump day?  I am doing fine.  As far as my house is concerned, my new hot water heater is installed!  Yay!  Now, today, the master bath shower stall will be the focus for the plumbers, installing a new shower pan.  I'm almost done folks.  P.I.T.A.!!

This morning, I'm having a breakfast meeting with my good friend Abby.  Since she moved from Long Island to New Jersey last year, we haven't seen much of each other, so I was thrilled to hear that she was going to be on Long Island today.

We'll catch up.  Then I'm off to have lunch with my mom and dad.

I need to tell you about my day yesterday. It was a relatively horrible day.  I mean, the sun was shining, I spent time with my sweet daughter Gianna...but overall, there was a great deal of drama going on.

First of all, I started the day driving in to Nassau from The Hamptons after dropping off Kelsey at horseback riding. 

I'll admit, I was in a bit of a tizzy - had some drama happening with the family and I thought I had everything I needed to spend the night in Nassau.  Well, lo and behold, I wake up this morning and realize I don't have my MAC laptop charger...and my battery is on 10%!!!

Great!  So, I have to borrow Gianna's PC laptop to go to Starbucks with (yes, no internet at home still!).  Of course, I have gotten so used to MAC's that I had a little learning curve to re-acquaint myself to a pc.  I even had to ask some British guys in Starbucks or help in navigating Gianna's laptop.

Ok, next...I had to bring Gianna over to my parents' house yesterday afternoon to hang out and spend some time with them.  I ran out of my house, once again, distracted, unfocused and when I was leaving my mom's house at 10:00 PM, I could not find my hand bag!

I searched high and low in their house - nothing.  Then I started panicking that a) did I lose it at one of the stops I made with Gianna prior to going to Mom's house, or did I leave it home or was I just brain dead and misplaced it at my Mom's?
Anyway, I rush home and still can't find it!!  I had my wallet, my camera and other things in there.

I decided to look in my sun room just on the off chance that I brought it in there for the five minutes I was in there yesterday afternoon.

Yes!!! There it was on my couch!!! Thank goodness!!

I decided it was just time to go to sleep and end of the day!!

Moral of the story - stop, focus and then move forward rather than running around like a chicken without a head.

The good news is Gianna and I had some nice bonding time yesterday and went for smoothies yesterday.  We both had the same one which had chocolate frozen yogurt, almond milk, peanut butter, strawberry and banana.  It was yummy!

Well, folks, I'm off!  Be back tomorrow for Throwback Thursday!!!

-E
xoxo