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San Juan Serendipity – 5:00 Fridays TM

Ilinap · April 19, 2013 ·

I'm not a rum girl. Never have been. I'm more a gin girl, actually. Somehow gin and the tropics don't mix, so on a recent trip to Puerto Rico I opted do as in Rome, so to speak. I mean really, I realize Rome is not Puerto Rico. I'm speaking figuratively here. On a jaunt to Old … [Read more...] about San Juan Serendipity – 5:00 Fridays TM

Tags: 5:00 Fridays, cocktail, fun, happy hour, travel, vacation

Serenity Now – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · April 17, 2013 ·

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Tags: travel, vacation, wordless Wednesday

Puerto Rico Vacation

Ilinap · April 11, 2013 ·

This slideshow design made with Smilebox   We took a much needed family vacation during spring break. It was the calm before the storm (never mind that it did actually storm the first day of our vacation). The storm of packing, moving, renovating, moving again. We … [Read more...] about Puerto Rico Vacation

Tags: family, fun, travel, vacation

Al Capone Slept Here – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · March 20, 2013 ·

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Shot@Life 28 Days of Impact – Fort Portal, Uganda

Ilinap · February 4, 2013 ·

He seemed a tish unsure, not in a reticent manner, rather he was shy, I think. He smiled easily and held the little boy’s hand ever so tightly, so as not to let him wander into what was becoming quite a crowd. He was tidy and polite, as was the boy. The boy had pinch worthy … [Read more...] about Shot@Life 28 Days of Impact – Fort Portal, Uganda

Tags: children, health, poverty, responsibility, Shot@Life, thankful, travel, values, volunteer, women

Uganda is Stunning – Wordless Wednesday

Ilinap · January 30, 2013 ·

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Visiting the Martin Luther King Memorial

Ilinap · January 24, 2013 ·

  We spent the weekend in Washington, D.C. It is a marvelous city to wander around now that Bird and Deal are getting older. There is the right mix of outdoor running around like a banshee wandering coupled with using inside voices. Bird is studying the civil rights … [Read more...] about Visiting the Martin Luther King Memorial

Tags: America, Bird, children, Deal, equality, history, travel, vacation

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