Stirling Castle. The day after we arrived in Scotland we took the train to Stirling Castle. The people working the ticket counters are amazingly helpful. We ended up getting a groupsaver ticket because there were three of us. With all the train travel that we did, this savings was a welcome surprise. Besides staring at [...]
Local Colors Festival. Roanoke. Virginia. Normally, most of my spring is filled with traveling to the girlie's soccer games. We found ourselves with an empty weekend and I wanted to head to downtown Roanoke. I love strolling around downtown, perusing the shops, often stopping in the Taubman Museum and heading to the rooftop of Center [...]
Advice and Opinions Europe and UK. In less than three weeks, I will be boarding a plane for my very first overseas trip! Most of you who have been following a while already know about my trip, but some of my new readers might have missed it. Over spring break, the hubby and I and [...]
Irish. Kiss me, I'm Irish. Just kidding about the kiss me part. Not about the Irish part. (I love snapchat filters!) St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner. A celebration of the patron saint of Ireland. DNA Testing. Today, I'm going to share a little about my DNA, history, and ancestry. [...]
Bagpipes and Church Doors. A couple of Saturday's ago, Nov. 5th to be exact, I decided that I wanted to check out the "Virginia Room" of the main library. This is where they have a very large selection of reference material as compared to the branches. The main library in Roanoke is located downtown (it [...]
A Little Witchy. As I delve into my past this week, I thought it only fitting that since we are approaching that "haunting" time of year, I bring up a very strange moment in American history. The Salem Witch Trials. I'm sure most people are at least vaguely familiar with this dark moment in time. [...]
My DNA Testing Experience. Some of you have asked more about the historical quest I'm taking with my DNA testing and genealogy research. If your wondering what in the world I'm talking about, you can check out this post, where I got back my DNA results. Ancestry.com I took my DNA test through Ancestry.com (disclosure: this [...]
Keys to the Past. It's been a crazy week. Big surprise in the life of a mom. I'm still trying to catch up to daily life. That's why this week my Thursday Door is on a Friday (to be fair Norm 2.0's challenge is open until Saturday at noon. You can pop over and click [...]
