Speaking of “Change”…
Forget This Staycation Idea
- Let’s stay in town we said in June. We’ll save big bucks. We’ll see the local stuff.
- Like the Church of Elvis
- Or the funky 24 Hour VooDoo Doughnut Shop
- We’ll get a buncha yard work done. It’ll look like a golf course around here!
“Everybody Get in the Car!! NOW!”
- I’ve had enough of the zoo, the mall, and the movies in the local park where you can’t hear the show because too many kids are yelling and fighting over hotdogs and frisbees.
- The Church of Elvis has closed. I guess Elvis really HAS left the building.
- Doughnuts that look like the male organ were interesting the first time, the successive times after that—they were just weird donuts.
- If I want to see a good-looking lawn, I’ll go to a golf course.
“Use the Bathroom now, because this car isn’t stopping ’til we hit a Resort.”
- Or a Spa
- Or a Winery
- Or a Beach
- Or someplace that has “vacation” or “pampering” in its title.
Before Morning Breaks 
This is what I say to my co-workers and friends…”Vacation, vacation, vacation.” Life’s too short not to be happy and have fun, explore the world and enrich our hearts. Super awesome post!
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I hope your vacation ended up being great. We did ours so long ago it doesn’t really count, and now I need another one. Calgon – take me away!
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Vacations are like massages. We need one a month or we get tightened up again.Good luck with your bubble bath.
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http://conniptionfitsrus.blogspot.com/
didn’t know if you got this. I reposted your chili article you requested
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Thanks, Dan. I was laughing so hard after I read it, I was crying. You posts are better than medicine.
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Run while you can! Pull out the lifeboats and pass the ammunition.
Did I get that right?? hehe
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You expect me to look up the authenticity of your quotes while I’m ducking and running? I was hoping you’d cover my tracks so no one would trail me.
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Have a great time, Barb!
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A stay cation only works if all the kids are gone. 😉
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Oh!!! Now you tell me. What\’s your address and how do your feel about little visitors?
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Staycations have their moments, Barb, but do I take it you’ll be travelling away for holidays in the future?
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The future? Kate what are you thinking? I’m having problems planning past midnight. My big trips are looking for restaurants that stay open all night and aren’t in murder city.
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There’s not really much in America that isn’t like here. I’d rather cause an international incident.
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Dan. I shudder to think of you and cultural mess that would be caused by one of your innocent activities. The world would never be the same, even though it would all be for the sake of a good time. And that’s why the black vehicles are around your house and there’s a cryptic note in your passport: Made in America. Can’t be duplicated or sold.
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I want a vacation in the mountains…anywhere away from bugs, heat, rain, sand and work.
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Which mountains, because the last mountain hike I went on, there were mosquitoes of biblical proportions, we baked during the day and froze at night. Let’s meet in some Inn and just look out the window at the peaks.
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Sounds good to me!
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You know, I tried the staycation thing this week, and it didn’t really work. I think I just need to get the heck out of Dodge.
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Heaven, yes, Lisa. Dodge has nothing but run-down saloons and testosterone pickup trucks. You need to get to Paris, Texas for a good time.
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Fantastic ladybirds – hope you’re having a good time really.
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Looney….you did mean lady bugs, didn’t you? If not…I think you’re having a better time than I am right now.
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A weekend away sounds great but unfortunately I do not own a cabin and cannot afford to rent one. *sigh* I have considered a massage and braving driving into Tigard for it.
The Everest institute has a massage school on the 5th floor 9600 SW Oak St, Tigard, OR 97223 503-892-8112
A massage is $25 hour for those over 55. By apt only W & TH 9-12 5-6:30 8 pm SAT 10-1
You do have to reserve a couple weeks in advance so planning is required! You can’t beat a good massage and boy, it feels soooo relaxing.
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Wow… this is a good deal. You’re not pulling my leg about the price are you? If you are, could you knead the shoulders while you’re at it?
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How I have missed you. And your ever so slightly bent take on life. Come back. All is forgiven.
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Bent take? Bent take? I thought life was bent and I was on the straight and narrow. Thanks for the absolution. I’ll have one of the famous Elephant Child drinks in your honor.
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Enjoy yourself!
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You’re just saying that because you’ve finished your staycation and you can see the writing on the wall how mine’s gonna turn out.
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I know what you mean about the hiking. My hubby doesn’t think it’s a vacation until we’ve hoofed it all over the city (forget traipsing in the wild). I hope you have a vacation to write home about.
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Thanks, but I’m hoping for a vacation that I CAN’T tell anyone about…like getting stalled in the elevator for an hour with George Clooney, or accidentally walking into the Naked Body Builder’s conference.
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We can surely dream, Barb. Remember, what happens in the elevator … stays in the elevator.
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Whoo-Hoo. Goin’up!!!
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WOOHOO!!! Have a blast!
And make sure everyone does everything for you while you lie about and relax!
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And that includes you. So I’m expecting you to come over hear and reply to these comments for me.
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Oh, I can’t see that ending well for either of us.
Fun, just not well…
hehehe
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That’s what I like about you.
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Have a nice time, Barb!
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Thanks, Tom. I’m going to read until I’m cross-eyed.
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Cute post! I agree! Staycations are nice, but not as rewarding. And, there is still the potential to spend a ton of money on staycations, which kind of defeats the purpose of it being cheaper and more convenient. Enjoy your vacation… you deserve it! 🙂
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You know…that’s just what I said. I deserve it…but I guess there’s a differing opinion whether I deserve to stop at Myrtle’s Massage Salon or Vegas. Sheez! Who knew I was on a point system?
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Ok…I’m with Roxie on this one…head over to the hot springs and don’t look back! Helen
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I have to…there’s a Highway Patrolman in my rear-view mirror.
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Have fun!
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We will because we’re on our way to your place. Hope your beer fridge is stocked.
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LOL! This is a good one! It tells the truth. 🙂
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Strangely….it took 7 takes to get this picture. They were trying to wait for me to shut my mouth. HA!
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HA! When ya gotta go, ya gotta go. Have fun!
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Yep, My goal is to drive at least 100 miles and stop at every Dairy Queen I can find.
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You went to Voodoo Doughnuts and didn’t TELL me? And i bet you didn’t think to grab me a bacon maple bar,either, did you? You Could have gotten pampered to a fare-thee-well right in town, you know, Dosha Salon on 5th will treat you like a princess. The Coldwater Creek salon in Bridgeport is a sybarite’s dream. Or head out to Bonneville Hot Springs resort and get a hot stone massage after your mineral soak. If I had been just a bit more relaxed I would have melted into a puddle and they could have run me through coffee filter to detoxify my system.
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Well….now I see the problem. I’m vacationing with the wrong people. My tribe thinks a 50 mile hike in the backwoods is the best way to escape civilization. And the only stones I see are in a coldwater creek coming off the mountain.
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I hope you video the trip. I have a feeling this could produce more laughs than Chevy Chase’s original.
P.S. Does anyone know the best solution for wiping bug spray off a computer screen?
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I’ve got some slugs that’ll take care of those pesky lady bugs on your screen.
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Ha!
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Which is the opposite of “Ah!”
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