We have been going to Florida to vacation for many years. Throughout our trips we have evaluated ways to save money, time, and other factors. Over the past year we have found that traveling on Amtrak Auto Train is very convenient. The pricing is comparable to driving. They serve us dinner, and breakfast. There is a smoking car. The train makes it so we don’t have to stop on the way down to sleep. It also helps by not allowing us to stop for shopping, or miscellanous breaks. We take our car which makes it so that we don’t have to rent a car for driving around to attractions, etc. This is also nice because auto breakdown service coverage on a car has its own disadvantages.
Several people I know have not fully understood the scenario. They will continue to swear on airline flights. I know that after the wait at the airport, fees, and everything else that flying is just not the way to go.
We have already started to watch pricing for our upcoming trip in December. I have emphasized to my wife that we don’t want to wait to long to book because the price will go up based on demand.
I haven’t had to work for quite some time. Hubby has made it so that I can stay home and take care of the little one so that we can avoid sitters, etc. We do not like to leave the little one home alone at her age. Unsupervised children do not usually get anything productive, or condoned done. This is very nice of him, but sometimes I really wonder what I would, or could do when it came to getting a job. I have been talking to hubby about going and getting my GED, and he has made some very good points. At this point of time in my life I would need to make extremely good money for it to be beneficial to us. After paying for the gas in the car, work clothes, and any sitters that are necessary my paycheck would be mostly gone.
I only regret not finishing up my GED back when I first met hubby because I only failed by 2 points, and it was because I had just met hubby, and my mind wasn’t where it belonged. Not having a H.S. diploma, or a GED makes it hard to get something like physician assistant jobs, and to top that off you can’t even get a job at a McDonalds without one of them.
Tags: diploma, GED, hubby, job, little one
I love when I get XMas cards with photos on them. Everyone always looks so nice and dressed up. One year we made our own and I thought that they were nice, but wished that they looked better. It is all in the clothes. Maybe next time I will see if I can find some good Ralph Lauren coupons so that I can pull off the perfect holiday look like some of the cards that we get. I could really go all out and make my card look like a holiday ad that you would only see in one of the magazines. In order to pull this off I would need some really good coupons. Until I do get the right clothes, and coupons I will just stick with the cheap holiday cards unless we win the lottery.
What do you think? Don’t you find that the clothing makes every picture look better?
Tags: Christmas, christmas cards, clothing, coupon, Ralph Lauren
