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Why Is Easter A Moving Target?

There’s an explanation why the date of Easter moves around but yeah, if it’s supposed to commemorate the day Jesus was resurrected, you’d think that would be not a lot of room for debate. Anyhow, I’ll put myself in the camp of people who prefer it in late April instead of March. Hoppy Easter!

¶ Posted 21 April 2019 § Humour § Meme § Randomness § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: atheism, history, xmas

Five Things You Should Remember To Do During An All-Inclusive Holiday (That Many People Forget)

Reapply SunscreenI’m really bad for putting sunscreen on in the morning then forgetting to put it on again, at least until my skin starts to radiate heat outwards. 🙁 Stay HydratedRelated to that last one, there are a lot of things that can make you feel ill on a tropical holiday. When people get an […]

¶ Posted 20 March 2019 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, health, travel

Should I Tip in USD or Local Currency While At An All-Inclusive?

Officially, most all-inclusive resorts have a “no tipping” policy. But the reality is that many workers at all-inclusive resorts toil for relatively low wages and many vacation-goers who spend thousands to go to an all-inclusive, don’t mind giving a bit more on top of that throughout the week in tips for servers, maids and others […]

¶ Posted 12 March 2019 § Jobs § Travel § Wisdom ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, economics, travel

Five Highlights of Our @hyattzivacancun Vacation

Last year, I did a list of 10 highlights of our winter vacation. We stayed at Moon Palace for two weeks instead of one week like we did at Hyatt Ziva this year so I think the math works out if I only do a list of five highlights instead of ten. 😉 First View […]

¶ Posted 10 March 2019 § Family § List § MemoryLane § Pace § Sasha § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, travel

“Absolutely Stunning!” My @HyattZivaCancun Review

Last Things First! Usually this would be the end of my review but let’s get it out of the way right off the bat: Hyatt Ziva Cancun is the best resort we’ve ever stayed at! I mean, based on Ziva’s overall Trip Advisor rating (#6 out of ~200 Cancun hotels when I booked the trip, […]

¶ Posted 09 March 2019 § MemoryLane § Travel ‡ Comments (6) ° Also tagged: economics, travel

Friday Fun Link – What I Did On My Winter Vacation

Sasha and I visited her classroom earlier this week to share a bit about some of the animals we saw during our Mexico vacation.

¶ Posted 08 March 2019 § Family § FridayFunLink § MemoryLane § Sasha § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cute, education, travel

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – One Week Ago Today (February 2019)

¶ Posted 07 March 2019 § Family § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: allinclusive, travel

Music Monday – “Away from these memories, my life I must spend/Adios amigo, adios my friend”

Back from a one week all-inclusive holiday (even from blogging if you can believe it!) but lots to start catching up on – a review of our resort for sure (last year, it took me three weeks to cobble together a review of our resort – I wonder if I’ll be quicker this year?) Also […]