Author: Traveling Missus

  • Cruising through Cuba – Part #1

    Amy, Dana and I celebrated 40 years of life by having an epic adventure in Iceland.  A couple months later on her actual birthday, Amy was gifted ANOTHER adventure by her husband – a trip to Cuba. Obviously, Dana and I were invited. Cuba?? I thought.  Wasn’t Cuba the forbidden fruit of the Caribbean when…

  • National Lampoon’s Polish Christmas Vacation

    National Lampoon’s Polish Christmas Vacation

    The last time we went to Poland on a Christmas vacation was December 2018. Matilda was almost 3 years old, and we had a wonderful time with my husband’s family in Krakow. This Christmas, our visit to Poland was even more important given how we lost my mother-in-law over the summer. It was also a…

  • All the Fall Things

    With Blink-182 announcing a reunion tour, I can’t help but take inspiration from them for the title of this blog. No place does Fall better than the Mid-West, and we have taken full advantage of all the fall things this season. Apple Picking We kicked off autumn with a visit to an apple orchard for…

  • Forty and Fabulous in St. Kitts

    It’s taken me long enough, but I can finally sit down and document our fantastic vacation to St. Kitts. Turning 40 isn’t easy, but we planned this trip as a means of ringing in my 40th year in style. I had never heard of St. Kitts before. It wasn’t until being back in the USA…

  • What the Missus Wore: Staying Cool in Iceland

    This has been a really strange and sad summer, so I apologize for the delay in blog posts. In playing catch up, I realize I never posted about my Iceland fashion! My friends poked fun at my attempt to stay fashion-forward while hiking around geysers and glaciers, but I had a lot of fun with…