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Worried about the future of pipelines
Well, 2021 doesn’t seem to be any better than where 2020 left most of us. We have a new President, which was a victory for many but a gut punch for those working in the gas and oil fields. On his first day, President Biden chose to sign an Executive Order putting a stop to the permits for the Keystone XL pipeline. This decision will impact thousands of jobs associated with the construction of the pipeline as well as other opportunities associated according to TC Energy. Leaving a lot of us worried about the future of pipelines. This is beyond frustrating to many, including us. We were hoping to…
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Dealing with pregnancy loss
October you got us again. I was getting ready to share the news with the world (SM). We were starting to get excited. I was ready to finally put my fear behind and embrace our new adventure. But we find ourselves in a different position, announcing something no one wants to hear or share, dealing with pregnancy loss. For some, like us, October is a reminder of pregnancy and infant loss. This October has been marked as my 4th loss. This one made it to 11 weeks but we did not know until my 12-week appointment. I came so close to starting to fill out the early weeks…
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Five Ways To Push Past Your Inner Critic
Y’all I’m so excited! I finally did it! My book is finished! I wanted to take a second and share 5 steps to push past your inner critic (And let me tell ya, she was loud) that helped me get my book done. I’ve been thinking about writing this book for almost two years now. The actual writing part was finished this winter but I let myself listen to that inner critic. Telling me no one will read it, no one will like it, I don’t know what I’m talking about. ALL the things! Maybe some of those things will be true but I know that I have…
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Pipeline Ladies Lunching – An Interview
I wanted to do something a little different this week so I am bringing you an interview conducted with the original creator of Pipeline Ladies Lunching found on Facebook. I’m hoping that you are all still enjoying my posts but I thought it might be nice to hear other women’s perspective so I will try to continue bringing other interviews or guest posts in the future. Kathleen Reagan started a group in 2013 on Facebook specifically for luncheons in hopes of connecting with other pipeline women while traveling with work. To her delight, the group grew quickly helping other traveling families find each other and making time to connect face…
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Lodging Review – Inn at Deep Creek
Not the first stay in a hotel but certainly one of the better places to stay! Read more about our experience at the Inn at Deep Creek in Oakland, Maryland. This was a short job and I was currently working back in Michigan. The job was in a remote area of Maryland, closer to the WV border. It was a beautiful little resort town that got pretty dang busy during the summer, probably the winter too! No campgrounds close by that had any openings and the job wasn’t long enough, about 3 months, to warrant finding a home rental. This was before Airbnb too so, finding an extended…
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Why you should plan to buy a home before leaving the pipeline
Wouldn’t it be nice to have your “forever” home paid off before you leave the pipeline? How amazing would it be to have ZERO debt too?! Read more to find out why you should plan to buy a home before leaving the pipeline. I say “forever” because it really can be difficult to determine if that will be the home you will live in for the rest of your lives but it can certainly be the goal. We bought our home with the intention of settling down for the kids so that they could establish friends and be a bit closer to family. Looking back at our previous home…
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You should be here…the bittersweet side of a traveling family
Today is our son’s first day of Kindergarten and I am sitting here crying like a baby. I’m doing it for all the typical reasons; He’s growing so fast His first experience of school He was nervous (and so am I) But one of the biggest reasons I’m sitting here is because my husband isn’t. He should be here. He is missing out on these big occasions. No, he is not dead. No, he is not in the military. He has something else that keeps him away…the pipeline. Have you heard of it? Probably just the protests, right? A topic for another time. In case you have…
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Who is tired of sweating it out in the camper kitchen just to get a decent meal on the table? I don’t know about you but I do not enjoy cooking in the camper kitchen to begin with but when you add high temps…I’m out! Between chasing the kids out of the kitchen area, searching for my ingredients and getting the pans warmed up I was already in full on workout sweat mode! I finally started using my brain and coming up with a few ideas on how I could keep it a bit cooler in the kitchen. Are you ready to learn about my top ways to keep…
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How to reset a routine and stick to it
OH. MY. GOODNESS. LADIES! Can anyone relate to falling out of your routine after traveling? These last few weeks have been CRAZY for our family! And it has wreaked havoc on any type of schedule we have managed to assemble prior! This has left me feeling all kinds of out of sorts and not accomplishing anything! I am in desperate need of strategies to reset a routine and stick to it! Who’s with me?!! Story time My parents celebrated 50 years (Woohoo!!!) and we (my 2 brothers, myself and our families) decided to throw them a party back in our home state. Most of the to do list…
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Lodging Review – Enchanted Village Mobile Home Park Alton, IL
This lodging review was for our stay in a mobile home park in Alton, IL. It was my first experience staying in our fifth wheel but in a mobile home park. For a time, we had lived in a mobile home park so I knew of them and a little about what to expect as far as layout. My husband’s foreman had hooked us up with the spot and we were thankful since we weren’t finding much more at the time. I remember the park being pretty decent size, at least 100 spots for mobile homes/trailers. I actually didn’t mind staying in the park. The people were…
