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A Letter to My Baby Sister on her College Graduation Day
Dear RaeRae, (Can I still call you RaeRae even though you’re a fancy, degree-wielding grown-up now?) Congratulations, Quijanna! You’ve achieved the goal you set when you told me around age 4 that you...
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How to Make a Fake Flower Wedding Bouquet
If you saw my post about the lessons learned from planning a destination wedding, you already know my thoughts on being both a DIY bride and a destination bride. (It was kinda dumb!) Crafting...
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Reflections from the Road | Vol. 28
Nothing makes me chuckle like reading the last edition of Reflections from the Road right before I sit down to write the new one. You’d think I would learn that filling up every minute of my life with...
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7 Things I Learned From Riding Out Hurricane Matthew
Would you believe I spent the majority of my life living in Florida and have never really experienced a full-blown hurricane? Tropical storms and depressions, sure, those have come and gone, but never...
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Our Crazy Wedding Day: Getting Ready to Walk Down the Aisle
Our one year anniversary is sneaking up on us – can you believe it?! With all the drama and fallout this year from our flubbed nuptial trip to The Bahamas, the TripAdvisor scandal, the threats of...
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2016 Angie Away Travel Gift Guide
Has 2016 been one turbulent, nauseating sleigh ride or what? If I were Santa for the day, I think I’d give everyone a do-over for the year. For me, it has been a bumpy one to put it mildly, and I know...
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Reflections from the Road | 6 Year Anniversary Edition
WHEW. 2016 is finally over. Anyone else surprised to still be here? The older I get, the more I can appreciate both the calm and chaos in my life. Yes, the Drama Llama followed me around all year...
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We do, Again. Our Wedding Do-Over in Kauai
If you know Rick and me at all, you know we don’t spend a lot of time worrying about doing things the way everyone expects us to. Our big day wasn’t about bells and whistles at all, and that’s why we...
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Dress-Up Travel: The Jane Austen Festival
Whatever shall I wear?! It’s the question women have been asking themselves on a daily basis since Adam, Eve and the fig leaves. With my closet full of clothes, Rick is constantly flummoxed when I...
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Our Pre-Kid Bucket List
Big news around here, y’all! Rick and I are expecting…. …. our first foster kids later this year! We are planning to start taking classes and completing home studies toward the end of 2017....
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Reflections from the Road | Vol. 30
Hello, world! I hope your 2017 is off to a wonderful start. Betty White is still with us, so from a celebrity perspective, we’re doing better than last year – right? This quarter has been relatively...
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DIY Laundry Room Makeover – Part 1
Hi friends! Despite trip planning for the rest of 2017, book writing and attraction launching in Orlando, you might be surprised to find out that Rick and I have also been kicking butt on home...
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How to Makeover a Tiny Laundry Room
Welcome to How to Makeover a Tiny Laundry Room, part deux. (Miss the first half? Start here!) As usual, when I start a DIY project, I figure out the look as I go – literally layer by layer. We started...
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Big News at Angie Away Headquarters!
They say you just can’t find good help these days, and after working with a few half-hearted interns and helpers over the years, I’m inclined to agree. Understandably, no one cares as much as I do...
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Combatting Road Trip Queasiness
The scene: a catamaran off the coast of Kauai. A balmy sea breeze on my face. Sun glinting off the bow as it splashes through the rolling turquoise swells. Carefree dolphins frolicking in the boat’s...
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Reflections from the Road | Vol. 32
If you could see my face right now, and I’ll spare you the visual, you might say that I look a bit like I’ve been through a storm. Like so many people in the South and the Caribbean this year,...
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Two Years Later… Our Wedding Photos!
Greetings from Ireland! Rick and I are driving between Dublin & Belfast today celebrating our two year anniversary with another fabulous vow renewal. This time, in costume. (Wanna guess what we’re...
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Exploring Captiva Island with Jockey
Though this post is sponsored by Jockey, all opinions are mine. Duh. Thank you for supporting the brands and destinations that keep Angie Away a free travel resource for all! As you can tell by all my...
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Angie Away’s 2017 Holiday Travel Gift Guide
Ho, ho, hold up. What do you mean this is my 6th Annual Holiday Travel Gift Guide and Giveaway?! I don’t know about you, but sharing this guide and giving away heaps of shoes, electronics, vacations...
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Stop the Presses: I Found the World’s Most Comfortable Travel Shoes
The Freelance Life Like most freelancers, my physical exertion varies wildly from day to day. When I’m at home working on my memoir or hammering out a big PR project, I won’t hit 1,000 steps. (Or...
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