Adele - 21

I am loving this new album from Adele. It's amazing. Her voice is just incredible. It's definitely not an album that is upbeat (it's about her breakup) but it's definitely fun to sing along with and listen to all day in the car. It makes me want to take a road trip.... definitely a great CD for a road trip.

Speaking of road trips -- I think my road trips are on hold for awhile. Has anyone done a long road trip with a nursing baby? I'm sure some of you have, but I have not. The thought of having to pull over to nurse, burp and change the diaper every 2-3 hours seems a bit much for me. But if you have any advice on this -- please share!! We love our road trips.

Just this past November I drove myself and the 2 kiddos to San Francisco for a long weekend. My DH goes to SF at least once a month and after explaining that daddy will be gone again to SF, my oldest says -- "That is not fair! We have never been to San Fansisco!"

So I called up my BFF from college, Andrea, and asked her what she was doing for Veteran's Day. Luckily - nothing! So we got in the minivan a few days later and trekked on up there. It was my first time driving alone with just the kids a long distance. It went really well, I must say. We had an absolute blast! My friend was the perfect hostess as were her children and DH. We went to the Okland Zoo, to Dim Sum in the city, Coit Tower, drove across the Bay Bridge a couple of times, toured around downtown, went to their "beach", saw the Golden Gate bridge.... my kids loved it. I loved it. I used to drive to San Fran at least every couple of months when I was single. Now it's so much harder to do. I didn't know I was pregnant at the time and was thinking that we'd do that more often. But now... well... we'll have to see about that.

I also got to stop by another BFF's house, Heather, and go to her son's birthday party. She had a petting zoo there and lots of delicious food and cake. It was great seeing her and her family (mom and sister included). Pre-kiddos when I'd go to SF to see her - we'd always take a nice long nap soon after I arrived. We'd wake up, go have a late dinner and then go out until all hours of the night. And we'd laugh for hours upon hours telling stories, reliving stories and just having fun being together. I think it was one of my first visits to see her when we did not take a nap together! LOL. It's too bad too. I loved those naps and then going out late. Those were good times.

See... this is what happens when you listen to Adele. You think back on some great memories all because you want to listen to her in the car on a long road trip to San Francisco.

Enjoy!