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Family Travels on a Budget shares the best family vacations on a budget, large or small. Discover affordable family vacations: Theme park vacations, cruising, historic travel, adventure travel and more.

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Forget pumpkin! Make mine maple! (cookie recipe)

October 24, 2022 by Karen Dawkins 5 Comments

plate of maple cookies

Maple Cookie post updated October, 2022 Pumpkin spice latte might be the social media darling of October and November. But, its spot at the top of the fall flavor world may be coming to an end. And maple is to blame! Personally, I’m not a big pumpkin spice latte fan. I like pumpkin pie, pumpkin […]

Filed Under: At home, Food, Interests, Pennsylvania, Recipes, USA Tagged With: recipes

Mrs. Ledbetter’s Chocolate Pie Recipe

January 11, 2020 by Karen Dawkins 11 Comments

When visiting Alton, Illinois — or even if you’re just traveling through between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. — do yourself a BIG FAVOR and get lunch at My Just Desserts! Just remember, order dessert first, because once the Mrs. Ledbetter’s Chocolate Pie is gone for the day — it’s gone! Ann Badasch, the owner […]

Filed Under: attractions, Recipes

Snow Cream: A distinctly southern treat

January 27, 2018 by Karen Dawkins 14 Comments

Growing up in the snow belt, I am quite familiar with everything snow: how to build a snowman, which type of snow is best for sledding, and even how to shovel it without too much back pain. One thing I didn’t learn until moving south was how to make snow cream. My first winter in […]

Filed Under: At home, Recipes

Work to live: Break the debt cycle

October 17, 2016 by Karen Dawkins Leave a Comment

My husband said not to long ago that, “If I wasn’t married to you, I’d be driving a Jeep.” At first, I wasn’t sure how to take that. Was it a criticism? Or was he testing the midlife crisis waters to see if he could buy one? So, being the good wife that I am, I […]

Filed Under: At home, Blog, Budgeting

Budget Talk: Online shopping, do you really save?

May 9, 2016 by Karen Dawkins 2 Comments

Over the past 5 years, online shopping sites have gained so much market share that they outsell many brick and mortar stores. Sites like Amazon.com, Overstock.com and Wayfair.com promise low prices on first quality goods. For a really long time, that was true. True enough to convince us, collectively, to change our shopping habits. In […]

Filed Under: budget, Shopping

Tourist in my own city

April 2, 2016 by Karen Dawkins 6 Comments

A few weeks ago, I had the great pleasure to be a tourist in my own city with some wonderful travel writers. They flew in from across the country to discover the fun right here in Johnston County. While I write often about Johnston County, I’ve never really stepped out of my “resident” life to experience it as a […]

Filed Under: At home, Destinations, staycations

Stretch the budget with Groupon Coupons

March 24, 2016 by Karen Dawkins 1 Comment

This post is sponsored by Groupon Coupons, but all opinions are mine. 2016 is proving to be a budget challenge! We have one son graduating from college in Alabama. Two weeks later, he gets married — in Alabama! And two weeks after that, our second son graduates from high school. Late this summer, he heads […]

Filed Under: budget, Shopping

Budget tips: Using Groupon Coupons

June 26, 2015 by Karen Dawkins 1 Comment

**This is a sponsored post. All opinions are mine.** Around here, we’re always looking for ways to trim the budget so we can spend more on fun stuff like travel. Our son is getting married next spring, and so now we have another great reason to trim the budget! We want to help him and […]

Filed Under: At home, budget, budget, Shopping, travel tips

Canal Boat Ride at Canal Fulton, OH

August 20, 2014 by Molly Maurer 2 Comments

Who Has Time To Vacation? Most everybody loves vacations. Unfortunately, vacations never seem to last long enough. Maybe one reason why people don’t get enough out of their vacations is because no one really wants to be completely separated from the rest of the world. I personally know plenty of people who would gasp in […]

Filed Under: At home, Destinations, History, Interests, Kid Fun, Ohio, Ohio, staycations, USA

4 easy tips to save for vacation

August 13, 2014 by Karen Dawkins Leave a Comment

This post contains affiliate links and links to outside businesses.      Traveling to and from Louisiana last week, I met lots of neat people. When they learned I write about families who travel on a budget, many shared that they wished they could travel, but had no money for it. With these 4 easy […]

Filed Under: At home, budget, budget, Budgeting, travel tips

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Meet Karen Dawkins

An avid traveler, I enjoy discovering new places: history, culture, and adventure. I love it all! Well, not bugs. I don’t like bugs very much, so I probably won’t visit a bug museum.

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