1. Pack enough snacks, sandwiches and water to last the entire trip. It is amazing how the time flies when children are eating.
2. Pack a roll of toilet paper or enough wipes just in case a side of the road stop is necessary.
3. Bring nappy bags just in case you find out if your child/ren get car sickness.
4. Pack a bag of your child’s favourite toys. Preferably not hard objects just in case they throw them (speaking from experience here).
5. Baby Car Organisesr are great so you don’t have to keep reaching behind you to get things. Like this one or this one.
6. Portable DVD player is essential (remembering spare batteries). Multiple units if there is more than one child or you can get the ones with multiple screens.
7. Portable game consoles for older children.
8. Selection of your child’s favourite music to sign along too. Either on the car’s audio system or an individual audio system with headphones.
9. Arrange the car trip around the child’s nap time.
10. Break up the car travel in a day. Don’t try to do a 10 hour stint with child/ren in the car.
11. Everyone’s favourite driving game – Eye Spy with my little eye, something beginning with…
12. Apply sun-cream to your children’s faces, arms & legs. Sunshades on the windows if you have them.
13. And most of all – start the day happy and open minded because you don’t know what that car trip will finish up like when you have kids in the car.

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Brona writes for DriveAway Holidays and DriveAway Holidays Blog

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People all over the country have different hobbies. Some people collect model trains, some people collect books, baseball cards, movies, music, or bobble heads. One of the most popular hobbies around today is the collection of die cast cars. Die cast cars are popular because not only can the person with the hobby build the model that they have purchased but they can put that model in a glass case and display it at their house or office. They could also construct the model, frame it, and then sell it for a tiny profit.

Many people collect die cast cars as a hobby and enjoy attending model car shows where you can purchase old models and new model kits to work on. The die casting method is the use of metal and plastic. The metal that is used is zamak, which is an alloy of zinc and aluminum. Die cast toys come in scale models of fire trucks, police cars, airplanes, construction equipment, trains, buses, trucks, automobiles, and motorcycles.

These scale models can be assembled by the person purchasing them or can be purchased already assembled and ready for display. The fun part of the hobby is purchasing the kit and then assembling the model when you get home. You can build the car, paint it and then set it out for display. The die cast toy industry began in the 1940s in the United States and has grown in popularity ever since. Some of the most popular cars in the die cast world are Matchbox cars. Matchbox cars are incredibly small models of cars that kids enjoy playing with or collecting on a daily basis. One line of Matchbox cars, the 1-75, was named 1-75 because there are always 75 different vehicles in the line. Each car was packaged in its own box and the box looked like it was small enough to hold matches, hence the name Matchbox cars.

Mattel first introduced the Hot Wheels brand in 1968 because of the complaints that there were no toys for boys being produced by the company. Mattel is also famous for their Barbie doll collection for girls. Die cast cars became so popular that McDonald’s, Sears Roebuck, Kodak, and Texaco asked toy makers to make vehicles with their business name and likeness on them for advertising purposes and to sell to collectors in their popular stores.

Along with collecting die cast cars, manufacturing companies also produce racetracks, toy restaurants and toy filling stations for children to play with while using their model cars. The racetracks have become increasingly realistic over the years, with cars being electronically driven on the tracks by the players as well as being propelled from the starting line in a pin-ball like manner. Aside from the cars and the accessories, companies also provide carry cases for people to put their die cast cars in when traveling. So, if you are going on a family vacation and your son or daughter wants to bring their cars with them, the carry case can hold their cars perfectly.

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Ok so I am a big fan of the National Football League, specifically a big fan of the New York Giants. However I do not live in their broadcast area so when they aren’t televised in my local area I either have to go to a local bar, or a friend’s house that might have DirectTV with the football package.

However, I really did not want to spring for a dish and drop my cable, and I was tired of going out to watch a game, so I went with satellite radio. At the time I bought my satellite receiver (more on that in a moment) Sirius and XM were two different companies. They have since merged so I believe you can get the NFL broadcasts on your XM receivers as well.

I purchased the Stiletto II receiver. It is a handheld portable receiver that you can take with you anywhere. It comes with headphones that pick up the satellite signal so you can go for a jog or a walk outside and still listen to your favorite stations. It also has space for a microSD chip. I bought a 1GB chip for extra storage, but the chip is not necessary to operate the radio.

Here are the good things I like about it. For starters the listings of channels you have available are tremendous. From comedy to rock to hip-hop and sports, it is all in there. The receiver gives you plenty of space to save your favorite stations so you can find them more quickly. For additional costs you can purchase the home kit or car kit which will allow you to just plug and play your receiver anywhere you go.

What I didn’t like about it is the price tag. It was very pricey at around $200, and then additional $40 each for the home and car receivers. The home receiver’s only flaw is if you have any obstruction to the antenna your signal will be poor and that will require you to put the antenna on your roof. I don’t have that problem myself, but a friend of mine did. As for the car receiver, you have to coordinate your car radio on a station not in use in the area with the signal in the satellite receiver. It’s not that hard to do, however, if you leave the area chances are that same station won’t work as well elsewhere as I recently found out on a trip to the Outer Banks in North Carolina. So do some research ahead of time to coordinate the proper channels.

All in all I absolutely love it. It was worth the price tag for the equipment that I bought and the membership I paid for. I listen to my satellite radio back and forth to work, during my afternoon walks with the dog, in the mornings while I am eating breakfast (nothing like listening to channel 75, Frank’s Place, first thing in the morning), you name it, so I know I get my money’s worth.

If it is within your budget and you were contemplating the purchase, I say go for it. It’s great listening and I am sure you will get hooked just like I have.

About the Author

Bruce Tucker is a contributing writer to Mike’s How-To Blog, a blog that covers a wide variety of topics and how to do them. You can also follow him on Twitter.

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