Regis And Kelli

Are you taking a trip or a vacation?

My mother reported that recently Kelly Ripa was talking on the “Live! with Regis and Kelly” show about a trip versus a vacation. Her husband Mark will filling in for Regis.

My mother says that Kelly explained the difference as this:

If your kids are traveling with you with then it’s a trip.

If your kids are not traveling with you then it’s a vacation.

I thought that was so true and very funny. I have written before about how I think beach trips are exhausting and are essentially just having to set up your operations in a whole new less efficient place. You guys ripped me a new one on that blog. (I can’t find the link. It’s too old.)

But I am hoping that now that my kids are older it won’t feel like that much work. They can all shower and dress themselves, even the 4-year-old. They can entertain themselves and will get in bed when you tell them. So hopefully we will get some relaxation too.

Do you see Kelly’s distinction between a trip and a vacation? How can you make a trip with kids feel more like a vacation?

– Theresa Walsh Giarrusso, ajc.com Momania. Follow me on Twitter (ajcMomania) and read what I am reading each day. Great stories on family health, family fun, parenting,  fashion, stars, and more. )

No, I don’t agree with the “if the kids are with you, it’s not a vacation”..How can you go on vacation without the kids? Yes, I know that adults need time away, but not everyone worries like you do Theresa..When we go, we don’t haul around half of the house just to be gone for a few days..

Beach trips are exhausting? You take a couple of suits, sunscreen, towels, a cooler with drinks and some snacks..What else do you need? If we are taking food, I have containers that I use to take mayo, mustard and picnic supplies in..It really should not be that exhausting..

My husband has taken the twins to the beach 5 times since they got out of school on May 25th and trust me T, if he can do it without much hassle, so can you..Today, they are at Cave Springs and I’m sure that he packed them a lunch and plenty of snacks..

To me, a trip is somewhere you HAVE to go; a vacation is somewhere you want to go. I took at trip to FL when my mother died, to bury her. I am going to take a vacation to FL with children, spouses, and grands in July. I took a trip to Orlando to present at a conference. It was NOT a vacation, although I did have some fun.

Regis & Kelly, Ellen & Dr. Oz Among Big Winners At Daytime Emmys ...

In a year that will see daytime staples The Oprah Winfrey Show , All My Children and One Life to Live go dark after decades on the air, change was the underlying theme at the 38th annual Daytime Emmy awards on CBS, broadcast from the Las Vegas Hilton on Sunday night.

But on to the winners: In somewhat of a surprise, Regis Philbin and Kelly Ripa won for Outstanding Talk Show Hosts. This is the second time Philbin, 79, – who’s leaving his show this year - has won for Outstanding Talk Show Host for Live!  (He won in May of 2001, tying with Rosie O’Donnell for her show). Unfortunately, Philbin and Ripa were no-shows at Sunday’s Daytime Emmys; It was Ripa’s first win. (Presenter and frequent Live! fill-in co-host Anderson Cooper accepted on their behalf).

PHOTOS: Oprah Gets Star Studded Farewell Surprise!

The team behind The Ellen DeGeneres Show nabbed Outstanding Talk Show/ Entertainment, while Dr. Oz walked away with two big awards -- Outstanding Talk Show Host and Outstanding Talk Show/Informative.

Oz told the AP he doesn't "feel pressure" in inheriting many of the coveted time slots vacated by the outgoing Winfrey.

Read the full list of winners at 38th annual Daytime Emmy Awards

"I feel honored and I feel responsibility to give to the audience what she did so beautifully for 25 years," Oz said. "I think I'll have Oprah on as a guest sooner rather than later."

DeGeneres tweeted she was “so happy and excited watching my staff accept the Emmy for outstanding talk show tonight!”

Meanwhile, on the soap side of daytime, The Bold and the Beautiful was the night’s big winner –taking four awards, most notably for Outstanding Drama Series.

PHOTOS: Ellen DeGeneres and Portia's Beverly Hills Mansion

Michael Park of the canceled CBS’ As the World Turns won Best Actor In a Drama, while Laura Wright of ABC's General Hospital won Best Actress.

In the Best Supporting Actor category, Jonathan Jackson of General Hospital picked up a trophy, while Heather Tom of The Bold and the Beautiful won Best Supporting Actress.

Jeopardy won its 13th Emmy for Best Game Show, sharing the prize this year with Wheel of Fortune , it’s third win. Those shows' hosts, Alex Trebek and Pat Sajak , also earned Lifetime Achievement Awards.

Appearing on TV Shows for Fun, Fame & Fortune, A Guide for Audiences, Contestants & Guests

Live with Regis and Kelly

Coming Of Age, Andy Roddick's Breakthrough Year

Television Without Pity, 752 Things We Love to Hate (and Hate to Love) about TV

An Incomplete and Inaccurate History of Sport, . . .and Other Random Thoughts from Childhood to Fatherhood