January always feels like it exists longer than any one month should, but here we are – the last day. About to step off into the rest of what 2020 brings. I hadn’t posted on my word for the year yet and wanted to put it out into the Universe because I’m excited about all… Read More 2020 Word For The Year: Let
From college graduation to married in Seattle. There were some hits and some misses, but overall the last decade taught me who I was as an adult. In the last ten years, I’ve lived in five different cities, adopted four shelter animals, took some amazing trips around North America, Europe and New Zealand, loved and… Read More The Last Ten
A little winter update on why Seattle finally feels like home: It’s the season of giving, of spreading extra love, of merriment and family and friends. And we are in the thick of it right now. Holiday parties, end-of-year wrap ups, gift giving, planning travels to see loved ones, trying to make our tiny home… Read More Home Is Where You Feel It
Reflecting on 31 and moving on by lighting my own fire. … Read More Getting Lit at 32
The 16th is my birthday and I’m writing this as I barrel down the road on the 18 express bus heading south into downtown Seattle on a sunny Monday morning. It’s my last day as a 30 year old and I’m acutely aware of how fast time can start going. It’s a funny thing how… Read More Another trip around the sun
“You’ve gotta find the will to keep going, because I promise you, someone else will” – Rachel Hollis No, I haven’t read “Girl Wash Your Face” yet (although the title is perfection). But I’ve read enough of Rachel’s posts and listened to her podcasts that I get the gist, and she’s a total girl boss… Read More My Version of The Last 90 Days
It’s Seattle’s most iconic landmark. And it recently got a big facelift. Including the addition of the world’s only revolving glass floor. Since it recently held its big grand reopening, I thought it would be fun to look back at how it once looked before we go back and try the new and improved version.… Read More The Space Needle & Brunch
It’s almost the 4th of July, is there really anything more puppy-patriotic than a rescue Labrador Retriever? Nope. Not to us. Some people write out their children’s birth stories, well this is our dog adoption story. And it’s a long one. I may not be a consistent blogger, but I try really hard to be… Read More Porter the Puppy
It’s Friday before a long Memorial Day weekend and in a few hours we are taking the dogs and heading North on the Pacific Northwest coast, almost to Canada basically. We always get an itch to travel on this weekend and get out of Seattle. It’s a great bookend to all the hours worked in… Read More Long Weekend Getaways in the PNW
It’s been three months married, and I still want to go back and redo it all again! Including our crazy awesome honeymoon. Because when you’re already halfway to New Zealand for your wedding, and have no desire to head back to the US mainland anytime soon, you go to New Zealand to honeymoon! If you… Read More New Zealand Kiwi Honeymoon