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
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
10 days into the new year and I’ve purposefully been holding off on putting my new 2018 word into the universe. I had some trouble choosing a word this year, with all that 2017 had to offer and throw at us, it was a little daunting looking into 2018. Then on the cold morning of… Read More One Word For 2018: HARMONY
Connect was my word for 2017. And 2017 was one heck of a year for connection. I chose “connect” for many reasons and one of them was because towards the end of 2016, I felt a little like an astronaut free in outer space, wandering through this new life I found myself in and not… Read More Connect: One Last 2017 Check-In
Sometimes I am a procrastinator. There. I said it. But you know what? That’s okay. At least I’m trying to let it be okay. One day I’ll write weekly posts and never forget to send birthday cards and post all my photos on time and read all the books and make only the healthiest of… Read More Thanksgiving Throwbacks
The rest of the country may be in the throws of summer, but here in Seattle it mostly feels like April in the Midwest. A summer away from the heat has been a bit of a change, but we are adjusting. Since it still feels like spring here, it’s only appropriate that two of our… Read More It’s baby seasonÂ
Hola. It’s been a minute. And a lot has happened. Like an ENGAGEMENT. March 25th, 2017 to be exact. We’ve been engaged for exactly two months and it has flown by. There’s so much fun stuff to celebrate and do and plan and I’m still staring at my ring every five seconds. Of course I… Read More Two months engaged