July was an activity-filled 31 days that passed entirely too quickly. We ushered in the month in Alaska and celebrated our nation’s birthday on the Pacific Ocean by way of a cruise ship. Throw in a camping trip, starting a new house/furniture project (we may be a bit in over our heads), meeting a few
We officially passed the 2019 mid-way point a few weeks ago, which is both hard to believe and not — just like how some moments pass so quickly you can hardly keep up and others creep along excruciatingly slowly. But, however quickly the time seemed to pass to get you here, here we all are.
June has come and gone — and it brought many wonderful moments and also a few challenges, the largest of which I documented in a prior post: post-achievement blues. I’m a bit behind (like, more than a week) on posting my monthly reflection but, for good reason, as I spent the first part of the
June was glorious. June was rough. An accomplishment-high like no other. And then came the fall. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times. Okay, I think you get it. Last month, I had my first real experience with post-achievement blues. The first day of our big product implementation was blissful. In
Some people prefer sweet. I tend to lean more towards savory. I can pass up a piece of candy, cake, etc., with little to no effort but put something hot, cheesy, salty in front of me and that’s where my will power gets a run for its money. This dish combines all of the elements
Even when I feel life has been taken over by the mundane and the just-getting-by and I’ve had to put aside so many things that bring me joy (this blog included) to make space for other priorities, it’s rewarding to reflect on a month and find that there were pockets of good stuff. It wasn’t
Spring has sprung and that means all of the yummy produce we can handle! And, while we’re still anxiously awaiting the best part of spring — the opening of our local farmers’ markets — we’re finding many treasures at our local grocery store to experiment with new recipes. Most recently, we tried a to-die-for carrot
In February of 2016, I started a monthly writing group as means to dedicate time to writing and meet like-minded people. While attendance waxes and wanes depending on the month, there are always at least a handful of attendees (except that one month where it was just me and a new guy and they put
Sometimes I travel for work and sometimes the places I travel to are actually pretty cool. Not always (sorry, Phoenix, I’m just not that into you), but sometimes. Such was the case with a recent trip I took to Austin, Texas — a place I had experienced for just a few days three years ago as
I left the house yesterday for the first time in six days. Last week was rough. It all started with a biking accident where my elbow caught my fall — and then my body caught the bike. Instead of our planned excursion, I spent Sunday on the couch in a lot of pain. After not
