The 4th of July is over and we are solidly into summer now, which is awesome on all accounts except that we now need to be better about planning ahead on our weekend adventures. Be it backed up ferry lines or packed highways, making the decision to get away for the weekend during the summer…
This week went by in an absolute blur. We've had a ton to do around the house and I have a commission meeting this week as well, which makes for some long evenings. I don't regret saying yes to the position, but it certainly makes some weeks a little bit crazy. I haven't had hardly…
While it's no secret that we love packing our bags and heading out of town to explore - be it for one night or two weeks - we also make sure to explore our local area during the days we are at home. Part of the draw of the Pacific Northwest for us, outside of…
Summer is officially here, with three days in a row of 85 degree temperatures. While I realize that isn't crazy hot for those of you who live in actually hot places, the Pacific Northwest doesn't regularly see temperatures this hot for very long, and so many places (especially homes) don't have built in air conditioning.…
Week two of back to work after our vacation, and I'm still doing catch up from the time away, at least when it comes to work. Another bonus to a reduced schedule though is that I've had enough time to get things in order at home so we can get ready to go out of…
We returned from our two week road trip last weekend, and we're back at work this week. Two weeks is the longest we have ever taken off work at one time (outside of having our son, which doesn't quite count as "vacation"), and I have to say that I'm hooked. I'm hopeful that we can…
We're wrapping up our two week road trip up the East Coast, and it's been a heck of an adventure. With each stop, we've wished to have an extra week or two to explore the area, and the last few places were no exception. Acadia National Park, in particular, is somewhere that deserves a weeklong…
I've alluded to our cheap wedding and honeymoon a couple of times, but I had never gotten around to writing out the details of what it took to make it happen. When I got asked to write a guest post for Millennial Money Man though, I realized it was the perfect opportunity to finally recap…
The weather has turned the last couple of weeks and we've had a number of days in the eighties and a lot of sun, and the garden is responding to the summer like weather. While we had kale through the winter and some spring garlic to harvest over the past few months, it won't be…
Since we're getting ready to get on an airplane and go on our next big trip soon, I thought it was past time to finally recap our favorite free parts of our trip to the Big Island of Hawaii. The trip was smack dab in the middle of my first ever attempt at at No…