After too many long months, I finally got to see Felicity and Purple in person. Granted, we were all masked up and hung out outdoors off and on in the rain, but it was still in person. And that made my heart so happy. Felicity also brought the kiddo a bunch of snacks back from…
I spent last weekend completely off social media, and 95% offline, including archiving my Women's Personal Finance Facebook group from Friday afternoon to Monday morning (meaning the group was still "there" but frozen to new posts/comments/etc until I reopened it). I've been pretty overwhelmed lately, and the weekend felt like a really important reset, and…
I'm tired this week. I'm certain you all are as well, so I'll be keeping this short. Things are definitely in turmoil right now, but I do have some hope that we may see real, lasting change for it. If that's true, then it will be all worth it. It’s been a rough time as…
As a history nerd (just shy of a history major in college), I love reading about the Victory Gardens regular families planted during World War II. I asked on Twitter a couple weeks ago if other people were also planting a COVID-19 Victory Garden, and the response was overwhelmingly yes. Apparently I'm not the only…
Saturday morning, we headed out to the Kirkland Costco as planned to stock up on our regular essentials as well as a few others in the wake of COVID-19 in our town and the first US death here. My husband had planned to go after work the previous week, but that hadn't happened, so the…
This past week, we've been eating the very last of the summer produce. While there are still fall and overwinter plants in the ground, eating the last of the tomatoes and peppers makes it clear that summer in the garden is over. According to the weather forecast, we should get the first of below freezing…
Sunday morning the three of us headed down off our hill to another local park. We made the decision to make a half a day out of the trip, so we had breakfast at a local coffee shop first and then headed down the trails. We spotted a bunch of wildlife, including a Kingfisher, a…
Until a few months ago, I had no idea that Jetty Island existed. As it turns out, it is a small, two mile long man-made island just off of the city of Everett, which is about a half hour north of us (when there's no traffic). The city operates a small foot passenger ferry from…
Now that we're in the middle of summer, it is peak garden harvest season around here. As much as there is a lot of excitement early in the spring when the first edibles are ready to pick, there's a deep satisfaction this time of year when there is enough ripe to make a significant impact…
Last weekend felt loooong since the 4th of July fell on Thursday this year and we ended up with a four day weekend. We usually take advantage of extra days off to go somewhere, but we stayed local this time instead, and it was great. After our ferry experience on Memorial Day, we really felt…