It was mid fifties and sunny yesterday (Thursday), which was absolutely lovely. After how cold and snowy the year began, it felt like spring, and we were able to spend much of the day outside. At the same time, things feel pretty dang heavy. It appears that our area has peaked for Omicron, with the…
We spent last weekend in Lake Chelan, and it was absolutely lovely and so needed. We left midday on Friday and didn't return until just before dinnertime on Sunday, so while it was just a weekend getaway, it felt a bit longer. We hadn't gone anywhere since the short trip to the Oregon Coast visit…
We went on on an actual vacation! We headed out to the Olympic Coast Thursday morning for a long weekend, which was so needed and so wonderful. The last time we spent a night away from our house was the beginning of October when we went camping in Lynden, which was five months ago. Before…
Well, I've done this anniversary post every November since I started blogging in 2017, so this is the fourth one of these. Each year, I've chronicled our monthly adventures through the previous year of marriage. Usually, that means there's a bunch of fun and varied trips to reminisce on and share pictures from. This year…
We spent the past week dispersed camping in the Ponderosa pine forests of the North Cascades outside of Winthrop, so instead of publishing Friday's Frugal Five, it's out on Monday this time. It was our first real trip to the Methow Valley, and we fell in love. We returned home Saturday afternoon sweaty, dirty, and…
After our first week in Reykjavik during our Iceland trip in January, we spent four days outside of Reykholt, a small town on the eastern edge of the Golden Circle. When we were researching where to stay, we decided that we wanted to pick a couple of places along that loop so we could get…
We've been back from Iceland a bit over a month now, so it probably comes as no surprise that we were itching for a weekend getaway. We don't do big trips that often, but we tend to find the time for at least a night away once every 4-6 weeks it seems. This time, we…
My husband and I celebrated our tenth wedding anniversary in November and decided to take a two week vacation to Iceland to celebrate the milestone. He doesn't care too much about specific days, but I do, and he was more than up for a longer trip to celebrate. We spent the last couple of years…
We're back! We landed back at home from Iceland on Wednesday night and have since been recovering from jet lag and hanging around home before going back to work on Monday. We were all sick over Christmas and the cold lingered for the start of our trip, but we otherwise had a fabulous time. We…
My birthday was last Friday (the 13th!) so I decided that I wanted to celebrate by renting a big house with a bunch of friends and just hang out for the weekend. It should be pretty clear by now that I am very extroverted, so my idea of a wonderful birthday weekend is one where…