It’s pretty customary to give younger friends and family members little tidbits of advice when they graduate highschool. You got tidbits at your graduation party, or questions thinly veiled as advice. “Where are you going to college?” means “You have to go to college.” Or “You should use some of the money you’re getting from …
I made this recipe the other day for dinner with Seth’s cousin and her husband, and I have had enough people ask for a bite (and the recipe) while eating leftovers at work that I figured I should just write a quick post about it and share it with the world. It’s adapted from a …
Today is my high school/early college ex boyfriend’s birthday. Today I wished him a happy birthday, and was grateful that we are in a friendly enough place for me to do that. It wasn’t always that way. But I bring this up, because I have a lot to thank him for, and you probably have …
While my sister lived in Australia, she lived in Newcastle with other students studying abroad. Newcastle is about a 3 hour train ride north of Sydney. We spent about a week there when I came to visit. Obviously, I met all of her fellow students and we hung out most nights, either bar hopping around …
The annual canoe trip was almost three weekends ago (August 18th-20th) so I’m here to give you the rundown on our favorite budget trip of the summer. We drove up to Roscommon and the Canoe Harbor Campground Friday after Seth got off of work. We set up our tent just before full dark set in …
Sometimes, life is just not on your side. It may be a bad day, or a bad month, or a bad year. But how you react to your misfortune can have a big impact on how utterly miserable you are while the universe is giving you the finger. August has been that way for us. …
We flew to Ayers Rock from Cairns and landed on a tiny tarmac. We walked off the plane, out of the heat, and into an airport with two “gates”, a coffee shop, and a gift shop. We took a shuttle to Ayers Rock Resort, which offers a wide range of accommodations, from a fancy hotel …
As someone who usually thinks of an ugly floral in grandma’s kitchen when I think of wallpaper, you’d pretty much never hear me advocate for its use in your house. As someone who has helped remove wallpaper on several occasions, I certainly wouldn’t recommend it if I ever thought I’d have to take it down. …
Lately, I’ve found that I haven’t been out to see Mr. Bones as often as I’d like. There are a few reasons for that. First is that when you have a ton to do, it’s really easy to point to a three hour chunk of your day labeled “Horse” and say, if I just eliminate …
Guys, I have the hardest time with bathroom vanities. When I started planning our renovation, it was seriously the bane of my existence. Obviously we aren’t made of money at this stage of life (what’s up student debt?) so we couldn’t afford to spend an obnoxious amount of money on a vanity, but the average …