Winter this year has been a bit of a slog.  The weather has been post-apocalyptic to say the least.  We actually had a round they dubbed “Snowmaggedon.” The snow came down hard in the Pacific NorthWest, and we ended up with about 8 inches at our house.  For those outside of the area, that is absolutely unheard of. We don’t get snow, especially in the lowlands.  My wonderful little town quickly found itself buried in about two feet of snow, and to say the least, no one knew what to do. The grocery stores were wiped out, and people hunkered down, staying home from work and school for days on…

Saturday came around, and we decided since it was a long weekend, we needed a bit of an adventure. We hopped into the car with zero plan.  After tooling around a bit, and eating lunch, we inevitably started heading toward the beach. About halfway there, we realized we didn’t want to go to crowded Ocean Shores.  Normally, we would go a bit farther north and go to our favorite highly secluded beach.  But this time, we decided to take the proverbial left in Albuquerque, and went to Westport. I grew up in this wonderful state and can honestly say I had never been to Westport.  And now I can tell…

Hey guys, Man it has been a while since my last post…sorry about that.  Life gets crazy sometimes, but I am back and posting now! Anywho… So the past few weeks have been pretty jam packed, with work, dog, and hubby-to-be, and we really needed a bit of time to relax.  So we decided to head out of the city and visit our resident backyard volcano, Mt. Rainier. For those that don’t know, Mt. Rainier tends to be the pride of the state, most often pictured in the background of our most recognized city, Seattle. But we have tons of these bad boys. Anyone ever hear of the Mount St…

  My best friend texts me one night and says something along the lines of “Hey! I see you have been walking at work, want to come to Bloomsday with me and a few ladies? It is a fun walk, lots of people go…oh and it is like 7.5 miles.” Something must have addled my brain that day, cause I said “Sure! I would love to!”   When reality finally hit me the next day, I knew I would need a plan. I walk about a mile at work each day on my lunch, since I sit all day. I would push that up to two walks a day. And…

Have you ever woken up, seen the sun shining, and decide, “Hey, let’s go to the beach, and we will bring the dog for good measure!”  Full of light and bounce, you wander around packing a picnic lunch, grabbing the beach chairs, and forgetting the towels.  Then you, fiancé, and the dog get in the car, all set for the great two-hour trip. “This is going to be great!” you even think…… Chumps…..haha……. That was me.  We live in Western Washington, the Olympia area to be specific.  Anyone who has spent any time here knows one thing.  It rains.  A LOT. That’s why it is so green and luscious.  So…