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Family Visits
Family visits. Usually a boring affair where you are stuck listening to time worn tales of walking uphill to school both ways. That is unless you have my dad visiting. Then, it is all about food. Now you see will see where I get it from. We have lived here in the NW for about the last 4 months, but honestly, we haven’t ventured out to very many restaurants. We have found a few favorites but haven’t gone outside of our comfort zone much. Enter Dad. He is all about the enjoyment of good food and so when he decided to visit, we laid out a plan of all the…
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Beachin’
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…
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My very first post…
Holy Sh**! I can’t believe I am doing this. I took the leap into the cyber unknown and here I am. So this is my first post…let’s see how this goes. Why did I decide to start a blog….hmmm. I guess I really decided to start a blog because I felt like my professional life was pretty boring. I mean, my normal 9-5 is in the financial sector and well, to be honest, I had dropped into some doldrums about it. I wasn’t using my degree (in English, thank you very much) and there was ZERO creativity in my life. I was just getting up everyday, and living my life,…