Asheville in the Rain – Seeing Nature Despite the Fog
We planned a long weekend in Asheville, North Carolina to relax in the mountains, sample lots of beers, and catch up with friends that live in Florida. It ended up raining most of the time that we were there, but…
Goal Summary for May 2019
This month was busy and exciting! We got out kitchen back together, went to see my parents one weekend, and got new flooring on our first floor. All of my goals were completed, except for finishing the second book of…
Goal Summary for April 2019
April started out calm and on course. The last two weeks were very busy at work and didn’t leave much energy or head space for anything else. Oh well! That’s why I start over each month and wipe the slate…
Goal Summary for March 2019
March was a much better month than February. After getting sick and having Gimli in a cone [again] a month with nothing crazy was a welcome change. And the weather started to warm up, which has a magically positive effect…
Goal Summary for February 2019
I did most of my goals for February, but fell a bit short on my arms challenge. Books I finished a series I had been reading with Splendor by Anna Godbersen. Like the others, it was a quick, entertaining read…
7 Things to Do With Your Dog in the Raleigh Area
We had a year filled with international weddings (in England and Bogotá) and home buying in 2017. That meant 2018 was a bit of a rebuilding year financially and we got our puppy, Gimli so we didn’t do any traveling. To…
Walking in Tolkien’s Footsteps
The Tolkien Trail is in an incredibly beautiful region of England. We spent 2 nights of our trip in the village of Hurst Green for a wedding. It turns out, this region of the country was likely Tolkien’s inspiration for…
Spectacular Views in Toronto
Beer is really why I went to Toronto, Canada. See our night in Niagara Falls for more on that. But had I known that I would love the skyline of Toronto, the sights might have been part of my motivation…
Niagara Falls in a Day
There’s a goofy song that led me to go to Canada. The promise of higher beer ABVs up north got me thinking I needed to go to Canada. I was super excited just to be able to say I had…
