I’m back . . .

. . . and do I have a lot to share.
First, this post is cross-posted on my NEW website and blog!  I’ll cross-post for a little while but please visit me over there and subscribe to my new blog so you can continue to find me!
I certainly didn’t intend to have such a long [...]

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1 Reason to Not Hate Redding, CA

Okay, so maybe hate is too strong of a word for a city that I have only passed through on road trips but let me tell you a few things about it.
-It’s hot, really hot.  Most of my drives through Redding happen during the summer and I am not a lover of hot weather.
-Redding was [...]

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Easter Adventures

12 hours in the car with a toddler isn’t so bad.  Maybe it’s just my amazing trooper of a kid but I’m tempted to even  say that the drive from Portland to the Bay Area was fun.  I realize that sounds crazy but crayons, knitting and books on CD go a long way- 600 miles [...]

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From Sunshine to Rain

My life feels like a cliche!  I just got back from 6 days in sunny California and now I’m back in Portland where, you guessed it, it’s raining.  I was hoping for a few more weeks of summer but it seems like autumn is really here.
California was fun.  We saw the grandparents and sesame did [...]

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My Summer in Pictures

Okay, okay.  I know that there is another week of official summer and then we in the lovely Pacific Northwest usually have another several weeks of blue skies before the rain starts.  But- I’ve been absent for so long that I feel like I should start the summer wrap-up now since I’ve been busy the [...]

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