Welcome! I’m so glad you’re here. I am always on the go and enjoy gardening, baking, and taking pictures. I love a good book and a cup of black coffee, a travel podcast and a glass of wine, or a refreshing glass of lemonade after a swim.
I move often and I submerge myself wherever I am planted- hence unrooted and blooming. I have had an array of jobs: social worker, retail, housesitter, yoga teacher, payroll specialist, writer, dog watcher, ESL teacher, 2nd hand seller…and…and…and. I’ve house hacked-rented out my home furnished, and moved to SE Asia on a whim.
I like to find the beauty in everything around me, from the smell of freshly washed laundry to a perfect chocolate cake, when a friend doesn’t shy away when life gets messy and a colorful weed in an otherwise “perfect” lawn.
Take a look at my gallery, read about my adventures, check out some recipes, and tell me what you’re up to.
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How to Avoid Putting Christmas on a Credit Card
Several years ago, I was searching for the cheapest flights to visit my family for the holidays. We all lived in different states and the time. which meant that the majority of us had to pay for travel. Then presents. Speaking with a co-worker, she said that she felt compelled to buy presents for her…
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Spend Time in Nature
With the change in weather, projects have slowed down quite a bit and I’ve gotten a chance to get outside more frequently. It’s been amazing to explore and breathe in the crisp, cool air. I prefer warmer weather, but I love the look of a stormy sky and the changing leaves. Rushing spring-time waterfalls are…
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Winter Checklist for Our Home
Winter isn’t coming, my friends. It’s here. We miraculously got the concrete poured for our garage remodel and got the walls us. Just in time for the torrential downpours. We’ve done a lot of big upgrades this year, from getting new gutters (with a cash discount) that are bigger than the originals so they’ll have…
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How to Lower Your Cell Phone Bill
If you’re not using an MVNO, you’re likely paying too much for your cell phone bill. Don’t feel bad- I did it for years, too. Then I heard about MVNOs which use the regular towers/satellites/tech and phones that all of the big-name expensive companies. They just do it for a fraction of the cost. Years…
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Buy Yourself a Boquet
It’s been busy here at our house! Our garage remodel is coming along and we’ve been busy preparing for winter. I was able to get out for a short walk in a state park last week and I’ll do a longer post on that soon, but I mostly just wanted to share some pictures today.…
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House Projects
It’s been a long few days. On Thursday, we had someone remove insulation covered in mouse droppings from our attic. He rolled and bagged the insulation and I took the bags outside and loaded them on a trailer. He filled over forty construction bags. Thankfully, we had set up a plastic barrier around the attic…
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How to Create a Lasting Morning Practice
As a child, I thought it was strange that my mom set her alarm to wake up before anyone else. She’d sit in silence- in the living room if it was cold or on the back deck during warmer weather- and sip her coffee. She wouldn’t read the newspaper or watch the news. This was…
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What is The Best Caramel?
A couple of years ago, I grabbed a jar of Trader Joe’s Caramel Sauce as an impulse by, deciding it was something I must have. I had just finished gathering dozens of apples from a local orchard with a plan to make apple pie and thought the caramel sauce would be delicious on top of…
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My War with Termites
We have termites. This isn’t new information, but until we started our garage demo, I had no clue just how many termites. After a brief moment of utter hopelessness- “let’s tear everything down and build a metal tiny house” – we decided to go to war with the termites. So, to the internet we went.…
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