My boys are back from their business trip to Japan. I had such great plans for cleaning out the house, getting a ton of stuff done, doing a nice Fall cleanup in the garden, all during those two weeks. Well, c'est la vie, best laid plans and all that. Two days into my three walks … Continue reading It’s a good thing: brunch
Work life balance
As a quick side note, yesterday was the 8-year anniversary of this blog. Woohoo! 601 posts later, I'm still here. This blog was a life saver on many many days. Mostly fellow bloggers and blog followers were a life saver to me, so thank you from the bottom of my heart. Now, back to writing... … Continue reading Work life balance
Severance
We watched the first season of the Apple TV+ series Severance. The first couple episodes had me asking about a million questions, science fiction tends to do that to me, and not getting answers and I wasn't convinced it was a show I wanted to continue watching. However, by the season finale, I was more … Continue reading Severance
It’s okay to feel really bad some days
I’m giving myself permission to feel really shitty today. I’m tired. I’m burnt out. I want more happiness in my life. The tears are welling up in the corners of my eyes right now, threatening to spill over, and it’s okay. My chest is tight. I feel like I want to run away. I’m in … Continue reading It’s okay to feel really bad some days
For the love of road trips, part 4
I should really just call these posts California road trips. Although I have done a lot of road trips outside the west coast, this year has been all about California. That’s okay, because I really like California. I was home for eight weeks, just enough time to experience a freak April snowstorm 😮, finally close … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 4
I’m not your competition…
It’s been a difficult summer, but I’m still gonna miss it. https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/01/opinion/sunday/why-women-compete-with-each-other.html I read the above NY Times opinion piece a few years ago about why women compete with each other. There's always a lot of talk, when it comes to human behavior, that revolves around natural instincts versus learned behavior. I get that when … Continue reading I’m not your competition…
For the love of road trips, part 3
I spent January in Ojai, California where I found a little mid century bungalow fixer upper to buy as a winter home. I spent February in Ojai solidifying purchase of said bungalow, a hellish experience for sure as the sellers needed to sell, for financial reasons, but one of the sellers really didn't want to … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 3
Writing it out
Hydrangeas in my neglected garden. Life in my world has become a bit complicated. Our business is in a state of reorganization and growth, that's a good thing, but technically late in the game for us. I now have two rental houses that I am managing mostly as vacation rentals, completely by myself. Our beach … Continue reading Writing it out
For the love of road trips, part 2
Continuing the conversation from back in December.... The Peacemaker and I got up early so we could get in a nice hike before leaving this gorgeous area of California (the redwood forest, not the town of Orick). We actually did 2 hikes that day, in 2 different forests. I’m just so mesmerized by these trees. … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 2
For the love of road trips, part 1
All those weeks ago (when I started this post it was weeks ago, but those weeks have turned into months) we all left Portland in the middle of a snow event. It sounds like I am running away from our traditional Portland winter, which by the way is nothing like winter in much of the … Continue reading For the love of road trips, part 1
try not to cry on my rainbow 