Traveling & Hospitality
This summer we are challenging ourselves to get creative with our cooking and use as much of the vegetable as possible. See my first post here. I am hoping that this blog series serves as a bit of inspiration for you as your are cooking with fresh …
Disclosure– Some of my posts include affiliate links, but you probably won’t notice because it doesn’t affect the blog or my opinions on here. Once I got over the initial shock of the sky never actually getting dark while I visited, I fell in love …
Last summer was the first time that we tried a local CSA (community supported agriculture) program. We had a great experience with the regular deliveries of fresh, organic vegetables. We were able to meet the farmers and visit the farm that was raising our food. …
This week I was flying to Alaska from Minneapolis and I had a fifteen hour layover in Seattle. It was impossible to find a flight that was straight to Fairbanks from MSP, and most of the flights had two or three short stops. I opted …
We have now lived in our home for almost ten months. To catch up, here are a few links to past posts about our house story, our airbnb rooms, why you should rent out your rooms, etc. In these ten months, we have had eight long-term …
Hello friends! I just wrote a blog post titled How to Plan a Girl’s Trip (& still be friends afterwards!).  I thought that I would go ahead and share the trip that inspired that post. I recently went to San Fransisco with three of my lovely girl …
How many times have you sat around with your friends, talking about the dream girls trip? When you all finally agree on a location and dates… what next? You’re about to spend a lot of time with these people, there needs to be some conversations …
1. Make Non-Toxic Cleaning Products After you use the cleaning products, they slip down the drain and are treated with the waste water and then dumped into our waterways. In a May 2002 study of contaminants in stream water samples across the country, the U.S. …
I love the feel of Denver and Boulder. It seems like everyone was wearing Patagonia jackets and walking their dogs. I initially bought plane tickets there for a surprise trip for Collin’s birthday. I was being so careful about not giving the destination away, but of …
I have been hosting through Airbnb for about two years now, and I have learned a lot since posting our first listing. I reached out to other Airbnb hosts to see what some of their advice was for first time hosts. Here’s what they said: …