Happy Earth Day! I hope you have spent it outdoors celebrating this beautiful, wondrous, ever changing planet of ours. Or maybe you’ve spent it traveling getting to know as much of it as possible. In celebration of Earth Day, here are some pics of me exploring different parts of this world. I can’t wait to […]
Life
Saying another goodbye
My family and I have always been more of mountain people in the argument over mountain v. beach. But growing up in Florida it does kind of make sense to have a beach house for weekends and summers. Especially because when one has young kids, the beach really is fun. So a few years after we […]
Travel blog fail
The point of having a travel blog is to share about ones travels… Right? I suppose that was part of my reason for starting this blog almost two years ago. However, I have been failing miserably keeping everyone (all seven people who follow my blog) up to date on my travels. Life, as I am certain […]
Easy Guide to Animal Cruelty Free Beauty & Home
About three years ago I decided that no animal should have to suffer for my vanity. That just does not seem fair in any way with all the suffering we humans inflict on animals as it is. I have always had a bleeding heart for animals. Animal suffering pulls at my heart strings more than […]
TBT to Iceland – A year later and I still can’t stop talking about it
Exactly one year ago today Marc and I boarded a plane headed to Iceland. The trip was so amazing that I still can’t stop talking about it and I am CONSTANTLY telling people to run, not walk, to get themselves on a plane to Iceland immediately. And even though I’ve been on about five or […]
End of an era (trying to hold back the tears)
I grew up on a 200 acre thoroughbred horse farm in Ocala, Florida. I cannot imagine a better way to be raised as a child. In the summers I was outdoors 10 hours a day. We didn’t have Nintendo and weren’t allowed to turn on the TV until the sun went down, and even then it […]
Reunited Adventurers
Exactly one year after we met volunteering in Africa, my young Australian friend Eli and I were reunited! This time she came to visit me in the Georgia. She was only here for two days as part of her world wide tour. The girl has been traveling all over Africa, Europe and the US since […]
Snuggly New Year
Ginger Layer Cake with Salted Whiskey Caramel
I don’t know about everyone else, but when I host people at my house I am torn between going with one of my tried and true recipes or experimenting with something new. As long as I haven’t served my go to recipe to my guests before, it’s still new to them so definitely a safe […]
One Year Anniversary
One year ago today I published the first post on this blog. I’ve been working to perfect my blog ever since. I think it’s made some good progress but I still have a lot more to go. I’m sure it’ll be an always evolving and ever changing thing. This whole year has been full of changes […]
The joys of homeownership
Exactly six years ago today I bought my first (and only) home. I promptly spent the next week sanding and painting every room in the house (and many, many, MANY other projects). And loving every minute of it. Happy 6 year anniversary to me and my house!
Rafting the Zambezi & Diving with Crocs (the reptile not the shoe)
Part 3 of 4 Ok, I know it’s been a while (a loooong while) since I came back from Africa but I’m still not done telling stories about it. It was such an amazing trip I will never be able to stop talking about it. And thankfully I have notes and several hundred pictures and […]
World Lion Day 2015 – In Honor of Cecil
Today is World Lion Day and of course this year it’s more emotional and poignant than in others after the brutal death of Cecil the Lion. I was just in Zimbabwe this past March and some of my fellow volunteers visited Hwange National Park, which is where Cecil lived. Protected. They came home to the […]
Still dreaming about Iceland
Part 2 of 2 It’s been three weeks since Marc and I got back from Iceland yet we are still talking about it. It was that great of a trip. But don’t worry about me too much. I went to Costa Rica for five nights to try to drown my sorrows about a week after […]
In the land of fire & ice. Otherwise known as Iceland.
Part 1 of 2 A few weeks ago, without either of us being able to recall how it really all came about, my boyfriend Marc and I started talking about a trip to Iceland. It’s a place I had always wanted to go (but where in this world do I not want to go?), primarily […]