National Coffee Day was this past week and I realize that even though I do not need to have coffee everyday, I do love coffee and the coffee culture I see in my area. This is not a definitive list of the best x, y, z but what I can personally recommend based on where […]
DÃa de Halloween

If you clicked through the headline then you are here for one of three reasons: RAGE because these events should NOT be combined ASSURANCE because you think these events are combined CURIOSITY because you are not sure if these events are combined The headline is simply clickbait. I firmly think that people combine these events […]
Plastic Free July – One Family’s Experience

If you are reading this I hope you realize by now that we have a serious issue with plastics in this world. The industry has inserted itself in every facet of our lives but there is a problem, it does not break down in the environment. At one time there was the adage of the […]
I Feel Pretty As I Am (with no help from THAT movie)
Oh boy, perhaps not watching TV bit me in the butt recently. I saw one trailer, one fun trailer for I Feel Pretty and that apparently was the only good cut of the trailer. I missed the others. I missed the controversy. I was intrigued from the one trailer I saw. I know a number […]
GoPro Mountain Games for EVERYONE!

My family has gone to the GoPro Mountain Games for the last four years. This will mark our fifth year. As a veteran competitor, spectator, and family wrangler at the games I think I have some decent advice to share and can help field some questions if it will help. The games are in Vail […]
Mission Nature Trail Preserve Hike in Carmel, CA

I recently traveled to Carmel-by-the-Sea for a sponsored visit with #llblognotaconf. I was sponsored for the trip to experience the area but opinions are my own. Let’s travel so I can take you through the 1-square-mile village of Carmel-by-the-Sea, along the winding trails, and to the mission that helped establish the area. The 35-acre park offers […]