Hurricane Earl? Who’s that?

Well, I may have fooled you (or you may have figured it out because it was so gosh darn quiet on the blog last week), but Dr. J and I took a (very-much-needed-and-overdue-by-about-five-years) vacation to the Outer Banks last week!  Oh, and that Hurricane Earl?  Who dey?!!  In fact, the only telltale sign that he [...]

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Portland, Oregon – locals living like tourists…

This past weekend, Dr. J and I decided to take a break from the usual house projects and took a little respite away from the home in our own fair city of Portland, Oregon.  For the first time we were able to take a little R&R for ourselves and pretend to be tourists!  While we [...]

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I left my heart in San Francisco – and my twenties…

“I have always been rather better treated in San Francisco than I actually deserved.” – Mark Twain Christmas is always a busy time of year for everybody, but couple Christmas with a birthday and it’s downright pandemonium!  Hey, I didn’t choose my birthday, but it just so happened to fall smack-dab in between Christmas and [...]

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Feelin’ Salty…

…Salt Lake City, that is! J&L visited Salt Lake City this weekend to celebrate the dynamic duo of birthdays for J’s brothers.  A fun time was had by all, except for when we were in the car – approximately 15 hours each way (we made a stop in Eastern Washington at J’s parents house).  We [...]

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