We really do meet the neatest people in our travels. Here in Breckenridge, Colorado, our neighbor Joanne is an author! She let us borrow a copy of her children’s book, Peter the Caterpillar. Chris and I have a silly thing we do – we sometimes read out loud to each other in bed. Back in…
I was at Whole Foods the other day when I spotted these cute Melissa & Doug sprinklers for kids! They are adorable!
James used to be a fetch Poodle. He still LOVES fetch, but at 9 years old, he isn’t running quite as far and as fast as he used to. Last summer, we bought him this frisbee when we were in Breckenridge, Colorado. He doesn’t chase the frisbee like a Border Collie. Instead, Chris and I…
When we were living in Europe, one thing we noticed was that products were almost always local. And not just food. Chris bought new boots in Germany. The boots were made in Germany. I bought towels in Austria. The towels were made in Austria. I bought a cheap tank top at the grocery store in…
I am addicted to … I mean I enjoy looking at … the “Just Arrived” section of Sephora’s app. I usually check it before bed. Last night, I found a fun new surprise! Lululemon is joining the beauty bandwagon! For now, there are just a few products: moisturizer, deodorant, dry shampoo and lip balm. I’m…
(Photo credit MANDEL NGAN/AFP) Last week, a single F-35 flew over the White House for the Polish president’s visit. I would have LOVED to be in DC to watch it! Instead, I got the best laughs I’ve had in a while reading my neighbors comments on the event. I seriously almost peed my pants from…
I really enjoy the YouTube channel Wendover Productions. We love traveling all over Europe by train. But the thing is, cities in Europe are SO much closer to each other (for the most part). Here in the US we sometimes drive for 4 hours and hardly pass a gas station. We sometimes laugh and say,…
Back in April, James celebrated his 9th birthday. James was quite sick on his birthday so we didn’t take any official birthday portraits until the end of May. James is doing much better and he looks great! Not all storms come to disrupt your life. Some come to clear your path.
This Spring in Colorado… wait… it is Summer… has been cold! We keep getting snow and I am starting to wonder when summer will start. It is finally getting up to the 60s and 70s during the day so the snow does quickly melt when it does roll in. And we are WAY up in…
I am always on a quest to find the best mascara. There are so many good ones out there! These three are my current favorites and I have them in my makeup bag right now. Clinique High Impact Mascara I’m not sure why I keep searching for “the best” mascara when this one tends to…
We decided to get up in the middle of the night and take some night sky photos. I didn’t bring my big cameras – just my little Canon G7x. Chris brought his 360ยฐ camera and he also did some time lapse videos of the sun rising. He might show those off later here on the…
If you know me in person or if you have followed this blog for a while, you know I LOVE makeup. I love playing with it and finding the best of the best. I’m always on the hunt for something newer and better (especially when it comes to mascara). I recently read about a BB…
One thing I love about Colorado is that so many people have so many outdoor hobbies. It has been an unusually cold and wet May (now June!) and people are still skiing! I love seeing the skis and snowboards mounted in roof racks on top of cars driving down the road. Then you also see…
I’ve never been a huge fan of the cheap disposable/reusable food storage containers. The original Ziploc containers were okay – but they just seemed flimsy and cheap. It seemed like my food was going to leak out if the container tipped over and it also seemed like if I dropped the container or accidentally crushed…
It is fun coming back to the US and wandering around my favorite store, WalMart. You never know what you are going to find! I am actually surprised that it took Pop Tarts so long to make a cereal. I didn’t buy this because I don’t really eat cereal but it definitely caught my attention!
When we were visiting family in South Florida, Kristi and Jeremy told us about Lucky’s Market. We had just come back from many months in Europe and I hadn’t seen a Publix in years. So I was just too excited about Publix to stop at Lucky’s Market instead. And I didn’t even ask them about…
James has seen quite a few specialist veterinarians recently. Specialist #1 gave James his high dose prednisone to slow down his immune system since James was initially anemic and had zero platelets. Just in case J’s immune system was attacking itself, we had to stop it. But Specialist #1 also added in Mycophenolate, also known…
We are in Denver, Colorado and we took James to see his regular vet – my friend Sharon. I know Sharon from our time at the University of Florida! Sharon is an amazing veterinarian and we knew James would be in good hands with his ever growing chart from his anal gland infection. So far,…
Well, James didn’t have the 9th birthday we planned. He was drinking a little water and we syringe fed him some Ensure and Pedialyte. But then he wasn’t keeping it down. I was worried that he was probably getting dehydrated. So we took James back to the emergency vet Saturday night. I’m so glad we…