One year Two years later and I'm finally here to recap my Tokyo Disneyland visit from October 2022. Thank you for your patience. (That's just life as a working mom with a toddler, amirite?) As you may recall, there was a lot of excitement and anticipation leading up to this Disney outing for me. This… Continue reading Tokyo Disneyland: Making memories, matching sweatshirts and confusing fellow Disney go-ers as cast members
I had a blog post draft saved on our Camano Island camping trip last summer. Well, let me rephrase this: I had a blog post title saved. I never got around to writing it. This time, I will get further than just a blog camping post title. We camped one night at Seaquest State Park… Continue reading Camping Year 3: Minimal sleep, lots of mosquitoes and becoming a junior ranger
“I had a good half marathon,” I replied to the friends and coworkers — and neighbors and anyone else who knew I was running the Vancouver Marathon — when they asked how my race went. The thing is, while this was my slowest marathon (with a time of 4:32, and yes, that means four hours… Continue reading Vancouver Marathon 2024: A perfect set-up for a great half marathon
Sometimes the best family traditions are the ones you didn't officially plan to make happen. For me, that's going to Florence annually during the winter. That's Florence, Oregon. (Although, I have been to Florence, Italy once during the winter, too!) I'm a sucker for keeping the tree up waaay past its expiration date because I… Continue reading Whoa, look at that wave! Look at that spray!
"Excuse me, ma'am. Please stop!" the volunteer shouted to a woman who was oblivious to the fact that she was about to walk into a turtle. "Oh, I am just trying to get over there," the woman responded while pointing in the general direction in front of herself. She almost took another step and the… Continue reading Hi, mama turtle!
Seven years ago, when Bryce and I went to Hawaii for the first time together, I learned that he didn't know where pineapples come from. By where they "come from," I specifically mean how pineapples are grown. He always assumed pineapples grew on trees, just like, well, apples. This thinking does make sense. But, as… Continue reading Do you know where pineapples come from?
I had honestly never heard of Karuizawa before. One of my cousins informed me that a season of Terrace House was filmed there though. It's "in the mountains" and is pretty was all I had heard from family members. They were not wrong! We flew into Japan on a Wednesday afternoon and already the next… Continue reading Karuizawa: a trip within a trip
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