What I’ve Been Doing During the Pandemic | August-December

I detailed how I was spending the first several months of the Covid-19 pandemic in this post. Well now it’s time for the second half of 2020. I figure it’s an interesting way for me to look back in any case. Someday these kinds of accounts will be historic. I last left off in August….

Gold Sequins

At the beginning of 2020, I embarked on my third Photo-a-day project. Of course, I had no way of knowing that the photos this year would take a very different turn from what I wanted. I thought I’d have photos from Japan, costume parties, family gatherings, etc. Instead it’s been heavily dogs, food, and home…

What I’ve Been Doing During the Pandemic | February-August

It goes without saying that I want this pandemic to just be over already. Life has been very weird and unusual and scary starting late winter 2020. In February, our cruise around Japan was canceled. Kevin and I had to fight to get our money back from our travel agent for weeks (it was handled…

On Being Childfree

I haven’t posted about this on my blog yet, but in my everyday life I’m pretty open about it, so I figured I would share today. Kevin and I are childfree by choice. This means we do not want any kids ever.   Childfree people can get a lot of hate online. As a group,…

The Most Difficult Trip to Plan

I’ve been planning our trip itineraries for 5 years now. I developed a process of using Google Drive, which has worked quite well and ensured that our trips were packed full of great sites and activities. Sometimes we followed our plan closely, but usually we would modify it; either way, it was always a great starting…

How I Use Google Drive and Pinterest to Plan Trips

Today I want to share my travel planning process. I LOVE trip planning! It’s almost as much fun as the trip itself to me. I like to use Pinterest and Google Drive mostly for my planning, and after performing these steps for my last several trips, I feel pretty good about my method. Of course,…