FEBRUARY, IN REVIEW February has come and gone! And with it goes my first trip abroad, lots of progress on our teardrop trailer, and a couple of coloring gigs that have kept me busy before and after regular work hours. It was a grind…but a happy one. Onto March we go! Reading: The Immortalists, … More 3.2.20 February in Review
Al and I have been talking a lot about budgeting lately. Since getting married, we’ve been combining accounts and looking for ways to save or better spend our income. And it’s funny – it being tax season and all – but you look at all the money you’ve earned over the year and you think, … More 2.21 A Girls Trip to Maui
A couple of months back, my neighbor, Lauren, was telling me about one of her sister’s camping trips, and about how she was staying somewhere called “Hip Camp.” I didn’t think much about it at the time – I just tucked away the information in the back of my brain and figured it would come … More 10.25 Hip Camping in Joshua Tree
When this year is all said and done, I will have taken ten round trip flights in 2017. And for each of those flights — with the exception of flying home for Christmas because bulky clothes — I will have packed only a carry-on bag. And I’m not talking about the small suitcases with wheels … More 10.10 My Top Ten Tips for Packing Only A Carry-On for Your Next Flight
After being gone for two weekends of the month, and making it through one of LA’s brutal two-week-long heat waves, it’s no wonder that September has come and gone! For me, September always kicks off the best time of the year – fall into winter. It seems like the last four months of the year … More 10.1 September’s Lookback List
Hey everybody, welcome to July! I hope everyone had a great Independence Day weekend! Like I mentioned before, I spent Friday – Sunday in Saugerties, NY celebrating my best friend, Rach’s Bachelorette Weekend with all of her lovely ladies. And it was SO nice coming back to LA with two more days off of work! … More 7.5.17 June’s Belated Lookback List
For as fast as the first four months of the year have gone by, I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the pace of May. Maybe it’s because the wedding is over now, but there just seems to be less of an urgency…and I have been fully enjoying the downtime to get “normal life” back in order … More 5.31 May’s Lookback List
LAUREN LIVES 