I’m still alive

Hello faithful blog followers. It’s been a while since I’ve written- over a month, actually. So I thought I would check in and let you all know that I’m not dead. We’ve been incredibly fortunate to have spent the last month with our families. We spent a little over a week in California at the […]

The Epic Post-Juice Fast Blog

So here I am, two days after the end of my juice fast and finally ready to spend the time writing this blog. Yesterday was our third wedding anniversary, so I was otherwise occupied 🙂 I’ve got a few friends who are big into stats (baseball fans, as you can imagine) so here is the […]

Ten days… No food.

Well, no solid food, that is. Starting on Monday, April 8 I will be embarking on perhaps the most intimidating food adventure I’ve been on to date. Yes, scarier than trying sushi (yuck!) or that one time on a cruise where I briefly considered trying escargot (except I didn’t). No, this will be a challenge […]

Thankful Thursdays – On Saturday

This week I am thankful for: 1. Delivery people who deliver in the snow, lest people afraid of snow starve 2. Free and amazing tickets to the Avalanche game thanks to one of Stephen’s regular customers 3. The return of The Voice 4. Beautiful flowers sent to me at work by Brandon and Meghan 5. […]

For I know the plans I have for you…

…declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” – Jeremiah 29:11 One thing that I constantly struggle with in life is waiting for God’s timing. I know He has a plan and I know that His plan will far surpass anything that I […]

Thankful Thursdays: End of January edition

This week I am thankful for: 1. Rainbows without rain 2. Two new pork chop recipes 3. Not dying trying p90x 4. How even just seeing Stephen relieves stress 5. Maintaining hope 6. Learning to think about words in depth & how others think about them 7. Decent roads despite two days of snow 8. […]

Why Marriage is Awesome

Thanks to my amazing little sister, I was somewhat recently introduced to an online community called the Happy Wives Club. Here’s a little information from their website: “Wives are miserable. Marriages usually fail. Husbands eventually cheat. This is what so many have come to believe. But this is not everyone’s reality. It is certainly not mine. I […]