Welcome to my weekly update for July 26, 2020! I’m writing this ahead of time as my husband’s 50th birthday is (was, as you’re reading this) on July 25! It’s hard to believe that we’ve been together almost two decades. He was a whipper-snapper of 31 when we met. What a life we’ve led in Continue Reading…

Welcome back! I hope you had a wonderful week! My birthday was yesterday but we just spent a quiet day at home. My husband made my favorite French toast for breakfast. We ordered my favorite pizza in Portland (and possibly anywhere) for dinner and then we finished off with a mini pecan praline cake from Continue Reading…

This week my husband and I drove from Portland, Oregon down to Bend to do some hiking. That part of the state is beautiful! The climate there is “high desert” but we drove into the lush Cascade mountains within about 45 minutes. So much variety! When we finished our hikes, we got brave and ate Continue Reading…

Welcome to my weekly update for July 5! I hope you’re having a wonderful 4th of July weekend! I hope our neighbors to the north had a great Canada Day! It’s very weird to me that our celebrations have been curtailed so much. I’m not complaining or disagreeing, but I certainly never expected to experience Continue Reading…

Kathryn at Book Date hosts It’s Monday!  What Are You Reading? Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer hosts Sunday Post. Hi there! I’m sure I’m a new “face” to a lot of you but I’ve been around for a while! I blogged at The Introverted Reader from 2009 – 2016 but life got busy and I Continue Reading…

Welcome to my weekly update for October 24, 2016! Autumn has finally arrived here in the mountains of North Carolina! Our temperatures hovered around 80 degrees until Friday, when they dropped into the fifties. We’ve warmed up a bit over the weekend but the cooler temperatures have finally brought on some spectacular fall color. My Continue Reading…

Welcome to my weekly update for October 3, 2016! I made it back two Sundays in a row, so that must mean my schedule’s getting back to normal. I ran a 5K yesterday morning. My time wasn’t as good as I had hoped, but considering that I’ve had very little time for any workouts this Continue Reading…

Welcome to my weekly blog update for September 26, 2016 Holy moly. I’m not sure where this summer’s gone. My last post was on April 7. April 7! That seems crazy. But it’s also about right. That’s when work just exploded on me. I haven’t had time for much of anything because I’ve had so Continue Reading…

Welcome to my weekly blog update for April 3, 2016! Holy smokes. I didn’t mean to take such a long break! The last time I posted was on February 21 but I have read quite a bit since then. I’m so brain-dead by the time I get home from work, I only want to veg Continue Reading…

Welcome to my weekly blog update for February 21, 2016! Well, it’s been a rough couple of weeks. Just as I pressed the “Publish” button on my last Sunday/Monday post, my mom called to let me know that one of my grandmothers had passed away. Of course I’m upset and miss her, but when I Continue Reading…