I seriously love photography. When I believed my camera to be dead, I was adamant that I would have a DSLR back in my hands within one day, dip-into-savings be damned (and I don’t take $$ out of savings without a fight). I think my favorite thing about it, besides the obvious memory-making aspect is [...]
One of the simplest weeknight dinners I make is a pan of scrambled eggs. I season/flavor them with whatever’s on hand: cream cheese and some dill, smoked salmon, leftover bacon, salsa, spinach and feta, ham and swiss and mushrooms. They are always a hit with the kids. And whenever I do that I like to [...]
My maternal grandpa’s family has family reunions every 2 years. We flip-flop between a location in the Rockies (near us) and a location in Missouri (near the other branches of family). They started when I was a baby and have been going strong for 30 years. I have been to almost all of them. My [...]
Wide. Long. FLAT. Road stretches straight forever, or at least hundreds of miles. Hundreds of miles that all LOOK THE SAME, Stand between us and anywhere east. Speed limit only 75, We wish for a wormhole, but settle for fast music and caffeine. 422 miles along I-70. How many more ’til Taco John’s?
Even this fairly blurry camera phone pic is worth 1000 words. Sweet baby girl has taken to sleeping on her floor in a little nest made of all of her blankies (there are MANY). Loki sometimes joins her. Matt asked her why and she says it’s “more comfortable.” So I’m wondering if it’s softer/nicer down [...]
So I didn’t tell you the funnest part of our Saturday hiking adventure. Our camera died (well not really but read on). We were pretty much at the turn-around point of the hike and I noticed the low battery notification. Usually you have a bit more juice and so I kept snapping away. All of [...]
I’m trying to get by this week without having to go to the grocery store. We’ll see if I can make it. Here’s what I’m planning. We have 2 lbs of ground beef leftover from the weekend (ended up not making dinner on Sat night after our hike), and a bunch of other random stuff [...]
Bear with me, because this is going to be a longish post. But there are pictures! So that makes it quicker, right? Saturday we went on probably the most beautiful hike I’ve ever done. Hanging Lake is located near Glenwood Canyon about an hour west of Vail. The canyon itself is absolutely breathtaking. The fierce [...]
Man it has been a LONG week. Way long. I started bootcamp this week. This is the third time I’ve done bootcamp and the second time for THIS bootcamp. The last bootcamp was a bit of a joke. It’s was more of a flip-flopcamp than a bootcamp, but this is the real deal. It is [...]
As I posted last week, I was intrigued by the recipe mentioned in the peaches round-up on theKitchn, Honey-Glazed Chicken, Sweet Potato, and Peach Skewers. I picked it as my “must try” recipe for the week (I actually picked another too, couldn’t help myself). We tried this last night and it was a wild success! [...]
My name is Jess. I'm a 30ish wife and working mommy. I love spending time with my family and friends, crafting up weird and beautiful things, cooking delicious food and running lots of miles to work it off. I love chocolate, wine, Photoshop, my Nikon and sleeping in. I do freelance design work for fun and marginal profit at JKN Designs. This is my blog. Read more »
