There’s always a Sacrifice

Subject is a bit dramatic, huh? Well, as I promised from the beginning, this blog is meant to be a sort of guide, so it needs to be real.ย  It's much easier to post pretty pictures and write about the adventure. ๐Ÿคญ The truth is, those are only snapshots of what's really happening... and we … Continue reading There’s always a Sacrifice

The Napa Valley of Western Colorado?

Living in California has it's perks... an ever changing restaurant scene, music concerts, art galleries, museums, the mountains AND the beach! ๐Ÿ– ๐ŸŒŠ If that wasn't enough, it also happens to have the most vast wine country region in America...ย  ๐Ÿ‡ Hard to believe this place is not the whole package... Hmnn ๐Ÿคจ think traffic … Continue reading The Napa Valley of Western Colorado?

I’ll be there for you…

The holidays are always difficult for us.ย  Splitting your time between in-laws is hard enough, but then you also have your good friends, some with families ๐Ÿ‘จโ€๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿ‘งโ€๐Ÿ‘ฆ of their own, so you wish you could split yourself in two! ๐Ÿ˜ณ The award winning journalist, Edna Buchanan once said: "Friends are the family we choose for … Continue reading I’ll be there for you…

Western Colorado Wonderland!

The connection between California and Colorado became seemingly undeniable the longer we lived in L.A.ย โ˜บ๏ธ From the multiple family members who've moved back and forth between the two sunny states, to our friends boasting about the fabulous skiing in Telluride -- rivaling the likes of Switzerland -- it became apparent we were very lucky โ˜˜๏ธ … Continue reading Western Colorado Wonderland!

Hometown Treasures.

I donโ€™t know about you, but Iโ€™ve come to realize that growing up, I took my hometown for granted๐Ÿ˜ฑ I know this now because all of the fun places we've visited on this Sabbatical so far, are places that had been here all along! Sometimes, it does seem that people tend to become complacent with … Continue reading Hometown Treasures.

Why not ME?

At the time of this writing, when you googled โ€œRetirementโ€, you got 123,000,000 search resultsโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ˜ณ millions of websites dedicated to the promise of... drum roll please... ๐ŸฅRETIREMENT! ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿฝ It seems we all dream of the day when we are no longer tied to a routine, our lives dictated by the tick of a clock. … Continue reading Why not ME?