Reliving the College Days

This past weekend Craig and I got to relive our college days. Well…sort of. In case you haven’t been reading along for very long or in case you forgot, my husband is a bit of a sports fanatic and we actually used to frequent college football games pretty often (see here and here). We even flew […]

unplugged.

This weekend I was unplugged from technology and it was lovely. I’ll blog about my weekend at the beach tomorrow, but for now I’ll leave you with this completely appropriate photo of what the Oregon Coast is like in June (and also pretty much always)…. Yep.  Rain boots and jeans on the beach Oh Oregon! […]

too bad the weather here sucks.

Today it hailed.  A lot. Not cool Oregon. I’m beyond ready to shed my layers and don spring fashions, but instead I’m cozied up in my wool army blanket wearing a sweatshirt while local meteorologists toy with the idea of snow.  Seriously….snow?  It’s April.  If the weather here didn’t suck so much, this is what […]

an unconventional christmas eve.

This year for Christmas Eve (day) we decided to do something a little unconventional. We went to the beach! An odd way to spend Christmas Eve, no? Well….our good friends John and Dana are moving back to Kansas for school (we’re super sad about this….like SUPER sad) and since they’re going to be land-locked for quite awhile, we […]

procrastination.

I should be packing now. Instead I’m watching Project Runway and making a shirt. It’s to wear to the football game we’re going to on Saturday.  It’s a play on “Damn it feels good to be a gangster” (remember it from “Office Space”?).  My alma mater is Oregon State University and our mascot is the […]

dear oregon,

Dear Oregon,Cloudy, gloomy and 68 degrees is not my idea of what July 5th should feel like… what gives?  I am generally not a nay-sayer concerning your often unpredictable weather, but a few extra degrees of warmth at this point in the summer would be much appreciated.  Thanks.-LaurenP.S.  I may have to make this delicious […]