BROWSE THE ARCHIVES

Rest. It’s so important. Let’s talk about that word for a moment. Dictionary.com defines it as: a period or interval of inactivity, repose, solitude, or tranquility For the longest time, I always worked my buns off. I started my first paper route at the ripe age of nine years old. Throughout all of high school, […]

learning the importance of rest.

January 13, 2018

Here’s to a new year full of new adventures! I’m pretty horrible at keeping New Year’s resolutions and mostly just focus on my 27 x 28 list each year. But, I do like to try and come up with a theme word for the year. This was inspired by Elise Joy, after seeing some blog […]

hello 2018.

January 1, 2018

This is the final part of my series called b’s dating diaries. If you’ve missed the previous parts, we got started, met the austrailian, and the teacher, we learned some lessons and had some firsts. And now we’re here! I know you’re probably all excited to hear about where the hockey fan and I ended […]

06: the distance test.

December 10, 2017

What better way to commemorate my mom’s 50th birthday in Maui than to get a matching tattoos in Maui? I knew I had to get another tattoo because it was on my 27 x 28 list, so when I casually mentioned to my mom we should get matching tattoos again, she was all for it!  […]

matching tattoos in maui with mama j

December 7, 2017

As far as moms go, hands-down, I have the best one out there. This year was a special year as it was her 50th birthday. I knew I wanted to do something magical for her. We had tossed around the idea of a euro backpacking trip but ended up deciding on a restful week in […]

Mama J goes to Maui for her 50

December 6, 2017

This is part five of my adventures into the world of dating apps. Read parts one, two, three and four to catch up on my adventures in the land of dating. I’m not really sure when I met the hockey fan, but I remember his smile on his profile photo could steal hearts. It must […]

05: firsts.

November 5, 2017

I’ve been a pretty athletic person my entire life. Team sports are usually my jam. I played volleyball, box and field lacrosse, hockey, volleyball, and basketball back in the day. And I’m a pretty competitive person. I don’t like to be bad at things so I study how people play so I can get better. […]

my first soccer game

October 22, 2017

This is part four of my adventures into the world of dating apps. Be sure to check out parts one, two, and three to follow all my adventures. The teacher was a great guy. Super social over text message. We often snapped each other throughout the day. Unlike the austrailian, the teacher and I chatted […]

04: lessons learned

October 15, 2017

This is part three of my adventures into the world of dating apps. Make sure you check out part two: the austrailian for the backstory and part one: a new world to see how this all got started. As you may have guessed by the title of this post, it wasn’t all happily ever with […]

03: tinder & the teacher.

September 17, 2017

Long-distance friendships can be difficult to maintain, but there’s something so special when someone cares enough to travel across the country to visit you – even better when you get to partake in a fun camping activity! One of my dearest friends, Stephanie, made the trek before she started her new job. This called for […]

spontaneous visits and trips to jasper

August 27, 2017

This is part two of my adventures in the dating app world. Make sure you check out part one: a new world to get caught up! Where were we? Ah, yes, the Australian. After what seemed like hours, I finally managed to decide on a message to throw his way. “I’m a fan of big […]

02: the australian.

July 29, 2017

Sometime during my realization that carrying two jobs unnecessarily would lead to certain crazy-cat lady status, I became acutely aware of the fact that dating was a necessity in my life. My sister seemed to think so, too, because one of the items on my 27 x 28 list she wrote for me included going […]

01: a new world

July 21, 2017