Finding the Balance Finding balance in the garden is important to have a successful growing season. When I first started gardening my plan was..well I had no plan. A little of this and a little of that and a whole lot of weeding. This resulted in too much of some items and not enough of…
Safer Alternative to Chemical Weed Sprays
With all of the negative media regarding weed sprays its time to find a safer alternative to chemical weed sprays. The beauty of growing your own fruits and vegetables is taking control of what goes into your food. It is sad but true that this has become such a concern. With added antibiotics, bleach and even roundup,…
LastSquatch!
The last 17 years Sasquatch Music Festival has been marked on the calendar and embedded in our minds. While most people see Memorial Day as a holiday to go camping, spend time with friends and family or visit the resting place of their lost loved ones, we would be hastily preparing for the Sasquatch Music Festival. Typically…
Veggie Mart
Once we hit May it is the warning that it is time to get busy getting ready for summer. For us in the event industry summer becomes very busy with outdoor concerts and festival season. Which in turn means there is not the time for big projects and our home and yard better be ready…
Signs of Spring
Growing up in Portland spring always meant rain followed by more rain and summer always seemed to come late, with the exception of a summer teaser right near the end of the school year which always made the last weeks drag on longer. I never would have imagined that only 200 miles away would be…
Chasing Tech
I have often stated that my new year begins in May. I finally have all my federal tax returns behind me, my first quarter payroll and trucking reports are done and submitted and I finally feel like I can come up for air. In addition to all the tax reports we like to take this…
One Green Thing
On a whim I changed up my morning workout and went for the treadmill and decided to turn on The Today Show. One of the topics during my 30-minute workout was in regards to Earth Week. I remember when Earth Week mostly seemed to revolve around planting a tree or picking up garbage. Sadly it…
What about Real Life Balanced
Well now the I have covered who I am, I will share a little more about what I intend to do on this blog. With being a mom, wife, business owner and daughter there have been many experiences and challenges in my life. The majority of them have been very rewarding however not all of…
Closure
Today gives me some closure to the three most difficult years of my life. It all began in November of 2015 when we unexpectedly lost my mother. She and I were very close and always had been. Even with miles between us we typically talked almost every day. As I mentioned, my family growing up…
My Family
Well as mentioned in my about me post, I am a daughter, sister, wife and mother. To begin, I was fortunate to be raised in a home with both of my parents and my one sister. Our immediate family was quite small, for most of my life the only family that was nearby was my…