It’s hard to believe I was in New Zealand with the Great Photo Escape 2 weeks ago!! 3 destinations, 40+ hours in the air, 20+ hours of driving… it was the trip of a lifetime & I’m so excited to start recapping the adventures on the blog!!! I started off my trip with a flight […]

I did a lot of flying in January … 6 flights & over 45 hours in the air!! Crazy, right?! Before I tell about the trip itself, I thought I’d share some tips for surviving the journey!!:) Here’s a brief summary of my January flights: Washington, DC – Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles, CA – […]

As I write this, I’m somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. In fact, I’m about 35,000 miles above the Pacific Ocean… tearfully typing and trying to grasp all the words in my heart before the guy sitting across the aisle thinks I’ve gone insane. I’m going to be honest, friends. I’m a blubbering mess. While this […]

As you read this, I’ll be flying over some country (or ocean) heading for Auckland, New Zealand!!! That’s the beauty of pre-blogging, right?:) I’ll be traveling for almost the entire month, and am so excited to embark on this grand adventure!! I remember when I first started DSE… I would see my mentors traveling to […]

I’m sitting on my couch with a cozy blanket, a pup laying over my feet & a box of Puffs Plus Lotion. It’s a bit humbling to ring in the first week of the new year sniffling, sneezing & feeling terribly under the weather. (It’s actually why I’ve been a little MIA on social media […]

I know we’re already in 2016, but I’ve got some 2015 recap posts lined up and I’m excited to share them with you!:) 2015 ended more hectic than I planned, and although in a perfect world I would have recapped these goals IN 2015, life isn’t perfect and I’m saying “better late than never”! I’ve […]