Every year, I take a moment to reflect on my favorite 3 books from the prior year and to share them here. I love looking back on what I’ve read and thinking about new perspectives and ideas I’ve been exposed to through what I chose. Below is the list of what I read in 2017. There are several titles that were on my 2017 reading list, but I also went rogue for a quite of 2017. Although I have been… Read more »

Have you ever stayed at an Airbnb property? We just got back from a super fun spring break getaway which included a lovely stay at THIS Airbnb property in Decatur. We chose to stay at this particular Airbnb cottage because not only was it a super cute little cottage, it also came with the chance to hang out with some friendly chickens and alpacas during our stay. The boys will definitely tell you that it was one of the highlights of… Read more »

After many years of declaring Crossfit wasn’t for me, I begrudgingly agreed to try it out for 3 months last May. Seven months later, I am still attending classes almost daily. If you think I’m going to tell you that Crossfit is going to help you lose 20 pounds, get 6-pack abs or allow you to leap tall building in single bound, you won’t find that here. You can trip over that type of information anywhere you look these days. I’m… Read more »

Happy New Year! Although I have not actually hit “Publish” in a while, I feel like I’ve written about 18 posts in my head since the last one. However, the posts seem to be getting stuck in my head and not actually getting written. My problem is I tend to have so much to say about topics I’m passionate about, that I’m having a hard time finding enough time to write everything down. So then I write nothing. This tendency to write the… Read more »

In yesterday’s post I outlined why we chose to stay in the Sacred Valley as our primary home base for visiting Machu Picchu and all the other sites in this area. Today I will go into more detail about our visit to Machu Picchu and some of the other sites we visited. Day 1: Fly into Cusco, drive straight to Tambo Del Inka in Urubamba In my opinion, one of the most important details to consider when heading to Peru’s… Read more »