You may be familiar with this rocks and sand story. There are many variations of this story. You might be more familiar with the version of “Big Rocks” relating to time management, as demonstrated in this video: I’d heard the story …
Where Did I Go?
I’ve been quiet — too quite for my own liking! — since our New York trip in early May. I’ve been slacking on the blogging front and I don’t have a good excuse for it. Just… life. We didn’t go …
Guest Posts: Paris and Planning
Recently, I had the opportunity to write guest posts for Sarah at EarthLists.com and Penny from GlobeTrove.com, two awesome ladies who run awesome travel blogs. I got to talk about my favorite place of all time, Paris, and one of my …
New York Photo Journal
In New York you can be a new man. – Alexander Hamilton, Hamilton Look around, look around at how lucky we are to be alive right now! History is happening in Manhattan and we just happen to be In the …
Fan Casting Harry Potter: Part 1 (Stone and Chamber)
Casting novels is one of my favorite habits. I’ve done it since I was a kid, fan-casting my head-movie version of my favorite books. It developed into the way I visualize most stories I read. While I try to cast real actors …
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Armchair Travels: 10 Great Travel Memoirs
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” ― Dr. Seuss One of my all time favorite genres of non-fiction is the travel memoir. Memoirs on their …
Remote Management Tips
We didn’t know how well it would work. There were concerns. There were questions. Backup plans were made. Hands were wrung. Could I successfully manage my team and work from the Hague for four weeks? Our company already functions as …
Nuevo Vallarta Photo Journal
In March, the husband and I took a much-needed 8 day vacation to Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico as part of a non-simultaneous home exchange. This was meant to be a true vacation, which meant I told all of my co-workers that …
Whole30 on the Go: The hardest thing I’ve ever done
Never in my life have I coveted vegetables. Never have I stared longingly at a plate of scrambled eggs. Never before have I thought to myself, “Man, I could really go for some spaghetti squash right about now.” But here …
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Getting Back on Track
It’s been a while, huh? When I started this blog last year, my intent was to write weekly, but after our European home exchange, I dropped the ball and only wrote a few times between October 1 and the end …
Saying Goodbye to Surrey
Today is bittersweet: we closed the sale of our first family home, the little yellow house on Surrey Road. The first house I ever bought. The house we brought Dexter into when he was just 7 weeks old. The house …
