Outside the Rat Race

Today begins a new chapter in our life. In 1930 this apartment building was built in downtown Albany by a lady named Grace Burnap. She...

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I'm fairly certain I washed twice this morning while in the shower, but to be honest, I'm not sure. I hopped in the shower and...

I'm off by a week on our 6 year anniversary, but that's OK because we were busy having fun last weekend. Doing what? Fun stuff, ...

Jessi and I recently discovered a new iPhone app that's pretty sweet. The iPhone app is called RoomScan  by Locometric and it creates ...

One of the perks of being an analyst is that you tend to collect data for the fun of it... Because you never know when you might need t...

Just a quick update. Today I flossed for the 500th day in a row. Pretty crazy, right? I've been using an app called Lift to track m...

Gardens are weird. I'll admit that. From a pure economic standpoint, individual gardens don't make a ton of sense. It'...

The past 5 months, I've had the privilege of helping organize an amazing event in Corvallis. It's called the Corvallis Pulse an...

I've come to the conclusion that is REALLY hard to be excellent at more than one thing. Here's why. Since we don't have a ...

Here's quick update just to share that we paid off another student loan this month! Only 2 more to go! Yes, that's even after ta...

I know, I know my blog posts are spotty at best. But alas, here I am. I was inspired recently so I wanted to share a food discovery. I l...

For a really long time, I refused to "read" anything unless there was an audio option. When it comes to story types of books, f...

In January, Jessi & I had an opportunity to be "those people" on Facebook. Yep, we got to enjoy an awesome vacation in Flo...