Fake it until you make it - where I make myself blog until I can blog lol

I'm going to plod through this blogging comeback until I get in the groove again lol Bear with me as muddle through. 

I struggle so hard just to get a post going and I've decided to make myself do at least one a week even if I don't really have much to say and, hopefully, it will get easier and easier.  

So today's ramblings are about the weather and our winter travels.

I HATE PNW winters but we've had a surprisingly mild one this year. In fact, I've found myself hoping for more rain (& snow in the mountains) because the lack of will hurt us in the summer - especially if we have any heatwaves. The fire danger will be bad. 

For the past few days we've had an atmospheric river which has dumped almost 4 inches of rain. Be careful what you wish for, I guess! We do need the rain but it's also bringing flooding and landslides so...

Which is a long winded way to bring me back to sunnier winter days. We got to stay at Sea & Sand RV Park  a few times this winter. It's always booked solid from spring until winter and is $$$$. Winter is too cold wet and rainy to bother but, because of the mild - even unusually warm and sunny weather, we got in a few weekends there! The sunset were spectacular and it was really quiet. We pretty much had the beach to ourselves.

There was even a sunset proposal below us on the beach. Everyone was watching and cheered when she accepted and the couple seemed stunned that anyone was looking - but they did set it up right below about 20 RV's lol 

SUNSET

SUNRISE (not me surfing lol)

THE PROPOSAL

How is your winter going? Is spring coming in like a lion or going out like a lamb?

Tell Me Something Tuesday: Spring - to read - or not to read...this is the question

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Question: Which books are you looking forward to reading this spring?

Answer: I am HORRIBLE at planning my reads. I'm a mood reader and haven't been reading much at all. However, I seem *whispers* to be reading more lately. So, instead of trying to predict which books I'll read, I figured I would spotlight the audiobooks I've downloaded from libro.fm and their ALC program (advance listening copy).

Have you read or are interested in any of these? I've read E. Lockhart and Tiffany D. Jackson before and I've seen the Matt Dinniman series everywhere (I have the first book of the series on Kindle). The rest are just shots int he dark. I'm usually all over the place with genre when it comes to audiobooks.  

What's on you spring reading list? 

Hellooooooooo

 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! 

This is a pic of a potato from our local farmers market and seemed appropriate for the upcoming holiday. I see a heart - Kevin sees bunny ears and a few Instagram followers saw...something else lol

What do you see?

Long time no blog!

I've been away for a LONG time! My last post was July 2025 when I did a mid-year update for my audiobook challenge. 

So what have I been up to? Does anyone care? Is anyone still reading this or any blogs? I went through my blog roll and deleted another 5 blogs that no longer post or have officially quit. I'm still holding hope out for Greg  You still out there Greg - or does anyone know how he is?

Anyhoo...

Reading: It's still a bit of a slog but more than I expected for 2025. I read a total of 25 books (you can check out what books here) Almost all were on audio. I still can't multitask while listening but I also can't sit still to read anymore so it works lol Genre wise - I'm ALL over the place.

Life: Things are moving along. If you recall, we bought a camper van last year and have been traveling around the PNW for long weekends. My plan was to sort of abandon this blog and start a new travel one. I did start the other one but abandoned both. As is my way lol

The adventures have been a balm to my soul though. Just getting away from the internet, life drama and go out in nature has been one of the best things we've done. We belong to a program called Harvest Hosts where you stay at places like farms, breweries, wineries for one night free. We do that instead of RV parks and we've met really incredible hosts with such interesting stories. I'll have to tell a few some time but it re-centers me every time we go on one of these trips. And the dogs love it! I think they think the van is a giant crate and we are now a pack lol

Blogging: The blog turned 16!!!! this past December. A huge accomplishment, even if it's not what it used to be or isn't as active, No matter how bored/irritated/insert adjective I get with it - I always end up missing it and wanting to come back. So that's something. 

Going forward: I'm clearly horrible about planning anything for this blog. I don't read much, don't have any interest in writing formal reviews anymore. I post a lot about my life on IG, so it feels weird to repeat it here to an even smaller audience but again...I miss it so I think I'm going to start posting small snippets of stuff. Maybe what I'm reading or what I just finished reading, a show I'm watching or pics from a trip I just took. 

If you are so inclined, stop by and read/comment. I do try to visit all of you when I can but it's, admittedly, much less than I used to - but I have missed you all. 

Tell me - what have you all been up to? Any blogs that you would recommend to build up my follow list again? It can be for books, hobbies, travel - anything that sounds interesting!