Hiking-Backcountry apps

With our continuous adventures and my planning tendencies, I’m seeking an app that can help me to identify trails in various areas. My typical googling patterns are starting to drive me nuts! My search results are voluminous and I end up reading a LOT of online content I’d not intended to when first embarking on…

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Friday Faves, 4.0

It may simply be waves Or the rhythmic sound against the shore As I look out upon the ocean My heart seems to grow more and more Apparently the children’s literature class I suffered through took has provided me some poetry skills?!? Albeit juvenile and completely undeveloped, there may be poet potential within me.  Oh,…

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~ Energetic Hygiene ~

Is that even a thing?? Looking across Lake Tahoe feels like energetic hygiene to me on so many levels. Something about the color of that water contrasted with the magnificent mountain backdrop gets me every time! And according to Adriene Mishler, energetic hygiene is indeed a real thing! If you’re not familiar with Adriene, please…

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Working Wednesday

“Fear is the cheapest room in the house. I’d like to see you in better living conditions.” – Hafiz Some dear friends gifted us with Oprah Winfrey’s book “The Wisdom of Sundays” and I recently added this to my morning routine.  I’ll tell you what…I am SO glad I did.  That Hafiz gem above came…

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Wordy Wednesday (Round 2)

Words! So. Many. Words. Well that’s what my brain is telling me at my 11th hour into a document review/coding project. And I know I have at least 30 more hours to go with this project. Ay yi yi!! What did I get myself into?!? While mindless document coding may not be my favorite part of…

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Wordy Wednesday

Hump day. Wined down Wednesday. Bored Meetings. Whirlwind. Whew, is it Friday yet? Those are just a few terms/phrases I’ve often used for Wednesdays in my lingo, surprisingly I’ve never thought of “Wordy Wednesday”.  Surprising because (according to S. Rad) I can be very wordy at times, somehow almost synchronizing with when he’s ready to leave and…

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Friday Favorites, 2.0

In continuation of my Friday favorites, I’ve found inspiration in my mimosa(s) while sitting at the Joshua Tree Saloon this fine Friday. S. Rad is actively pursuing one of his obsessions with one of his besties out in many piles of rocks, so I decided to take time to myself for a rejuvenating shower and meal…

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The Rad Hoc Kitchen

~ Sunday Suppers ~ What’s on your menu tonight? Do you meal prep on Sundays for your whole week? When I worked in an office outside our home M-F we did our farmers market/grocery shopping and meal prep predominately on Sundays.  Hubby felt this was such a chore, and honestly, I did too.  I also…

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