With all of the time we spend working on our backyard you’d think we lived on an acre parcel, when in fact our lot is just over 3,000 square feet. Given those stats it’s a wonder why we spend so much time working on the yard. It is just a never ending saga with us, …
Author Archives: Alison Allen
Alina’s East Coast Bachelorette Party
With just a few more weeks until Alina and Alberto’s Italian wedding, I jetted off to the east coast to join her and several friends for her bachelorette party. After taking the red-eye from Seattle, I arrived in Baltimore mid-day on Friday, met up with Alina and Atalie who drove down from New York City. …
We Quit!
Whose idea was it to do a detox, anyway? We made it 2 and a half days before giving up and caving in to our caffeine cravings. Since Monday afternoon I had either a throbbing headache, nausea or just an annoying headache in the background and I was really sick of not feeling well. I …
The Rest of the Weekend
On our way home from our trip to Vancouver we made a pit stop at Overlake Hospital to visit baby Conner. Our friends Ali and Tyler had just delivered him that morning. Ali and Tyler are our only friends in Seattle who have kiddos and we just adore their daughter Vivian. We are both looking …
Alex’s Birthday Weekend in Vancouver
Alex and I took a little road trip to visit the Canucks up in Vancouver this past weekend. Before we hit the road we celebrated on his actual birthday with a trip to Bottlehouse. It was perfect. The weather held out so we could enjoy the evening on the patio. The icing on the cake, …
Detox Week
I never thought of myself as being someone who would get on the detox bandwagon. I even recently mocked someone for doing a detox. Then he told me why he was doing a detox and it resonated with me and I decided he is probably right. I crave coffee. Literally the first thing I think …
A Low-Key Week
I have a feeling we’re in the midst of the calm before the storm right now. It’s a bit strange for us to not be overwhelmingly busy. We call the months of May, October and early November our “shoulder season” because it’s sort of the gap between our always busy summer and winter. I think …
Our Wounded Warrior
Last week Alex and the road had a brutal encounter. Alex was on his way to work via his bicycle when he ended up flying over the handlebars after his bike got stuck in a gap in the pavement. Thankfully no one hit him while he was in the road, and some people even stopped …
A Training Update
We are currently halfway through our dog training package with our private trainer and I have exciting results to report! It has been just over a month since Jackson turned one and we really stepped up our game to curb his unwanted behavior. This month has been extremely challenging, eye-opening and amazing. The biggest “wins” …
Another Weekend of Yardwork
For the first time in my life I can say that I have been enjoying yardwork. I’m not sure what clicked but this weekend I was actually happy to be outside pulling weeds, planting flowers and shrubs and helping Alex spread mulch and compost in our flowerbeds. I bet my mother never thought that day …