To catch up on this Iceland adventure, check out part i and part ii. One of my favorite details of traveling through Iceland was the hidden folk. For many in Iceland, the Huldufólk are not merely fictional characters in the country’s colorful mythology. There seems to be a profound belief in the existence of these supernatural […]
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ICELAND: PART II
Who’s ready for their next Icelandic language lesson?? We started to notice some similarities in a lot of the places we were going. For example, all the waterfalls ended in “foss”… So here were some things that helped us: á = river foss = waterfall fjall = mountain fjörður = fjord or inlet gata = […]
ICELAND: PART I
Earlier this year, Matt and I had the wonderful opportunity come up to travel with a couple of other couple friends, Padmay and Kristake. We all know each other from our Lubbock days but have since moved around the country. Aside from traveling to meet up with friends for a long weekend, Matt and I […]
PURA VIDA! COSTA RICA
Matt’s birthday is in January, only a few days before mine. Plus a year. And for his big 3-0 a few years ago, he wanted to do something big! Travel somewhere! Which is totally fine with me because that means I probably get to be traveling somewhere for my birthday too! Extra fine because it was […]
ORC: GUEST BEDROOM–THE REVEAL
Hi all! It’s been one of those crazy kind of days over here, so let’s just cut to the chase and show you the reveal of the guest bedroom! To see where we started, you can see what this room looked like as a blank space when we moved in to this home here. And […]
ORC: GUEST BEDROOM–WEEK 5
Hello friends! I’ve had a lot of little projects going on here, and I’m excited to share some updates with you. Day by day, the guest bedroom continues to evolve and I love they way it’s turning out even more than I knew I could. To see how far it’s come, be sure to take […]
ORC: GUEST BEDROOM–WEEK 4
The quick and dirty here is that I’m turning our guest bedroom from a space that has housed a lot of convenient decor pieces we have, to a real retreat for our visitors in 6 weeks. If you’d like to catch up on the evolution of this bedroom, be sure to check out posts one, […]
OUR HONEYMOON: GETTING THERE
Matt and I we’re pretty much debating between a Caribbean island, Iceland, or Hawaiʻi for our honeymoon, and Hawaiʻi, specifically Kauai, won. I think it came down to a concern about the zika virus and a want for more beachfront. Most, if not all, of the planning fell on Matt’s shoulders, so I can’t speak […]