Short version: On Monday morning, we closed on our property! Give us a few months to settle in and build some things out, then we’re open for visitors 😉 Long version: Last week, AC drove back to Louisiana for her nephew’s 8th grade graduation. I opted to sit that one out because we’d already made that drive twice in the last 4 months so I was tapped out. Not only did AC get some good…
We’ve been building up to this moment for over a year and it’s finally here! Buckle up, y’all–we’re under contract on our homestead property and it’s gonna be a fun ride! Our new home is in the tiny little town of Marble, NC, in between Murphy and Andrews, and about 2 hours from Chattanooga (we’re the yellow star in the map below). We’ll be about equidistant from my sister’s family, and my parents, brother and…
It’s been a good week y’all! I’ve gone from Boston to Austin and, though I’m pretty tired, I’ve had a lot of fun. My brother, Miles (also known to some of his high school Spanish students and cross country runners as Mr. Master Senor Coach Bryan) accomplished an amazing feat and ran the Boston Marathon this past Monday. Miles didn’t become a serious runner until he lived with me in Austin back in 2014 and…
Hi all! We’ve been at my parents’ in the piedmont of South Carolina for about a month now. When we first landed, we did absolutely nothing for a solid 3 days. We were exhausted and just needed some time to recuperate. Once we were recharged, it was back to the house hunt, with a lot of basketball and a bit of fun sprinkled in here and there! Mom’s tiny little alma mater, Presbyterian College, made…
It feels weird to be writing this, but the travel portion of our adventure has finally come to a close. It’s a bittersweet ending because we learned so much and had a ton of fun, but we’re also ready for the next phase: putting all those learnings to use on our own homestead. We have many, many people to thank for supporting us throughout our trip–too many people to list in this post so, whether…
We spent last week with my sister, brother-in-law, and two nephews in Chattanooga and my heart is full. Your’s would be, too, if you had a whole week of this goodness: Miles will be 3 in April and is currently potty training, which provided some top notch entertainment! We pulled into the driveway to see him practicing his aim on their retaining wall. Then, after we unloaded our (second) cooler full of elk meat into…
Howdy friends! We’ve had a busy two weeks in Texas and Louisiana. We kicked off our time in Austin with a weekend at Sasha’s house in the hill country near Lake Travis. Stacey joined us on Saturday and we spent time catching up, eating delicious food (thanks, Chef Graham!), and playing with Sasha’s puppies. On Sunday, we relocated to Jen’s place in our old stomping grounds of north Austin. Jen is AC’s “Austin Mom” and…
We took a 3-week detour, but today we fly back to Austin to pick up where we left off! Quick recap: Right before our scheduled departure from New Mexico, AC had a snowboarding accident that separated her shoulder. We made a beeline for our next long-ish stop, Austin, TX, where we were told we should really have the surgery wherever we plan to end up (so AC can do post-op stuff) so we booked a…
Hi friends! To avoid 72 separate posts about AC’s shoulder saga, we’re going to have this single, running post, that I’ll update regularly. If you want to know how things are going, keep checking back here 🙂 Jan. 23: At AC’s appointment in Austin yesterday, the ortho strongly encouraged us to have AC’s surgery at our final destination so AC can attend follow-up appointments. Immediately after leaving his office, we made some quick calls to…
Well, we are on the road again! Saturday morning we loaded up our truck and left the snowy mountains of New Mexico, but our destination changed. The original plan was to hit a few more national parks- White Sands, Carlsbad Caverns, Guadalupe Mountains, and Big Bend- before heading to Austin, TX, but AC had an accident so we are now headed to meet an orthopedic surgeon. More on that to come. Since last week was…