I'm working on a post that isn't quite ready yet about some of the HUGE life changes we made that helped us chip away at debt, but the truth is, the smaller daily changes are what will sustain healthy spending habits long term. I think about early sobriety and the days when I didn't know … Continue reading Sobriety and Spending Series: Small Changes
In the past I've written a bit about my debt repayment and my journey to simplicity, and this week I wanted to put together some resources for those of you looking to get started on your own journeys. I found that when I stopped drinking, I started to examine my relationship to money. To things. … Continue reading Sobriety and Spending Series
Recently my brother and I took a family hike day to the Arizona Hot Springs Trail out past Boulder City. It's one of the most popular trails in this area in the fall and winter for good reason--the stunning views and the natural hot springs. Other people have done an incredible job laying out how … Continue reading Arizona Hot Springs Trail Tips
Last year I wrote a post that compiled options of what to drink when you're not drinking from the north end of the Strip to the south. But the thing is, unless we work on the strip, most of us locals really don't spend much time there. For Dry January 2019 I wanted to create … Continue reading What to drink when you’re not drinking…The DTLV Edition
Year one, done! My husband and I celebrated our daughter's first birthday recently and it felt like such a huge accomplishment. The past 12 months have been incredible, exhausting, enlightening, overwhelming, and totally worth it. I wanted to create something to mark the milestone, so for the past few months I've been putting together something … Continue reading Introducing the New Parent Deck
To everyone out there doing their first Dry January...CONGRATS! You're over a week and a half in and I am so excited for you. There are a million reasons people choose to do a reset this month. The excess of the holidays. The start of a new calendar year. Wanting to try something different. I … Continue reading Volunteering in Early Sobriety
Hey friends! Is anyone feeling any holiday fatigue yet? 😉 Make sure you're taking downtime when you need it, saying a gentle 'No' if you need to rest and reset. I know this time of year can be particularly overwhelming for us between travel, family time, out of town visitors, birthday celebrations--all the things. As … Continue reading What I’m Looking forward to in 2019
Death Valley is one of the most special places I've ever been. The vast, strange, quiet history of the desert is expansive. Every time we've been for a day trip or overnight, I've come home feeling replenished and restored. Well...almost every time. This past visit there was the great "food poisoning of 2018" event...but that … Continue reading Scotty’s Castle Flood Recovery Tour at Death Valley National Park
Before I moved back home to Vegas from Chicago we used to come back once a year, usually around Easter for a week. I looked forward to that week of warm sunshine for months, cursing the chilly midwest short dark days. When we touched down in Vegas, it was a family tradition to head over … Continue reading Historical Vegas Mocktail collaboration with Culinary Historian & Author Sarah Lohman
A few weeks ago the folks of Wild & Free: A Battleborn Podcast were kind enough to let me join and talk a little bit about sobriety during the holidays, and if you'd like, you can listen here. I know my first holiday season sober was difficult, but these days it's something most of my … Continue reading How to be a sober inclusive holiday host
Hope everyone out there had a wonderful Thanksgiving! We had family visiting and hosted dinner potluck style at our house--it was fun to have everyone in our small living room together eating, talking, and playing games.I wanted to share this week, in case you had not already seen it, that the totally free 2019 Sober … Continue reading The 100% Free Sober in Vegas 2019 Calendar
Lately my feelings have been all over the place. Change in weather, getting ready for the holidays, getting ready for our daughter's first birthday. Reflecting on the past few months of so many things going on--the art show, events, travel, family obligations, work obligations. And I've been taking an emotional and spiritual temperature check. One … Continue reading Saying No…So I Can Say Yes
