The Yellow Desk

Do you love to read blogs? I do! I love reading about people's lives and adventures. Their journey as they try to make the most of this life we have. My friend, Cortney, turned me on to this cool website where you can follow all the blogs you love in one, easy to get to place (they even have a phone app!). It's called Bloglovin' and I am lovin' it! It's super easy to follow a blog you like. Go to Bloglovin.com, create an account and then just type in the name of the blog(s) y

Old home, it's such a strange phrase. It's not a home that is old in years, but for us, rather our past home. The home we used to live in. The home Dennis lived in for almost his entire adult life. The home that I lived in for the last 8 years with him. The phrase also embodies the location where we used to live in the Mojave Desert of Southern California. Old home. We say it all the time now. We started saying it after we moved into our home on the lake. We would accidentall

I love how vastly different the terrain here in Oregon is. From our little piece of rain forest paradise to the mountains and hillsides, to the desert and more lakes and even snowy peaks! One thing you can count on, even in the more desert-like areas, is that there is always water somewhere nearby. This gorgeous shot of Bend, Oregon is by Ana Peter. I love the beauty of this space washed in that golden sunshine. Bend and some of the larger cities are a bit more pricey than t

Today is International Childfree Day. It’s a holiday to celebrate the women who have either chosen – or life has chosen for them – to not have children. I found out about this International holiday from a support group I stumbled onto online. They even have a childfree retreat for women without children. I never thought to even look for a support group for women without children. I never knew I might want or need one. I’m not sure I really do need one. What I do know is that