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Our family spent four days in Pacific City, Oregon over the Fourth of July. I am pretty sure the vacation and celebration was the beginning of a new family tradition! Share this:

odyssey is home from his odyssey

Thank you to all of our friends and neighbors in Tigard, on Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere for your help today!  Odyssey found a warm place to get out of the rain today.  He walked into a garage in our neighborhood and found a friend (Grace the chocolate lab) and her dog loving owners.  They took him [...]

LOST DOG…PLEASE HELP!!!

Our 6 year old black lab got out of our garage around 8am this morning (Sunday, June 6th).  We have been searching for him in the pouring rain for over 3 hours now! LOST DOG…PLEASE HELP! He is a tall and skinny, intact male.  He is not wearing a collar, but does have a microchip!  [...]

Green Living is Just Living

I have been immersed in this “green” movement for at least 15 years since I majored in Environmental Studies while going to the University of Colorado at Boulder.  It probably started before that, though.  I remember picking up trash while we were out on hikes as a family, and leaving our campground better than we [...]

My Most Demanding Client, Part 2

She keeps me on my toes and awake at night.  She always has work for me to do, but she always has a tight budget. She has a mind racing full of ideas for every project and it can change with any give moment. If you hadn’t guessed already, she is ME! I am my [...]

My Most Demanding Client, Part 1

I am working with a repeat client right now. The good news is that she always has work for me to do, the bad news is that she always has work for me to do. Do you have any clients like this? Leave a comment…I will have more to come on Wednesday! Share this:

Farmers Markets

It’s almost time for Farmers Markets here in the Northwest! I love this time of year. Spending Saturday morning looking through fresh produce and flowers has been something I look forward to each Spring. It started with the Boulder County Farmers Market when my parents would come up to Boulder to visit me when I [...]

Happy Earth Day…it’s that simple

I’ve been thinking for days about what I wanted to write about for my Earth Day post.  It hasn’t been easy.  I’ve watched my twitter feed, read magazines, surfed the internet, read many other blog posts, and searched my own book shelves and knowledge base to find something that was right, but I couldn’t.  I [...]

NCIDQ October 2010

This is a goal I have had for 9 years.  A. Big. Goal.  Now I am putting a timeframe on it.  I have always said I would take it when I met the qualifications…well, I have met the qualifications.  No more putting it off.  For those of you who have no idea what the NCIDQ is [...]

New Hotel Smell

I did not know that I would find myself in the field of hospitality design when I went back to school to become and interior designer.  However, when my husband and I made the move to Oregon 3 years ago an amazing opportunity presented itself.  I found a job with a small interior design firm [...]