We are in the process of building with Fischer Homes, “the leading home builder in OH, KY, IN, GA, and MO.” If you're interested, you can read some documentation on our process here: Something Is Fishy About Fischer Homes. Earlier in the process, the Fischer rep asked us a few questions about our experience. One …
ICYMI, Dave and I are in the midst of the home build project from you-know-where. This is our third time building a new home, and if this had been our first experience, it most definitely would have been our last. It's been "overpromise and underdeliver" from day number one, mixed with an egregious lack of …
Can you believe 2022 is just around the corner? I'm still mentally back in the fall of 2019. BC, I call it: Before Covid. Hopefully, 2022 sees a bit more return to normalcy! Things started to feel more normal this past year, but of course there is still a ways to go. The 2021 year …
Before working for OpenVPN, I had only ever visited California once as a young kid. Now that I work for a company headquartered there, I get more opportunities to visit. Since HQ is right near San Francisco, my coworkers and I always try to extend our work trips to allow for some quality time as …
I was fortunate to spend a good chunk of my childhood in the gorgeous New York Finger Lakes. I lived just down the road from Seneca Lake for over a decade, in a charming little village called Dundee. I consider myself incredibly blessed to have grown up there. In this region, there are eleven lakes, …
Virginia is the place where life keeps taking me back. My family lives in Virginia Beach, and Dave and I were stationed in the Richmond area two separate times. There is a possibility we will end up living in the state again in the future — and even if we don’t ever get stationed there …
Ahhh. Hawaii. Need I say more? We are very fortunate to have two dear friends that are currently stationed in Honolulu, and they graciously entertain us whenever we are over that way. Hawaii is already a dreamy paradise, and having them there is like icing on the cake. I’m so grateful we have had multiple …
Alaska is such a special place to me. For three straight years, I spent a ton of time just outside Anchorage learning how to fly planes and perform aircraft maintenance — and I got to help out with Bible camps north of the Arctic Circle. I miss Alaska every single day, and I really hope …
Virginia Beach is a bit tougher to write about, just because we lived barely ninety minutes away for so long, and my family lives right in the city. So most of our time here was spent with family and friends, as if it were home, and not so much a vacation. However, we did a …
I love Scottsdale because everything about it is so extra. If Vegas is where the high rollers go on vacation, Scottsdale is where those high rollers live. You can’t stroll half a block without seeing a rare supercar speed by, and even trips to the supermarket call for red soles. It’s a magical, lux land, …
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