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  • Beautiful Waterfall Hike in Lytle Creek
  • Confession Time: I Obsess and Overthink Everything (Almost)
  • How my approach to sun protection changed after my diagnosis
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Life

2022 – New Year Means New Years Resolutions

I spent a lot of 2021 upset about where I was (am) in life and was too scared to actually make any changes. I spent all of 2021 thinking about…

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January 20, 2022
The Other Stuff

Reminder to Believe in Myself

Today marks five years exactly since I got on a plane and moved to Hawaii. I've talked about that experience many times on this blog, but today's anniversary hit different.…

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September 25, 2020
Life

Turning 30: The Start of a New Year, a New Decade and a New Chapter

Like I do every year, I am ready to outline my goals, my resolutions if you will, for this next year. However, since this isn't just any birthday, it's, as…

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January 28, 2021
  • Travel & Adventure

    Beautiful Waterfall Hike in Lytle Creek

    March 23, 2023 /

    In case you missed it, a few weeks ago California was hit with some unusual snow. The mountain communities here in SoCal were pummeled with unusually high snowfall. It was so cold and so wet here where I live that even the communities down here in the Valley saw snow. Real snow. Not just hail or flurries that melted once they hit the ground. Actual snow. (Not enough to do anything with, but having grown up in this area, it was a big deal.)

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    Confession Time: I Obsess and Overthink Everything (Almost)

    March 7, 2023 /

    You see I'm the person that will write and re-write an email or a text over and over again obsessing over every word, even when it's not an important message. When someone takes too long to write me back I'll worry that my sense of humor or sarcasm was misread and literally have to stop myself from texting back to clarify (99% of the time I'm reading into nothing and logically I know that, but that doesn't help me). After I hang out with an old friend I'll replay the afternoon or the evening in my head worried that I may have done something wrong. And even when there is…

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    How my approach to sun protection changed after my diagnosis

    February 23, 2023 /

    Because I grew up with my dad fighting melanoma, SPF and I have been BFFs all my life, but that doesn't mean I was perfect when it came to sun protection. In fact after my diagnosis last year I sat down and took a hard look at how I approached sun care and found several obvious ways I could do better. Easy changes, that I'm very disappointed in myself for not doing sooner, but are quickly becoming habits now!

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  • Travel & Adventure

    Hiking The Slot in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park

    February 14, 2023 /

    This past weekend, my husband and I finally got around to hauling our butts nearly three hours down to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park to hike one of the best-known slot canyons in Southern California, The Slot. The Slot is a slot canyon hike (obviously) located in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, down in San Diego county. The trail is a 2.3-mile loop and is rated moderate according to AllTrails.

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  • Travel & Adventure

    Winter Camping In Joshua Tree & The Three Ps

    February 4, 2023 /

    We knew camping in Joshua Tree in December was a potentially poor choice. We knew it would be really cold, but it actually ended up being so much more than we ever could have imagined. We made it and it was an adventure, but we were in no way prepared for what we faced.

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    Now I’m 32

    January 28, 2023 /

    31 was a year of major growth, lots of risk-taking, and a huge confidence builder. It challenged me, pushed me, and helped me realize that I can do hard things. I can believe in myself and I can accomplish a lot. I'm walking out of 31 and into 32 so proud of what I have accomplished and energized to keep pushing forward. Last year was just the beginning. Just a sample of what I can do, and an appetizer, if you will, to what I want to do.

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    9 Instagram Accounts That Make Me Happy

    January 24, 2023 /

    Now don't get me wrong, I love Instagram! But I realized a few years ago that certain accounts left me feeling bad about myself or angry or a laundry list of other negative emotions. To counter this I began to unfollow any accounts that weren't healthy for me and started picking up some pretty great accounts along the way. By now I've made my Instagram feed a pretty safe place to be, filled with my friends, family, cute animals, sustainability tips, yummy food, and a handful of accounts that just make me feel good, and I want to share those accounts with you.

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  • Travel & Adventure

    First Hike Of 2023 – Hiking In The Snow

    January 13, 2023 /

    This past weekend I went on my first hike of 2023 and boy did it kick my butt! Not only was it my first hike of 2023, but it was also one of my first real hikes in months (with the exception of Joshua Tree, last month but that was a fairly level hike), a hike in pretty deep snow (a first), and at a pretty high elevation (we ended at around 8000 feet and climbed just over 1000 feet). We weren't prepared for this hike, but I am so happy we did it.

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    I’m Back With 22 Things That Made 2022

    January 4, 2023 /

    I am back and although this wasn’t a fully planned break, it was much needed. My cancer diagnosis was a blow I wasn’t expecting and it really took it out of me – not physically, just emotionally. After processing that news I tried to get back into writing and posting, but honestly, I had a lot going on the last two months. The holidays are always crazy, trying to balance family and friends, everyone wants to do stuff, and on top of it all, the husband and I went on a very dumb but very fun camping trip. Also, I basically was sick from Halloween, until sometime last week. Don’t…

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  • Life

    I have cancer.

    November 21, 2022 /

    I wasn't going to make this a blog post, but as I've tried to work through this over the past few weeks, it's become really clear that I need to. One, because this blog is where I figure life out. This is where I go to share what I'm going through and work through it. Also, since getting this news I've sat down to write about other things, regularly scheduled content, and it just didn't feel important. This is all I've wanted to write about. And lastly, I've been searching the internet trying to find someone, anyone, to tell me it was ok to feel the way I feel and…

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The way the water is flowing right now I have a fe The way the water is flowing right now I have a feeling I'm going to be saying this a lot, but Millard Canyon Falls is probably one of the prettiest overall hikes in the area. Not only are the falls gorgeous but the entire hike up was too. Totally worth wading through knee deep water a dozen times.
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As you can tell by my face I'm not a huge fan of t As you can tell by my face I'm not a huge fan of the hike up, but the falls are so worth it! 3.4 miles, Etiwanda Falls in Rancho Cucamonga.
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While I don't necessarily enjoy the hike up to Eti While I don't necessarily enjoy the hike up to Etiwanda Falls, I will admit out of all the local falls it is by far my favorite!
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I used to do "dumb" things like this all the time I used to do "dumb" things like this all the time in Hawaii. Hiking in the rain, crossing deep, rough water. But for some reason when there's a chill in the air and the water is a bit icy, it's a bit more intimidating. No less fun, but more intimidating for sure!
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Tickle's birthday would be coming up next month an Tickle's birthday would be coming up next month and although I don't cry as often as I used to and the pain has dampened into more of a deep occasional ache, the smallest things can still remind me of her, whether it's an old photo, stumbling across an old toy, or just a rogue memory...idk if I'm ready for her first birthday on the other side of the rainbow bridge 🌈
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Let's go hike to a waterfall in Lytle Creek! . . . Let's go hike to a waterfall in Lytle Creek!
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Headed out yesterday searching for some snow ❄️ and instead ended up chasing waterfalls.
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It's been a few weeks but I still don't feel like It's been a few weeks but I still don't feel like I've had the opportunity to properly share how beautiful The Slot in @anzaborregodesertsp was.
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I may not be there yet, but last year definitely p I may not be there yet, but last year definitely pointed me in the right direction.
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