The Adventures of Us
Enjoy our adventures below as we try to balance our lives between work, two kids, and ... relaxation.

Book Review: The Last Days of the Incas

The Last Days of the Incas details the story of the rise of the Incan empire to Francisco Pizzaro’s takeover in his pursuit for power and wealth. Kim MacQuarrie, the author, does a good job of telling the Incan story as if he…

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Bikram Yoga

For the past two weeks Andy and I have been going to Bikram yoga on Monday and Wednesday nights from 8:30-10:00pm. My friend Nagisa got me into it and told me about a deal where you can go as many times as you…

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Best Invention Ever!

Last weekend I heard about something called the Furminator. It is supposed to remove the under coats of animal hair to reduce shedding, plus it is really fun to say. I heard the tool was about $20 so I was a bit skeptical.…

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Bidwell, Broken Bands, and Brewery

Bridget signed us up for Chico’s Bidwell half marathon in December, still a bit excited finishing the marathon. Our intentions for going to Chico were different: Bridget wanted to see how her IT band was going to react to the race, and I…

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Book Review: Email Marketing – An Hour a Day

So the past month I’ve been chipping away at an email strategy book. With the merger into One to One, I’ve been placed into our email and widget division. So, I figured I could use a little more info around email strategy. Email…

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Good job St. Mary’s, Bad job Target

The good: We have been going to St. Mary’s Gym for the past year. They had a deal where if you went to the gym 120 times in the year, they’d kick you back $150. We had joined the gym October 2nd. But,…

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B-Days and V-Day

It’s that time of year again, where everyone seems to have a birthday or is trying to find a Valentine. The month kicks off with Bridget’s Bday. Bridget’s Birthday This is the age that Bridget will be for probably the next six years.…

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Good Kitties

Just wanted to post proof that our kitties do actually get along…only when we’re not looking.

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Craft Project

I bought these two leaves for about $10 several months ago at a model home sale. I thought they were pretty cool and unique. After I brought them home I had a little bit of buyers remorse thinking that they were neutral just…

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New Years Resolutions

Several people have asked me what my new years resolutions  are for this year. I had never really thought of doing any new years resolutions. The only new years resolution I had ever heard of was people trying to lose weight and I…

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