A few weeks ago Raoul and I were given the awesome opportunity to have a free weekend at Buttonquail Nature Reserve in exchange for doing a review for IOL Travel. We had an absolutely awesome time (despite getting sunburned), and were really thankful for the opportunity. It was something we definitely couldn't have afforded right now otherwise.Read more »

Well, normally I don't blog until Raoul has begged, pleaded, and lectured for at least a couple weeks and has finally ended up chaining me to the computer, but I decided to break my pattern just this once because I'm so excited!Read more »

So I saw this interesting little thing on a friend's Facebook profile, and I thought it might be fun to do it and show all you blog readers what my life's soundtrack would be.Read more »

On Sunday, my family and I went to the Renaissance Festival. The "Ren Fest" has been a family tradition since I was probably only about 5 years old, possibly younger. Ren Fest is a traveling fair set up in the style of the European renaissance, usually somewhere in the 1500's. They have many artisan booths selling anything from jewelry trinkets to medieval weaponry; live entertainment such as comedy skits, music, dancing, jousting and a host of other attractions.Read more »