Month: October 2020

Family, Fun & Camping

This is my mom in the van we camped in during my childhood. I absolutely love this picture. It feels like a picture right out of a late 60’s magazine. Mom getting the camper ready for lunch with the family. Is it not the cutest?? When I bought Effie I had all of these little day dreams of what camping with Effie would look like. Me getting the camper ready for lunch with the family. Cool fall mornings with lots of coffee. Watching the leaves fall while sitting around the campfire. Cool evenings eating chili around the campfire. Camping with family and making memories. I love my alone time in her but I was imagining all of the memories Effie had to offer. Several months ago I started planning an October family camping trip. I wanted to see how many family members I could get together at a campground and […]

Feeling Fall 2020

Hello Fall. It’s nice to see you. I love your cooler temps and the beautiful colors you bring to Kansas City. I love the smells your season brings be it an outside fire or all things pumpkin spice. I love this tree just up the street. It’s always the first tree I notice changing colors in the neighborhood. I have continued to eat whole foods and posted my second half of September but was fighting a few blog issues with my post. If you missed it you can now check out my blog post for Day 16-30, Whole Foods. I kept the whole month pretty simple as it reminds me that eating this way is not difficult after you discover what simple meals and staples works best. This year, I love that the fall season means that we are that much closer to this particular year being over. There. I […]