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Crescent Lake in October

9:00 AM / BY aki!
Crescent Lake is on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. It's about 3-4 hours from the city of Seattle. The Crescent Lake Lodge is a small grouping of cabins and rooms on Crescent Lake. It's open from Late April through the end of November.  I last visited in late October a few years ago and the temperatures were already very chilly. We stayed in the "Storm King" rooms which were built like hotel rooms with queen/king...

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Books I Didn't Finish

8:00 AM / BY aki!
I was able to read 12 books in 2019, which is huge for me, since I don't remember reading any books for the past 5 years and I think the last time I read two books in a year was when it was required in college. That being said, there were several books that I picked up, started and didn't finish. This could be due to many reasons from being busy when I picked up...

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Hood River Weekend Trip

7:47 AM / BY aki!
As the weather gets warmer and we continue to be stuck indoors, I am looking forward to going out somewhere.  Spring/summer is usually the time when we go on a few weekends trips to other places in the PNW. I'm trying to relive this trip that we took last year to Hood River.  ---- One of the things that I haven't taken enough advantage of in WA is the availability of weekend getaways. Wine country,...

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30 Days at Home

9:12 AM / BY aki!
It's been 33 days since a worldwide pandemic was declared, 28 days since I started working from home, and 20 days since our Governor issued a stay at home order. March has felt so incredibly busy, and looking at the summary above, so quick. Has it only been a month of working at home? This feels like the new normal. Everyday, I'm struggling to catch up with work, a kitchen that never seems to be...

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Q2 Purchases

11:05 PM / BY aki!
How did this happen again? After making some big declarations last year about blogging, I'm now one year behind.  Well, no time like the present to catch up! This recaps my 2019 Q2 Purchases, following my Q1 recap from Q1 in May.   In Q2 2019, I made some bigger purchases - from Shein as well as from Sephora.  This was my first time ordering from Shein and I have to remind myself not to do...

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Owning the FitBit

8:14 AM / BY aki!
Ahhh. Owning the Fitbit. How many years has it been since these gadgets first came out?  After getting my first Fitbit in 2015, I've owned 3 Fitbits across the years. I got 2 of the Charge HR Model (pictured), and my current Fitbit is the Alta.  They say that people who get devices like this usually let go of them within 6 months. While that very well may be me, if I can get 6...

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You're getting everything you wanted!

8:16 AM / BY aki!
Someone said this to me when I left my last company in January. I had wanted a new job working fewer hours, and she was congratulating me on that. I also mentioned that I was going to get a dog, which was something else that I've wanted forever and brought up in every other conversation.  When she said this, I was taken aback. What did she mean by "You're getting everything that you wanted"? Excuse...

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