10 Things to Expect when Visiting Yellowstone in Early Summer

If you’re like me, you are the kind of person who loves to be in the outdoors, but also likes modern conveniences. I’m the type of person who loves being outdoors, but would really prefer having a bed and a shower at night rather than hiking all day and sleeping in a tent at night….

What It’s REALLY like Working in a Flower Shop

“You must have the happiest job ever… being surrounded by all these flowers all the time” -everyone who walks into the shop At first, I would have to agree with this statement. I DO have the happiest job. I AM surrounded by all this beauty! I get to be creative and I am paid for…

A Florist Takes a Trip to a Flower Farm

“I am a Florist” -Me That is such a fun thing to say, “I am a florist”. People are usually so surprised to hear that I am a professional florist. I’ll give it to them, it is definitely unique! Especially for some young slick rick like me. I don’t know why but when I think…

DIY Refurbishing a Midcentury Arm Chair

So I recently moved into a new rent house in the city and I honestly couldn’t be more excited.  My new place is in a great youthful neighborhood, is much cheaper than my old place AND is bigger. Safe to say, I was excited to get out of my college digs and actually decorate my…

Iceland: The Land of Fire, Ice, and Tornados? (Day 6)

Day 6 Near Reykjavik Activities: This morning we are on our way to go glacier climbing but the weather is crappy switching between rain and hail.  We stopped to go to the bathroom before beginning our trek up on the glacier and YALL THE BATHROOM AT THE BASE OF THIS GLACIER CRACKED ME UP. As…

Iceland: The Land of Fire, Ice and The Pit of Misery, Dilly Dilly? (Day 5)

Day 5   Activities:  I feel like Iceland is basically just a lot of water in different forms when you go in the winter.  I mean they’ve got the Atlantic Ocean, Ice, Glaciers, snow, fog, clouds, waterfalls, hail storms, geysers… need I say more? Well today we saw at least 8 of those 9 water…

Iceland: Land of Fire, Ice, and More Ice (Day 4)

Day 4 Near Hofn—->sveitarfélagið hornafjörður glacier—-> Hella Today we prepare ourselves to go ice caving.  None of us are entirely sure what that means, but I’m so excited even though we have total cloud cover and dense fog.  Who needs to see anyways? We start our tour and our guide has a monotone voice and…

Iceland: Land of Fire, Ice, and Northern Lights (Day 3)

Day Three Egilsstaðir—>Djúpivogur—> Near Höfn East Coast of Iceland Activities Today was an extremely chill day with no real “activity” scheduled.  Therefore, Halli gave us the ability to tell him to stop on the side of the road at any point we wanted pictures.  So basically, that is all we did all day long is…

Iceland: Land of Fire, Ice, and Sulfuric Fumes (DAY 2)

Day Two Akureyri —>Goðafoss—->skútustaðahreppur—->Myvatn Nature Baths —->Egilsstaðir (North Iceland to North East Iceland) Stories I had the absolute best night of sleep ever because yesterday was the longest day ever.  From an overnight flight that I didn’t sleep on, riding horses, spending all day in a car, and freezing your butt off can really take…

Iceland: The Land of Fire, Ice, and Furry FLOOFS (Day 1)

DAY ONE Reykjavik —–> Hraunfossar—–>  Akureyri Southwest iceland to North Hello interwebs! There are so many parts of this trip, both good and bad, that are all working in unison to create the beauty of traveling with my family.  I think that the best way to approach this would be to tell my point of…