About

Hey there, I’m Amy.  I use this small corner of the internet as a journal to share with family and friends that like to see to see what I’m up to (and my husband too, although he doesn’t post much because he’s usually too busy doing actual work.)

We moved here to North Carolina to follow work in late 2005, away from many of our favorite people, who live scattered throughout the United States. We love living and working here, but we also miss seeing a lot of the people we care about in person.  Blogging is a good way to share life (especially pictures and video) between phone calls, emails, and all-too-rare visits, and it seems to work better for everyone than using one of the social media sites.

The original inspiration for this site was to share progress on the construction of our first house, which we built ourselves, largely with our own two hands. But, even after moving in, sharing pictures of our various adventures turned out to be fun and popular with friends and family. So the blog lives on, mostly as sporadic posts about motorcycle riding, hiking, travel, dog blogging, home improvement, and whatever points of interest inspires one of us to share.

So if you don’t know either if us, there is probably nothing here for you, but feel free to look around anyway. If you do know us, you’ll know we are grateful to have people who care to know what we’re up to.

So enjoy!

Here we are with our dog, Cody "The Bear," hiking at Pilot Mountain in Oct. 2010