It's crunch time! ðŠ
3 days ago âĒ 2 min readHappy Monday, Reader We're home!! I'll share more thoughts in a future email, as I'm still catching up from this trip â and I leave for Anchorage again on Thursday ð
â but our trip was a success: Baby V had a good time, and we did too! (You can see a bunch of recap posts over on my Facebook Page if you missed them...) Today I want to chat about the Ultimate Explorer competition, as it's a crunch week. If I finish this week (which ends on Thursday night) in the #1 position, I move on to the...
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10 days ago âĒ 1 min readHappy Monday, Reader How's your week been? I'm traveling this week* â a recap is coming in next week's email! *Don't forget you can find daily posts from my trip on Facebook & Instagram! Today I'll keep it short and sweet in the same format as previous emails... --- The Ultimate Explorer Competition --- I finished #2 again last week, which reduced us down to the Top 10 â apparently my group is quite competitive! I need to finish in the top 5 this week to continue to the next phase, which I'm...
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17 days ago âĒ 1 min readHappy Monday, Reader As mentioned last week, I'm simplifying these emails for the next few weeks. They'll be shorter and have two main sections â so let's dive in! --- The Ultimate Explorer Competition --- First up, an update on the Ultimate Explorer competition: I made it to the top 15 last week (and was #1 in my group). Thank you to everyone who voted after last week's email, as it helped me pop back to the top of my group in a snap ðŦ° This week, they're trimming to the top 10, so if you...
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24 days ago âĒ 1 min readHappy Monday, Reader I've been sitting here for about 45 minutes now, writing and then deleting emails to you. I looked back at what I've sent these past few months, and realized: I'm just not happy with what I'm doing right now. I've been sending business-ish updates for a while, but I don't really want these emails to be about my business. I want them to be about travel. That said, I haven't been traveling much this year because A) Baby V is still so small (6 months already, though!) and B)...
READ POSTðŦĢ Behind the scenes lately...
about 1 month ago âĒ 1 min readHappy Monday, Reader First off, thank you to everyone who did not email me to let me know I had a typo in my last email â I said it was Wednesday when it was Monday (#mombrain ðĪŠ) Secondly, how was your weekend? Mine was good! Mr. V is doing a sailing class so Baby V and I hung out just the two of us all weekend. We had a few nice walks and got a lot of house chores done. It was very domestic ð
I'm already ramping up for our Alaska cruise in a few weeks though... Two more things I want to...
READ POSTðģïļ Can I count on your support?
about 1 month ago âĒ 1 min readHappy Wednesday, Reader I'm back! As promised! How was your weekend? On our end, we went for a nice long walk in our neighborhood, took a big chunk out of the hedge we're removing from our front yard, spent some quality time as a family â and I got a break to go play Dungeons & Dragons with friends. It was a great weekend in my book, and I hope yours was good too. I mentioned in last week's email that I had some news to share, so here it is: I've been selected to compete to win in the...
READ POSTð Long time, no email! How ya been?
about 1 month ago âĒ 2 min readHappy Wednesday, Reader Somehow it's been three weeks since my last email â I think I definitely should have taken a planned summer break from emailing, like I have in years past... rather than leaving you hanging wondering where oh where is Valerie's email this week? whatever will I do without it?! (Because I know you've definitely been thinking that ð) In any case, hi! Good to see you! Welcome to August! Oh, and Baby V is six months old today! Time is flying, my friends! As I know many are...
READ POSTðĪïļ What's coming down the pike for me and this site...
2 months ago âĒ 2 min readHappy Monday, Reader In my last email, I mentioned I was going to start taking the second week of the month off from blog work â and I think (or I guess based on not emailing last week) that includes my emails if I don't get my thoughts scheduled to send in advance. Anyway, how are you? How was your week last week? I got some things done around the house and our rental units, plus worked on some other projects that might become a bigger focus in the coming months. Additionally, I had some...
READ POSTðĪ Pondering my future â a few takeaways
3 months ago âĒ 2 min readHappy Monday Wednesday, ReaderLast week, I said I wasn't taking a break from emailing... but I guess I didn't say I would be perfect about emailing every Monday ð
(I've found it doesn't matter which day of the week I pick â I always miss a few!) Anyway, last week I also mentioned that I was taking a personal retreat day on Tuesday, which I did. The backstory is that for Mother's Day this year, Mr. V gave me "a day" so I cashed in that chip for an entire day "off" from mom duty and took it to...
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