It’s been a busy December for the Wandering Dolphin crew! Here’s a quick catch-up from the past week or so… We celebrated an early Christmas with Andy’s aunt Kris. It was a nice, relaxing night in. We went to two other Christmas parties over the weekend. One ugly sweater party: And one party with my…

On this day, three years ago, we bought our home. It was a cold winter day when we drove it home from the dealership. We could hardly believe what we had done. We had a celebratory beer with our parents after getting it back to Andy’s dad’s house. It would be months before we’d hit…

With the recent fire scares and nerve-wracking weather, we haven’t strayed too far from home. We’ve been busy getting ready for the holidays — shopping for gifts and figuring out how to send things. Our weekend was filled with running errands and helping out in the park. The local garden club decorated a few things in…

Snow and ice storms, thunder and lightening, tornadoes, torrential downpours — these are all things I have dealt with in my life. And though none of them make me feel particularly comfortable, they are things I understand, things I grew up with. We’ve dealt with wildfire scares in Oklahoma and here in SoCal before, but…

December is here! But it certainly doesn’t feel that way with today’s high of 75 degrees. That’s a bit of a difference from our family and friends dealing with Minnesota’s 20 degrees (and they recently got a bit of snow). We’ve had a busy start to the month, with Andy working his new job and…