This week marked my 40th week of pregnancy, and I had prepared by deciding to take the week off work and start my maternity leave. Of course that has meant that nothing has actually happened, but I'm sure my coworkers were all relieved to not have me waddling in to work and making their worst fears come true: my water breaking in the...

Scared yet? We're heading up there! Angel's Landing is the most well-known hike in Zion National Park, and a destination trip for nature lovers and thrill seekers across the US.  When we first started planning our trip to Utah, I made the mistake of watching some seriously scary hiking videos on youtube where scaling the edge of Angel's Landing with nothing but a chain...

Creating a personal, lived in feel in a new home can raise challenges.  There's something so austere about freshly painted walls and pristine floors.  But our new contributor, Esther, is showing off how she established her own unique style in her new Raleigh home.  The last thing you want when you walk into a home is to feel like you've stepped into a...

Last fall we hit the road for the most amazing vacation through some of the Southwest's best national parks.  We've been lucky enough to have vacationed in Spain, Paris, Costa Rica... my husband and I both agree that our trip through Arizona and Utah was the best of anything we've done so far! You can check the full itinerary here, but we're getting...

Rewind your mindset to 2011.  The housing market is around rock bottom -- even here in Raleigh. Homes were routinely sitting on the market for over a year as the economy continued to stutter and falter.  My husband was a few years into his job, living from dorm to apartment to apartment with his college roommates, and he was at the time in...