With Love and Luck

Camping Season

Now that I have been freed of the giant leg brace from my torn ACL and meniscus my mountain adventures shall continue! I've been jonesin' to get out and explore once again. Thanks to my awesome friend Adam who lives in Portland, OR I was able to do so this past weekend. Adam is incredible and putting together trips and adventures for our group of friends. We headed from Seattle to Silver Creek, WA to set up camp at Ike Kinswa State Park. I highly recommend you checking out this site http://www.parks.wa.gov/parks/?selectedpark=Ike%20Kinswa ! As I pulled up to the site I realized there was a lot more people gathering then I originally thought (which was 5). Turns out 12 lovely people showed up for the weekend shenanigans. We got in pretty late Friday night but were able to set up camp before the sun went down. As everyone trickled in we sat around the fire for some drinks, eats, and good conversation. Saturday morning we woke up to a beautiful, beautiful day ahead of us. Debating whether we should hike or hang around and play games we settled on finding a lake, setting up a badminton/volleyball net and let the games begin. We ate, drank and laughed into the evening. As evening rolled around we settled on campfire stories, slapping the bag and food. The question game became the hot topic of conversation. One person asks a deep or not so deep question and everyone has to go around the circle answering to the best of their abilities. A few of us even teared up at some of the questions and answers. Although some of us were meeting for the first time what I loved this about this group of people was that no one held back their fears, happiness or emotions. A genuine group of real people that all connect.

Cheers to adventures..

hanging out at the lake.. 75 degrees in Washington. we'll take it!

adam | the man responsible for the amazing weekend

oberon | the beer responsible for the amazing weekend

awaiting the arrivals..

swimming | badminton | volleyball | drinks

sandwich time!

beach naps

two nights of beautiful sunsets over the lake

part of the gang

we found a rope. naturally that involved rope swinging into the COLD water

one of my bestest

Neutral Milk Hotel

Multi-Faceted Designer Creates 600 Unique Business Cards

For Brazilian artist and designer Matheus Dacosta, no two of his business cards look the same.

http://designtaxi.com/news/352144/Multi-Faceted-Designer-Creates-600-Unique-Business-Cards/

Old Crow Medicine Show

The Lumineers

Update!

Happy Spring!

Although I am extremely jealous of the weather they are having back home in Michigan, I am very thankful for the sunshine :) The weather in Seattle has not lived up to the stereotype of rainy/cloudy everyday. It's been surprisingly sunnier than last winter in Ohio. This weather makes me that much more determined in my recovery from ACL/meniscus surgery. The surgery was 4+ weeks ago, which is hard to believe. Time is flying people! I am happy to report that I am right on track with my physical therapy. I can bend my leg 90 degrees and I can almost straighten all the way, I'm at 6 degrees. The comparison from ACL surgery 10 years ago is unremarkable. For being a big baby, I have hardly been in ANY pain! It's been a frustrating road but I keep telling myself, it could have been worse.

To fill my time that once was filled with running, yoga, hiking and skiing it has been replaced with wedding, business, wedding and more wedding. Not MY wedding.. wedding biz :) Check out the launch at www.tableofcontentsevents.com . We are so excited and thrilled to be on this journey. Our LLC has been sent in and we are awaiting that lovely piece of paper in the mail saying we are official! Currently, we are working on the legal side of things to make sure we have all our ducks in a row before moving too far forward. Any legal people out there with advice? We'd love to hear it! We sent out our first order of table numbers to a customer in Canada. Her response once she received her table numbers:

"I just wanted to let you know that I received the table numbers and they are beautiful! Adam and I love them and cannot wait to use them on our wedding day."

To make people happy, makes me happy! We are also in the process of working on table numbers and invites for another customer. When she saw the invite proof for the first time she said she cried. I read this e-mail on the bus and naturally, I started crying. The bus riders probably thought I was crazy.. well maybe not. There are some interesting characters on the bus. But again, it makes me so happy that someone else is happy with something we could do for them. This solidifies that we are heading in the right direction and feeling good about it!

Things are looking up around here! Pictures updates..