Sarah Who Wanders...

I actually have had time to write lately on my longest break from school. It's nice. You'll even see a new look here. If you missed our annual update letter and photos:  https://sarahwhowanders.blogspot.com/2019/12/our-annual-christmas-letter-update.html   I am not sure if you have seen it, but I have seen the idea of a small goal list instead of resolutions for 2020. 20 things to accomplish and or focus on in the year 2020. Some people even use the # 20 in their goals which you will see in a few of mine! I am a list-maker, goal setter, resolution dreamer. I am the person who LOVES stuff like this as well as picking a word to drive my year.  I can tell you that during this past year I fought to be more authentic. I wanted to be truer to me than I have ever been. Sometimes when you marry young, lose hope and faith during a divorce, begin raising children, switch careers, meet an amazing man...and so on...you start losing your own way and the things that make you YOU. You star

Merry Christmas! I am not sure I was organized enough to do cards or letters last year, so I decided this year it was worth the effort! We did do some Christmas cards, but we tend to send out a pretty small amount and save where we can! If you did receive a card, this electronic letter is the same-though it does have more/different photos! *If you got a card but NO letter, it's because I see you often enough that I figure we've already talked about it all! :)   In July 2018 we completed the build on our home addition, adding 1,700 square feet to and renovating/rearranging part of my parents’ existing farmhouse. The final product is a pretty large home set up for dual living on the acreage we have outside Lebanon, Oregon. It has been nothing short of amazing most of the time! There are always growing pains, but having my mom and dad right here to help us with the kids and for us to all help with household and property maintenance has been a lifesaver in a very busy season of

My newly inspired travel bucket list continues. I am curious to see what you agree with or think I have missed?  Honduras: Roatan for the snorkeling and beaches of course! India: The Taj Mahal, Agra, Madhya Pradesh National Park Madhya Pradesh National Park Israel: Haifa Hanging Gardens, The Western Wall, Sea of Galilee Italy (I have been to Rome and Assisi), want to go to Venice, Tuscany, Sicily and Florence. I need like a MONTH in Italy honestly! Jordan: Dead Sea, Petra Louisiana: New Orleans. I want to see the French Quarter and try new cuisine, but not a person who needs to go to Mardi Gras (too many people I think). Madagascar...yes! Madagascar Mauritius Mauritius (this is an island off the coast of Africa) An islander once told Mark Twain that “Mauritius was made first and then heaven; and heaven was copied after Mauritius”-it looks like a snorkeling paradise! Mexico-I want to go back and explore Tulum, more in the Yucatan, and see the migration of mon