Pining for the Fjords

Did you read Part 1 of this project?   Since I know all of my tens of blog readers have been waiting with baited breath as to the outcome of this endeavor, I'm happy to announce that we finished up the cell booster installation on Arlene the camper yesterday.  Like the last time I blogged about this, here's a fun dog picture, and there's another one at the end to entice you to read the rest of the blog: Zoe, enjoying a pine cone we brought back to the girls from our July trip to Flagstaff. They were both like, "what is this magic thing?!?!?" Okay, anywhoo, back to the project.  As you might recall from Part 1 of the blog, we'd temporarily set up the cell booster the last time we were in east-butt-fork Mesa, but we hadn't permanently installed it, due to lacking all of the proper equipment. As is our wont, we were up early on Saturday morning, so after walking the kiddos and enjoying some hot coffee on our back patio (it was a low of 73 degrees!  Call the ...

Howdy, blog buddies! There doesn't really seem to be a lot of noteworthy, exciting stuff going on for the Olsen family in the month of September, so in an effort to generate blog content, here's a project we've been working on recently.  I apologize that this post will likely be boring for the majority of our readers, so to compensate, here's a picture of August smiling from ear to ear in the back of the car on the way home from doggie daycare last week: How's this for motivation? If you read this whole blog, I promise you'll be treated to a funny Zoe picture waaaaaay at the bottom, too. That'll get you scrolling! Although we mainly purchased Arlene the camper for vacationing, we have recently been entertaining thoughts of taking it somewhere for a few weeks or a month and working remotely from that location (it's really easy to have these thoughts when it was 115 degrees in Phoenix every day in July).  While many RV parks have WiFi capabilities, they...

Hey there, friends and family! I sometimes go through bouts of waking up remarkably early in the morning and then being unable to go back to sleep (I can't WAIT until we're old and this is considered normal), and in one of these moments, I brainstormed an idea for a new, recurring post on the blog!  Since we don't really see  anyone anymore, it's easy to lose track of the small things that make up our everyday lives; you know - the place you ordered food from last week or the movie you rented or the new foundation you got from Ulta or whatever.  While these day-to-day things aren't generally earth-shattering, they make up the backbone of normal life, and frankly, I miss sharing them with all of you and having you respond in kind. To remedy that, my plan is to post a "State of Household" address each month (if I can keep my sh*t together - never guaranteed) of what Chris, Zoe, August, and I have been doing, and I hope that after reading it, you guys will fe...