Fashion Travel Dreams

I have a love / hate relationship with packing. I love packing because it means that I'll soon be going on a new adventure. But I hate packing because it means I have to decide what I will and won't have with me for the next however many days I am gone.  As a result, I have a tendency to overpack. I like to lay everything out on my bed in what my husband refers to as an organized smorgasbord of chaos. Stay tuned for pictures and why my kids hope will be the start of my YouTube channel.

I love traveling. Who doesn't?  I used to take a trip every year around spring break while in high school and college. Then I lived in South Korea and Japan. I got pregnant with my first kid, moved back home to Minnesota, had two more kids, and then life got in the way of travel. I had planned to go back to Japan once my first kid was born, but with the complications that arose during the pregnancy and my child's health, that was less likely. Then child number two developed a severe allergy to peanuts, so the plan to return to Japan felt even less likely. And by the time child number three came, I was pretty much set to staying in Minnesota. So my husband and I bought a house in our home town. But that desire to return to Japan never left. Good thing one of my best friends lives in Japan. I planned to visit her in June of 2020. Less than a month after I bought my plane ticket, the pandemic happened and my trip had to be cancelled. Life got even more in the way. Then in December...

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