Status: traveled. Result: happiness

I thought a fun post might be to look over the various status updates that happened from the time we began to look at relocation options to the present.  My apologies to those connected to me on Facebook and Twitter, as these may be repeats of what you've seen.  But how often do you just see the statuses listed (with no comments) and can be able to watch a progression of ideas grow to fruition?  Just bear with the project on this post, alright?
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spring 2010: Humanities 201, English Comp 1, and 8 hours at the other place. (jan 19)

No current status. Please check back later (jan 20)

seeks (good) resources for creating a (strong) thesis statement (jan 22)

my niceness backfires (jan 25)

flip of a switch... (jan 27)

mecca of the maladjusted (feb 3)

What I learned from my students today: You can climax several times in a story. (feb 16)

Beaker can sing away my blues anyday  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAtBki0PsC0   (feb 19)

a regular DIY kind of girl: I will survive the apocalypse with beer, knits, and jam (feb 20)

jumped off the cliff into the unknown (mar 17--the day I decided to let work know I was leaving)

The last frontier, Taylor style. --album "Oh, hey AK!" (mar 20)

bluebird clear Denali day (mar 21)

Chicago, you are so flat. (mar 23)

job apps going out, think of me (mar 24)

Easter Sunday activity: Julane's Breakfast marmalade (earl grey/orange), Strawberry Shortcake jam, Belgian Trippel brews, guacamole and queso, and one sweater sleeve finished. *happy sigh* (apr 4)

Portland & Seattle people: Suggestions on where to live or not to live in these cities? Thanks. (apr 5)

It's up and will be updated as I have more pictures and items: knogginknits.blogspot.com (apr 6)

no Chinese crawfish in my kitchen (apr 11)

is not Suzy Sunshine. (apr 13)

advice received: you should download Oregon Trail so you know where you're going. (apr 16)

commas, when, used incorrectly, by writers, borders, on reader abuse (apr 22)

Hey CBers (and others), remember Mike Ehredt from the post office? http://www.projectamericarun.com/index.html   (apr 28)

"i have reached the end of the internet...i'm ready to go home now" (may 4)

adrenaline Monday rocks. (may 10--we took a sick day to skydive)

Packing up the apt for 2 months of storage. Goodbye stuff and things--I'll see you on the other side. (may 27)

Indy 500 kicks off Taylor Summer Extravaganza '10. Drivers, start your engines! (may 30)

No longer a Chicagoan. (june 1)

No longer in Illinois. KCMO bound! (june 3)

Okie country awaits (june 5)

 from my oh-so-talented little sister:http://abbycoyle.com/blog/ Many thanks for the beautiful anniversary photos! (june 15)

O-man is 4 today--crazy. Happy birthday, little man! (june 16)

Ellie Bean is 2 today! Happy birthday, tiny girl! (june 18)

returns to the gypsy life tomorrow (june 20)

LR, AR--northern sector (june 21)

Rebel yell, y'all. Oxford, MS (june 22)

Clinton, MS bound (june 23)

Natchez Trace scenic is good for the soul (june 23)

NOLA beignets (june 25)

It's been Goode in Houston! (june 26)

Austin, TX, you have truly impressed me (june 27)

It's hot, hot in the Ft. Worth--thank goodness for salt water pools! (june 28)

Tucumcari mesa view camping (june 29)

It's not much but it is what it is:
tayloronlinelearning.blogspot.com (june 30)

hey, hey, Santa Fe (june 30)

A-l-b-u...quirky? Let's just head to Flagstaff. (july 1)

Winning dollar dollar bills on the ponies (july 3)

Grand Canyon drive-by (july 5)

Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon today. It's gonna be a hot one, kids. (july 6)

En route to OKC (july 6)

Joey Doyle was a damn fine man and a wonderful friend. I will remember him fondly and miss him dearly (july 7)

break my heart (july 9)

Arches Nat'l Park and Moab (july 13)

Nevada... (july 14)

Coolest thing about Nevada: Pony Express trail (july 14)

Yosemite National Park. California beauty (july 15)

California: bald eagles chased by sparrows, agricultural checkpoints, and fake police. So confused... (july 16)

Napa happy (july 16)

Cali 1: Pacific coast all day (july 17)

Oregon: welcome home Taylors (july 18)

I have a lot of photos of rocks... (july 20)

May have a home. I love this city (july 20)

Idaho crop circles (july 21)

Rainbows and radioactive material in Wyoming (july 21)

Incidents in Denver (july 25)

Sometimes our reality comes across as a foreign language (july 27)

Incidents in Oregon (july 29)

Peacocks and feathered hippie kind of weekend (july 30)

Beaches in front and Mt. Hood behind. Happiness (aug 2)

It's nice to have a home with walls (aug 3)

Alternative domesticity (aug 7)

has as many issues with Phish as she does Panic. (aug 8)

working from home again--it's nice to be connected (aug 10)

For those who asked for pictures of rocks, I present you with lots of rocks -album Taylor Tour 2010 (aug 12)

And more rocks  -album II. Taylor Tour 2010 (aug 12)

Job inquiries and applications out....fingers crossed (aug 13)

‎"Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose." (aug 14)

Going coastal to escape the heat (aug 15)

Our stuff arrived today. I don't need any of it... (aug 17)

Cookies Anna-style: half recipe, half what's actually in my kitchen (aug 19)

Asher
Lizard in costume (aug 19)

continues to fall in love with her new home and thinks perhaps she may have found "home" (aug 21)

a matter of loaf and death (aug 28)

I'm your huckleberry (aug 28)

It's like Dances with Wolves meets Terminator with a little Titanic thrown in for good measure...but in space (aug 30)

‎"When people speak of "success", they generally mean a position of importance in the world's eyes, or a job that yields lots of money and all the material pleasures and comforts that implies. But success, in terms of the deeper issue of vocation, is a highly individual thing that means different things to different people." (aug 31)

fighting with the Kindle...it is winning at the moment (sept 1)

jelly belly magic tricks--watch these disappear...ta-da! (sept 4)

Some of the items I have made  -album Handiwork (sept 5)

America's history of fear

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/05/opinion/05kristof.html?_r=1&src=tptw   (sept 5)

perfect solution for a gray Portland day--coffee. Lots of coffee. (sept 8)

Relief and happiness. Sometimes the universe does align. (sept 10)

Clearly, a well conceived heist:http://www.koco.com/r/24955773/detail.html (sept 10)

Heading out to the coast for some Oregon Wild Seafood Weekend: beach, boats, breweries, and fishhttp://bit.ly/9k9LLi (sept 11)

Sea lions
Newport (sept 12)

bought a 13lb whole tuna, enjoyed Rogue pub trivia night, watched the sea lions, ran around on the beach poking things with sticks, and all in the company of good friends. Truly a successful weekend! (sept 13)

windfall Wednesday (sept 15)

Check out my (oh-so-talented) sister's photography site:http://www.abbycoyle.com/#/page/77a0/home/ She does incredibly beautiful and creative anniversary, engagement, maternity, family, and whatever else photos. Besides she's great and fun to work with. You should know her. You should hire her. (sept 16)

beer brewing and cheese making Saturday! (sept 18)

Results: mozzarella, queso blanco, sundried tomato pesto ricotta, blackberry sage chevre, dill chive chevre, and Gulden Draak beer in the primary fermenter. (sept 19)

had the realization that, as a child, she was under the assumption that all parks were cemeteries and all cemeteries were parks. Perhaps it was the southern battlefields and Confederate memorials that led to this thinking. (sept 20)

faces a difficult decision: new snowboard or roller skates. So tough... (sept 22)

ooohhh: http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/22sep_harvestmoon Are you going to Primus? Want to moon watch together with me and Scotty? (sept 22)

begins fall by knitting an old man sweater (sept 26)

has a pretty, tuned bass with new strings. Time to plug in (sept 28)

Lost is creeping out my dreams. I wish they wouldn't watch me sleep... (sept 29)

Mmm. Pasta
Pumpkin sage manicotti with chantrelle mushrooms and homemade ricotta and mozzarella. Served with sage butter parmesan bread. Holy moly.

October 1: Fall is here. It's been 9 months since we began talking, 4 months since we left the jobs, 2 months on the road and 12,000 miles, 2 months since we moved in. New and old sights, new and old family and friends, new skills gained, old skills renewed. We are happy with this. (oct 1)

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You've just seen 10 months of thinking, surviving, coping, dealing, traveling, laughing, enjoying, and living condensed into those status updates.  Thanks for playing along with that.