with this new life comes a new blog name and look

Every Mile A Memory is now Set This Circus Down

Obsessed doesn't even begin to explain how I feel about this blog facelift of mine!
Design by: Messy Extras

I've been blogging for 2.5 years and those who have been following me for a while know how different my life was up until about 6 months ago. Bryan and I traveled consistently, together, for ours jobs and were away from home for months on end. Driving cross country, exploring different states and living in hotels was our norm... and we loved it! For us, every mile was truly a memory.... Hence my blog name: Every Mile A Memory.

Back in June, Bryan and I decided to hang up our hats, so to speak. We realized that our work experiences were getting to be a drag and that we weren't getting as much out of work or our free time as we always had. 

It was clear to us that we were entering into a different stage of life... Our 20s were defined by growth and exploration, but we were now in our 30s. And we were ready to enter into a more stable phase of life. 

We were ready to start a family. We were ready to set this crazy circus life of ours down.

With this change in lifestyle and priorities comes my blog name... Please take the time to listen to the above song, of which makes me cry every time I hear it. It just speaks to me. To us. And describes exactly what Bryan and I have been through together, how we feel about each other, where we feel we currently are in life and where we are heading. 

We are ready to Set This Circus Down. Or is the circus just beginning?

And best believe we will still travel. We traveled a lot this summer and a little this fall. The travel bug is in us. It's our passion. It's my passion. And that won't ever go away...

But this next adventure of ours is just as exciting, if not more, than everything we've done thus far. I hope you continue to follow us on our journey as we Set This Circus Down and start a family!

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Set This Circus Down lyrics

Sometimes this road, it just keeps winding
Round and round and back again
But you've always kept me smiling
Over every hill, round every bend
Baby you're the one smiling with me when the sun comes up
I got the wheel, you got the map and that's enough

And we go rolling down this highway
Chasing all our crazy dreams
I've gone your way and you've gone my way
And everywhere in between
One of these days we'll find a piece of ground
Just outside of some sleepy little town
And set this circus down

Sometimes I lie awake just thinking
Of all the horizons we have seen
And as another day is sinking
I thank God you're here with me
'Cause baby you're the one laughing with me when the sun goes down
Living on faith and holding on tight to the love we found

And we go rolling down this highway
Chasing all our crazy dreams
I've gone your way and you've gone my way
And everywhere in between
One of these days we'll find a piece of ground
Just outside of some sleepy little town
And set this circus down

And set this circus down

Maybe one of these days, gonna set this circus down
Set this circus down

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I must add the the ubber talented Orange County gal (like myself), Kelly, who blogs over at Messy Dirty Hair and Messy Extras deserves all the credit for the new look of my blog. She is extremely easy to work with and tolerated all of my last minute changes and nitpicky-ness to make my blog pure perfection! I highly recommend her for your next blog facelift. If you don't use her, you will regret it :)