A question I get asked a lot: “Hey! How’s that podcast going?” If you don’t know, I have a podcast with two of my close friends, Hannah and Sarah! It’s called Thirty, Crying and Trying. We’ve been at it for a little over a year now and I wanted to share some of our stats!…

As many of you know, Craig and I have struggled our way out of about $80,000 of debt in five years. We are loosely following the Dave Ramsey Baby Steps plan with a few detours along the way. When Gannon was born he was very sick in the hospital and we were told we would…

This is a throwback post to Septmeber 6th, 2020 I recently got this comment on my blog from a reader named Lola: “My personal preference, please don’t take all your pictures with your mouth wide open. I prefer seeing your beautiful face to your mouth, seeing your fake laugh. I was hoping you would get…

This is a throwback post from July of 2021. We were BEST FRIENDS with my parents. We still are REALLY close with my mom but when my dad was still around, we would go out to eat together, have supper together, we were more than just daughter/son in law, we were truly good couple friends….

Hello all! It’s been awhile since I’ve posted. Wanted to pop on to say HEY and show you this year’s Christmas card! We had family pictures taken in late November and I’m so so happy with how they turned out… I decided to do a quick recap of our busy year on the back side….

Well hey there folks, thanks for stumbling upon the blog again. I’ve been meaning to write this post for awhile now but wasn’t quite sure how to say it. I’m feeling inspired tonight so thought I’d give it a try. Many of you have inquired about my old blog and if I’m able to get…

I think the last time I shared a career update I was still commuting about an hour and a half to work in the “bigger hospital” near us. It’s time to catch you up to speed. Since February 2022, I’ve been considered a “travel nurse” in some form or fashion. The first contract I took…

This is a throwback to October 2021. We are going all the way back to 2009 for this one! I’ll link to mom’s original blog post with the recipe here: https://www.joscountryjunction.com/let-them-eat-cheese-cakeor-whatever-kalissa-decides I’ve been making this super simple cherry cheesecake recipe for over a decade now and my number one fan of my cheesecake was my…