Amber’s Blog
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Gratitude in 2024
During Thanksgiving dinner, as we ate a fantastic meal and shared what we were thankful for, Nora reminded me of the Thankful Trees that we used to make. Thankful Trees Thankful Trees were part of the 30 Days of Thanks practice I had before life got busy with entrepreneurship and four kids. Every day, starting…
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4 Before 40
The featured image for this blog post captures me trying to make light of a stressful situation. TLDR: I’m fine but thinking more thoughtfully about the months and years ahead. The backstory… Two weeks ago, we moved houses. We moved out of the first home we bought in Texas post-full-time travel trailer living—the house where…
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Our First “Exit”: Selling WP Conference Schedule
The business decision behind why we decided to sell WP Conference Schedule rather than releasing the premium plugin ourself.
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Celebrating 15 years
Thoughts on our 15th anniversary and trip to Galveston without kids.
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To Nora, at Eleven
📍 TexasToday is Nora’s eleventh birthday. At times I feel like Nora’s birthdays are celebrations, but also tiny losses. They’re bittersweet moments to marvel at future possibilities and find joy in the past year’s accomplishments, but also moments when I mourn the loss of tiny, sticky fingers reaching for my hand or slow, warm breath as…
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Hello, Is Anyone Out There?
It has been 1 year, 9 months and 3 days since I last published a blog post on this website. At that time, we had just moved from Colorado to Texas and I thought that I was going to revive my blog. I wrote a handful for posts, but then life and business got in…
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What It’s Really Like Working Remotely From a Fully Remote Team
A note from Amber: This blog post was originally written by our content specialist, Emma Crowe-Fleming for the Road Warrior Creative blog. I moved it over here when we closed down that business and took the website offline because I think it’s a good window into what our team was like in March 2020, and…
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Summer 2019 Travel Schedule
Hello from Colorado! (Yes, I’m posting this a bit late.) Our Summer 2019 road trip is in full swing and this year we’re headed North and West. With a schedule packed full of partying with our clients, workshops, and some good old fashioned exploration, you’ll want to follow us @roadwarriorwp on all the socials so you don’t miss out. Questions?…
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Colorado House Renovation Before and After, Part 2
This is part two of my blog post about how we flipped our own house, doing a renovation and updating in 6 weeks, prior to listing it for sale. In Part One, I showed you the major changes upstairs when we took a wall between the dining, living room, and kitchen down to a half…
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Designed to Sell: Flipping Our House, Part 1
It’s officially been a year since I arrived in Texas. When we decided to list our house for sale during our spontaneous cross-country move, I somehow managed to talk Chris into taking a gamble on a full renovation and trying to “flip” our house. For a while now, the Fort Collins real estate market has…
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Logistics of a Cross-Country Move for a Family of 5 With One Week Notice
The last time I published a post, it was about why we spontaneously decided to move to Texas. This week I thought it might be interesting to share HOW we made that cross-country move happen in almost no time at all. Deciding to Move in 48 Hours We found out that the girls had gotten…
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If It’s Not Working, Fix It
Chris and I have been married for 11 years. In those 11 years, we have lived in 5 states all across the country – one, twice. That means we’ve moved a lot. In fact, for every state we’ve lived in, we’ve lived in twice as many houses: 11 houses (or apartments) in 11 years. Reflecting…
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Work-Life Balance Interview: Meg Appleby
Last July, as I was working figuring out how to better balance my life, I started interviewing other people who seemed like they have it all together. I always had the intent of sharing these interviews with you, so I recorded them for both video and audio sharing. Seven months later, I’ve finally made time…
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Spring on the Farm
It’s beginning to feel a lot like spring around here. As much as I think that I’ve enjoyed living places with 4 seasons, I’ll admit that I’ve also been enjoying living in a place where tank tops and dresses are possible during late February/early March. It’s been especially welcome since we’re living in such a…
