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  • Outdoors
  • Flagstaff
  • Travel
    • Travel
    • India (Yoga Teacher Training)
    • Peace Corps Ukraine
  • Lifestyle
    • Forestry + wildfire (my day job)
    • Yoga (my night job)
    • Our house + renovation work
    • Wedding planning
    • Our huskies
    • Sustainability
    • Books + movies + music
    • Skincare + haircare + physical self-care
    • DIY + decor
    • Odds and Ends
  • Stuff I like
  • About
    • About Randi
    • Contact
    • Professional ish (AKA: portfolio)
    • Disclosure and privacy policy

Moving out/ moving in: Settling into our new house and living without a kitchen (I think I can make anything in an air fryer now!)

January 9, 2026 February 10, 2026 Randi

The last few months have been so nonstop.

Like, I thought the homebuying process itself was stressful and time consuming, with the back-and-forth, scheduling all the appointments, waiting to hear about our loan approval.

And I didn’t even do most of that; Ryan did.

But the actual moving in part has been so much more stressful and time consuming.

Ryan and I officially moved out of our apartment last Thanksgiving weekend to fully move into our new townhouse.

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2025 Wrapped: Getting engaged, buying a home, work assignments and deleting my social media

January 5, 2026 January 1, 2026 Randi2 comments

Well, 2025 was a mostly slow year with just a few really, really big life events.

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December odds and ends: Holiday events and parties, and an impromptu wedding here in Flag

January 2, 2026 January 1, 2026 Randi

12/12.

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What I read: December 2025

December 30, 2025 December 24, 2025 Randi

I was able to squeeze in a few more books this month, including a few historical fictions, a romance novel and a wild fantasy quite unlike anything I’ve ever read.

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My favorite books of 2025

December 26, 2025 December 28, 2025 Randi

One of my favorite things to do at the end of every year is flip through my Goodreads “Year in Books” and recap all the books I’ve devoured over the course of the past calendar year.

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Our annual Christmas tree cutting adventure on the Mogollon Rim

December 19, 2025 December 19, 2025 Randi

Well, we don’t have a kitchen, or window coverings, or a closet, or a dining table…

…but we do have a wholeass Christmas tree taking up our entire house!

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S-420: Command and General Staff. More incident management training!

December 15, 2025 December 14, 2025 Randi

Nothing like a work training in Tucson to get out of the high country’s snow this time of year.

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Christmas tree cookie ornaments

December 9, 2025 December 9, 2025 Randi

When you think about it, it’s kind of weird to hang dead trees on your living tree, right?

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November odds and ends: Move-out day, Tequila Sunrise, the Capitol Christmas Tree and a chair yoga class

December 5, 2025 January 8, 2026 Randi

11/12.

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What I read: November 2025

December 1, 2025 November 28, 2025 Randi

WELL. I read ALL the books this November thanks to a bit of time in furlough status at work, some cozy winter weather that absolutely called for DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time, some time off for Thanksgiving and some incredibly compelling books I could not put down.

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Randi M. Shaffer

Hi! I'm Randi. I spend my days working in forestry and wildfire, my nights instructing yoga and my weekends exploring northern Arizona (and beyond). I'm a former journalist, a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer and a Midwest native. Welcome!
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