The Dunkleys

As an extrovert, I thought working from home (wfh) would be really hard, but thanks to the modern technologies we enjoy, I have figured out some coping mechanisms. I am so grateful to work in a field where I can work from home and specifically on a team that is 75% remote…

Here, in Salt Lake City, Utah, covid-19 came slowly and swiftly. My company, among other tech companies, made a swift and aggressive decision to mandatory work from home, which started on Friday, March 13th. Thankfully, Jordan took his final exam that same weekend and was one of the few in his class to get all of the things he needed to do to get certified done. This last week, we practiced self-isolation…

After serving in England, I had a newfound taste for travel. Jordan and I were young, married, and attending school full time, but every dollar extra we earned in our random school jobs we put into savings. What started as one big fund was eventually split into multiple categories allowing us to really be intentional with our savings. By purposefully focusing on saving for travel, we…

2019 was a major year of travel for Jordan and I, well–mainly me. It seems like almost every airline’s cheapest flight no longer includes checked luggage. When we started to book our flights, it didn’t make sense for us to pay at least a $100 more roundtrip just to check luggage. Yet, the thought of packing for a week or more in a small suitcase and bag truly terrified me…

Though I have previously written about How to Find Cheap Airfare, I wanted to share some more on the budget flight sites I don’t use when searching for deals. For me, I would rather feel more confident in sharing my personal financial information, than saving a little bit for a flight. But that is just me. I know there are many out there that want the best deal regardless…

Jersey is a 9 by 5 mile island in the Channel, just off the coast of France (14 miles to be exact). I lived on Jersey for the last three months of my mission. Most people see all of the beauty that the surrounding countries offer but, I believe, have no clue that…

In an effort to convince my husband’s classmate to join us on a school excursion, I told her it would be super easy and she could just like steal our itinerary. She looked at me like I was crazy, which I figured was due to the fact that I wanted her to travel with us. When, in fact, she was really shocked that I actually had one itinerary already thought out and ready to go many months in advance. She then proceeded to tell me about how much stress planning a trip…

Last year, I traveled many new places and picked up some awesome items to ease my journey along the way. A lot of these items I purchased through Amazon. I love Amazon because I can buy many different things all in one place and get prime shipping, which is especially great when you are in a time crunch. Here are some of my favorite purchases of 2019 I bought on Amazon…

I hate the cold. Honestly, living in Utah has been hard just because of how dang cold it is here for like half the year. But specially those winter months from January to March, I start to get stir crazy. This year, I wanted to avoid the worst, coldest bits and try to find the best winter vacations. After loads of research, these are my bucket list winter getaways…

I was talking with my optometrist about some upcoming travels and he told me that he would love to travel more but flights are so expensive! I asked if he ever tried using Google Flights. I was shocked that he didn’t even know about Google Flights! It is a tool I have grown to love as they continue to introduce new features…

Lately, I have received like so many compliments that I look really good and even today someone said I look “angelic.” Can you believe that? I couldn’t! From being described as “glowing” to “angelic” I honestly attribute my new presence to two things. First, my…

I absolutely love to travel but I would much rather spend money once I am there than on the flight there. That being said, I would rather spend a little extra change for a strong name brand than a penny pond jumper. Over the years of travel and researching, I have stumbled onto some awesome ways to find cheap flights. Here is how…

As far as I can remember the years I was with my mum’s family we spent Christmas Eve all together. Every year we would act out the nativity and make sugar cookies. This year we added a new tradition! Candy derby racing…

Something new in my life and predominantly taking up all my time is my new restricted diet. As more friends and family learn about this I get asked a lot of the same questions. Thus, here is a little snippet to some of the most common questions…

It really has been a year of travel, these last two weeks I had back to back travel opportunities attending: LetterWest & Creative Works. The LetterWest retreat was located in Moab this year and Creative Works was in Memphis. Both were…

Just got back from DC and man, I am exhausted. Every day it was 80+ degrees with humidity in the 40+ percentile. It was hot (and sweaty) but oh, so fun! I went to DC to attend a…

Two thousand nineteen entails a lot of travel for me and with airlines’ cheapest flights being carry on only I decided to update my carry on to The Bigger Carry On by Away…

One of the things you have to know about me is that I love love looooove Halloween! I love the challenge of putting together a costume that not only is recognizable but also modest. This year, Jordan chose our costumes…

My top 4 things to do in Southern California range from obvious to my personal faves. Anyone who knows me knows that I adored growing up in the greater Los Angeles area and love to visit. Though I no…

My mum and (step)dad, David, came to visit us in Salt Lake for a couple of days. Though the visit was short it was very sweet. David hasn’t come to visit us.. like ever.. He was there for my college graduation but that was like three years ago. It’s not that he…

Sometimes the stars align and everything falls on the same day/week. Jordan and I had already anticipated that my birthday would fall smack dab in the middle of his summer semester finals, what we didn’t expect was…

I started this blog to share more about our lives. Jordan and I go on so many adventures and are not big journalers so I thought blogging about our experiences might help us share our story with our friends and loved ones.