about me

Welcome! My name is Angela and I am a 40-something year old mama to one fantastic kid and one sweet dog, and wife to a retired U.S. Air Force pilot turned commercial pilot. I am a plant-based holistic health advocate, an inspiration junkie, and a minimalist wannabe. I am a creative, an intellect, a researcher, and a deep thinker. I love sharing my photos, I love learning new things, I love teaching others what I know, and I love creating useful and/or beautiful things.

This blog is a recorded journal of our life; a lifestyle blog that features a little bit of many topics such as travel, photography, running, hiking, crafting, sewing, gardening, health, food, and parenting.

This blog is a transfer and continuation of my original blog, www.johnnieandangela.blogspot.com, which I started in 2011 to allow our family and friends to follow our life while we were stationed in South Korea for a year. It developed into a photo travel blog as I explored that country and traveled to others. In 2012, we moved to Hawaii and had a baby. The blog then transformed into a record of my pregnancy and then became our daughter’s baby book. Unfortunately, housing in Hawaii (we lived in 3 long-term houses and 2 short-term houses) presented challenges which caused C and I to both develop separate health issues that took years to recover from; during that time I stopped blogging to heal my body and mind. We left Hawaii in 2015, lived in Georgia from 2015-2017, in Virginia from 2017-2020, in an RV traveling the country full-time in 2020-2021, and settled in Washington in 2021. Now that we’re stationary long-term, I’m thankful to have the time and opportunity to find my next path in life.

What does a “A Lot and A Couple” mean?

This blog is named “A Lot & A Couple” because of our daughter. When she was 2.5 years old and we would say to her, “I love you a lot,” she started replying “I love you a lot… and a couple.” This blog and my Etsy shop have a lot of some things and a couple of other things so it is fitting as a title.

My Background:

I have a B.S. in Elementary Education (2000), an M.Ed. in Instructional Technology (2002), a certificate in Plant Based Nutrition (2019), and a certificate in Medicinal Plants (2022). I was an elementary school teacher for years teaching every grade from PreK to 8, I was an Instructional Technology Specialist at a university for two years, and I was even an award-winning photographer and studio manager at a photo studio chain for a while. I have had 21 home addresses within 8 states and 2 countries. All of my experiences have led me to where and who I am today.

Thank you for joining us!