Our Story

Life is full of wonderful things. We aim to share good food, fun books, and great travel sites, things we believe nurture your soul.

Welcome to Our Good Life! Our blogging career started in 2005 with a little hobby blog, mostly about our family and friends and our life in Jefferson City, Missouri. Both of us were in public school education and we loved our work! Later, the blog became more of a creative outlet for our cooking, and when we posted recipes like this one for Mom's Potato Soup we got a lot of hits and comments. As you can see, we needed a lot of work on our photography skills! Here's where I admit, finally, that my husband is a good cook!

Fast forward several years, and you will see that we have evolved as a family. Our daughter is married and lives in another state. Bob and I have moved to the St. Louis area and are loving our new post-retirement jobs. We have the opportunity to be involved in campaigns like this one with Ruth Chris' patio party and Josh Cellar Wines.

Business & Entrepreneurship

My professional life has also given me extensive experience as a businesswoman and entrepreneur. For five years, I owned and operated Treasure House Learning Center, a preschool serving approximately 100 children from eight weeks through six years of age. As the owner, I was responsible for nearly every aspect of the business, including payroll, hiring and supervision, purchasing, menu planning, advertising, curriculum development, teaching, and the daily operations required to keep a busy childcare center running successfully. I later spent three years as the Director of KinderCare Learning Center, managing many of those same responsibilities, including staffing, payroll, curriculum, purchasing, enrollment, and overall center operations.

My business and leadership experience continued through three years of service on the board of The Bridge Coffeehouse, where my responsibilities included operational oversight and policy implementation. For the past 16 years, I have also built Our Good Life into my own digital business. What began as a blog has required many of the same skills I developed throughout my career: writing and content development, advertising, social media management, brand partnerships, contract and client communication, marketing, project management, and the day-to-day administrative work of running a business.