Amanda
The Girls, October 2009
Just a little page so you know who is behind this blog & having all these ridiculous adventures in this thing called life. Short version….
Houston, Texas may not be the most beautiful or glamorous place, but it is HOME!
I blog for me- for me to remember, for me to document, for me to cheerish, for me to meet new friends.
Blogging is my perfect online journal with the ideal place to share all the photos I take of my married life, travels, wine, puppies & marathon running.
I’m an engineer who can’t change her own tires, but works on cars for a living.
I prefer red over white wine most days, go running stupid early in the mornings, need both my PC and my Mac, would rather go fishing or play tennis than go shopping, and still don’t know how to properly drive a standard car.
The Girls, October 2009
The long version & a little more background…
Entering my 30s with a bang, I can’t wait to see what the next decade has in store for me. My 20s were absolutely awesome & I married to love of my life in a dream wedding in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico on February 11, 2007 (pre-wedding fun, rehearsal, ceremony, reception, details/crafts). Outside of work, most of my time is devoted to training for my yearly appearance at the Houston marathon, laughing at the shenanigans of my silly puppy dogs, being a total news and current events junkie, dabbling in photography, planning trips around the world & of course, chronicling my adventures on this blog. I’mI working my way through old photos & adding some flashback and history posts to document my life before the digital diary age.
Engagement Photo, Santa Barbara, California, 2006
A child of the 1980s, I was raised by two awesome parents & two amazing step-parents in Houston. My childhood included everything from gymnastics to girl scouts to camping trips with the Mom & Gram to volleyball through college. I spent two years at a small girls school in Georgia, where the best thing that happened was meeting my friend for life- Stephanie. Transferring back home to the University of Texas-Austin to finish my mechanical engineering degree, I started my sick obsession with 26.2 mile runs & fell in love with the beauty of the hill country. I landed the mother of all internships the year I graduated from high school & have been working there for more than a decade traveling around the country investigating car crashes.
Feel free to contact me at clickthegoodnews@gmail.com to ask any questions or follow me on Twitter @ClickTheGoodNew. Thanks for stopping by!
I am open to considering all types of PR and promotion opportunities if the product fit is good for both of us- just email me.
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I am from Victoria !!!
I found your Lion Sands blog several months back and loved it! My husband and I are headed to South Africa and will be spending 3 nights at Lion Sands River Lodge next week. I tried to take another look at your pictures with the great comments you posted, but can only see the pictures. Do you still have your blog with pictures about the River Lodge posted? I wanted to get another look at your photos as motivation to try to get as good pictures as you did.
Thanks!
Olga
I went to UT as well and live in Sugar Land! Love finding local bloggers!
Very cool! Only recently, have I realized there are probably tons of other gals in Houston all blogging. I need to start a page/directory so we can all hook up. How did you find me? Maybe I can point you in the direction of some other gals.
I would love to know more Houston bloggers! I feel like all the ones I know are so far away!
Hey, I don’t run into many engineer bloggers (I’m an engineer too). Love your photography. BTW, I saw your goals; did you know that the Houston Blogger Chicks are doing the 31 day book together on FB? Let me know if you are interested, but hurry we are on day 5 I think. I would follow your blog but don’t see a follow button.
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Thanks! I am already in the Facebook group- haven’t replied to very many treads, but trying to get each day’s task accomplished. I am working on a re-design and will get social media buttons added. Until then you can follow through a feed reader by copying the URL.
Girl! You are amazing! I love this story of you and I’m definitely looking forward to getting to know you better
Are you going to the meet-up this weekend?
Thank you so much! I’m really quite the mess behind all the photos- I promise. I will be there on Sunday!
Such a beautiful blog. Lots to see and read. I look forward to spending some catching up on your travels!
Thank you! I am a little obsessed with travel & vacations- we leave again on Friday for Patagonia!
Hey Amanda,
This is Kristen; we met at the most recent Houston blogger meet-up! I really enjoyed meeting you and talking a little bit. I was perusing through your blog and can’t seem to find a way to follow. I’m probably overlooking it; I’m still kind of new to blogging. :/ Thanks girl. Hope to talk to you soon!
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Hey Kristen- good to hear from you! I just C&P the URL of blogs I want to follow into Google Reader. How are you following other blogs? You can like the page on facebook & all the posts get feed to there too. https://www.facebook.com/clickthegoodnews Thanks for letting me know- hopefully we can figure something out
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