11 Things We Learned in North Dakota 1. It is COLD. Did I mention that it is cold?!  The very first travel nursing assignment that I landed was in Mandan, North Dakota. Before we left, Kristina and I had discussed all of the "cold weather attire" that we would need because we had been warned of the subzero temperatures. Our Florida girl sweatpants and hoodie, which was "cold weather attire" was not even close to what we needed to face that weather! We spent November-February in North Dakota and experienced the coldest temperatures we probably will ever face again in our life.  -60 degrees is ..read more

I mentioned in my first blog post several reasons for me wanting to start this blog. One of them was to share our experiences regarding living an alternate lifestyle as two married women, raising a family. I have never been one to wave a rainbow colored flag around in the air and announce to the whole world that I was a lesbian. Partly, because of the challenges that it brings about. Being who you really are can be tough. When I was in high school in 2009, my parents found out I was dating another girl. I can remember now, 10 years later, hiding behind the stairwell wall while my parents pro ..read more

Blogging. Oh, I can do that! Not. The sound of blogging always seemed so easy, that is until I had to actually convince myself to start one! But anything is possible, right? So here we are. blogger.com finally met the Holland Girls! So who are we? Well, since I am creating this blog mainly for our family and friends to keep track of us on these new crazy journeys, most of you already know us. But just in case there happens to be someone reading this that doesn't know who we are, we are better known as "The Girls". I am Vanessa, I have an amazing, outstandable, irreplacable wife named Kris ..read more