Where in the World are Joshua and Kimberly

Figuring that we should probably tell the world that we're alive (but really that's what social media is for... or frankly, the phone) and realizing that it has been over 1 year since I last posted, I thought I'd submit this introduction to what the crazy Schaub's are up to.

In November 2015, Joshua returned from his trek in China, and Kimberly met him in Hong Kong for Thanksgiving. Then we returned to Yuba City, CA, and began our lives in the North Valley. Kimberly commuted to Richvale, and Joshua commuted to Sacramento - roughly 45 minutes north or south, respectively.

In September 2016, Kimberly accepted an offer by Bulletproof 360 to join their R&D team, and we left Yuba City on Josh's birthday (Sep 30). One really cool factor about the company is that the employees live all over the West Coast and work online and do video conferencing daily to hold meetings, execute projects, and conduct R&D. To the latter, you might be surprised, but as we don't own most of our facilities, we work with strategic partner businesses who create and produce products to our formulas and parameters. With Kimberly's experience in contract manufacturing, this is a great role for her.

Lundberg Family Farms was a wonderful company to work for, and Kimberly was involved in some of the innovative projects that will launch to the market soon. One major personal growth was learning the project management process (we used Stage Gate) in directing the development of an international collaboration with Thai organic rice farmers and an agricultural co-operative that helps to market their crops. The products were launched into stores in the summer, and you can find them at national Whole Foods stores and other grocers. The other projects Kimberly worked on will launch next year, so that announcement will still have to wait.

Josh worked for the Roseville REI for the year, and he also joined the Touchstone climbing gym in the area. Kimberly and Joshua climbed there as often as we could, and we did some limited outdoor climbing as well.

Instead of returning right away to Seattle, since our condo was being leased, we decided to rent homes/apartments in different cities, in a combination trial and tour of the west coast, mostly California. We decided to rent our friend's condo in Tahoe for a few weeks in October. Then we decided to tour Utah and Arizona on the Grand Circle, visiting national and state parks.

After the tour, we stayed in SoCal for Thanksgiving through Christmas, visiting with some friends and attending some meetings. For Christmas week, we rented a house in Cayucas, up the central coast of California, with Kimberly's family. Then we decided to return to Los Angeles and rent a place in Inglewood for a few weeks so that we could do a few more meetings in the area. We connected with a few more friends, and Kimberly attended a few more meetings.

Now Kimberly and Joshua are heading to Tahoe for a few more weeks - back to the friend's condo, for which we have gotten a great deal.

So, that's the summary. Soon to come: The Schaub Grand Tour

Podcast 1: Pre-Trip Interview with Josh

Josh and I completed our move to Yuba City, CA, and then Josh readied for his first trek to western China. He partnered with a buddy from REI, Josiah, and Josh, Josiah, and Josiah's wife Hillary are trekking in China!

He left on Oct 15, and 21 hours later, he arrived in Hong Kong to stay for one night at my family's dear friends - "uncle" and "aunt" to me - before meeting up with the others and heading to China.

In our first attempt to podcast together, we recorded this interview in which I asked Josh questions about his upcoming trip and what he did to plan for it. You'll hear a shameless plug for REI and getting equipment there. Enjoy!

The thumbnail is a picture that Josh took during his trip. It looks like the beginning of a video, but it's just a picture.

New Adventures in California

Well, here we go again. Kimberly and Joshua are on the move!

Kimberly has taken a job as a product development manager at Lundberg Family Farms, a farming company based in Northern California that specializes in organic rice and rice products.

For the past year, Kimberly has been traveling back and forth between Seattle and Sacramento. She would get back to Seattle at least monthly, because there were business trips to different parts of the nation, and it was as convenient to fly through Seattle as it would have been to travel through San Francisco.

Joshua has been working at REI for the past several years, and over the past year, he has been working to transfer to Sacramento's REI store. He will be transferring to the Roseville store.

In addition to the moving adventure, Joshua and Kimberly are going to spend a little bit of time in Asia.

Joshua is heading out on a trek to China on October 16. Kimberly will join him in HK for Thanksgiving. We're really looking forward to it!

SAM Remix Fri June 7

**I love supporting events from the Seattle Art Museum, even when I can't attend. This upcoming event announcement is directly from their website.** http://www.seattleartmuseum.org/calendar/eventDetail.asp?eventID=19012    SAM Performs   SAM Remix August 27, 2010 8 pm–midnight Olympic Sculpture Park Illuminate the park after dark: first 50 in neon get in free. Tickets: SAM members $12, nonmembers $15, students w/ID $12. This event is open to guests age 18 and over only. Here are details to assist you in your evening planning: - The entrance to SAM Remix at the Olympic Sculpture Park is at the corner of Western Avenue and Broad Street at 2901 Western Avenue. All guests with print-at-home, Will Call and blue Remix tickets should check in here. - Please bring your ID and SAM membership card (if applicable) for Will Call and print-at-home tickets. Drink wristbands for guests 21+ will be distributed just beyond the event entrance. - The Olympic Sculpture Park garage will be closed. Parking is available on the street and in lots adjacent to the park. - We will party rain or shine! Be sure to dress for the weather, as most activities and beverage tents will be located outside, throughout the park. - SAM Members: Present your membership card and photo ID at the Member Table to pick up your drink wristband, one complimentary drink coupon and member lanyard for entrance to the “Members Lawn”. Complimentary beverage is redeemable in the “Members Lawn” bar only located in the Gates Amphitheater. - Sorry, no pets will be permitted at SAM Remix (with the exception of service animals). - There will be beverage areas in the PACCAR Pavilion as well as two tent areas throughout the park. Please keep the park clean and keep all beverages in the fenced-in areas. See new installations and celebrate summer at the Olympic Sculpture Park. Experience art, performances, talks, dancing and more at this late-night creative explosion!EVENT SCHEDULE 8:15 PM Seattle Percussion Collective provides a sunset soundtrack in front of Richard Serra’s "Wake" 9:00 PM Houston-based artist Trenton Doyle Hancock discusses his brand new installation for the PACCAR Pavilion 9:15 PM Truckasauras rocks the party with an explosive lo-fi live set. 9:15 PM Susie Lee presents a dance, music, and digital drawing project 10 PM Writer Amber Flame responds to the work of Trenton Doyle Hancock 10:30 PM The band Library Science rouses the senses with aural and visual delights * Enjoy SunTzu Sound’s cosmic blend of urban cultures and organic rhythms. * Collaborate with visual artist Mandy Greer using recycled materials * Dance under the stars to the global beats of DJ Manpreet and R.I. Productions of I Heart Shiva. * Contribute to a massive collaborative comic drawing with the Bureau of Drawers * Try this spontaneous one-line poetry form derived by Allen Ginsberg from haiku * My Favorite Things Tours with artists Jenny Heishman and Jesse Higman, writer Michael Dylan Welch, Seattle Weekly's Victoria Ellison, art critic Jen Graves, The Stranger's Pick Lucas Deon Spivey and others. SAM members enjoy priority access at Remix, ticket presale and more. Not a member? Join SAM today. SAM is proud to have American Institute of Architects Seattle, Arcade, Artist Trust, The Bernard Apartments, Bumbershoot: Seattle's Music & Arts Festival, I Heart Shiva, Jack Straw Productions, Out for Sustainability, Pacific Science Center, Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF), Seattle Works, Sustainable Belltown, Sustainable Seattle, Sustainable Style Foundation, University of Washington School of Law's Advocates for the Arts (AFTA), and Washington Rare Plant Care and Conservation as our August SAM Remix cohosts Members: $12.00 Adults: $15.00 Students: $12.00

Memorial Day

Memorial Day comes and goes each year, and most of us observe it by having a three-day weekend packed with events, BBQs/burger burns, sporting events, and other fun activities. We might take some time to observe flags flown at half-staff or pause on the PBS broadcast of the Memorial Day Concert from Washington. But that's usually it.

As the years pass from the brief time I was in the Air Force, the more nostalgic I feel. I watch "my" Airmen as they gain rank, adding stripes and fancy titles, and "my" NCOs as they prepare to hang up their uniforms for the last time. I celebrate marriages and births and grieve losses with them, and I try to focus on the reasons that I trained to be a leader and officer rather than the reasons that developed for deciding not to stay in.

2012 and 2013 have been pivotal years for Josh and me, and we are starting to feel like we're back on track of plan A, though I admit that it's more like Plan A.99.b. or something like that - it almost resembles plan A, since we are living in a city, near one of our families, and we're doing jobs that we have both studied, albeit after our undergrad years.

In other ways, we have also mourned some losses this year, losing some of our connections to the oldest generations in our families. My dear grandmother, my dad's mom, passed away at Thanksgiving time. Josh's grandfather, his mom's dad, passed in January. Both of the grandparents were foundations in our families, and we feel their losses strongly at family gatherings and in our weekend habits.

This Memorial Day, we remember the path that we took to get to the points we're at -- not to say that we've arrived but to acknowledge what as occurred in order to have the opportunity to sit and blog about it. We remember the friends and family with whom we were close when we lived close by, and we thank you for the time that we overlapped.

I hope you're with friends and loved ones this time, and if you're not, I encourage you to seek ways to build close relationships with those who are around you. You might surprise yourself, like we have in every place we've lived, by the kindred spirits you find who are walking similar paths to yours, even if briefly.

Happy Memorial Day.

Thank you to the men and women who put on uniforms, thank you to their families, and thank you to the citizens that have supported them. Remember, you're never in this totally alone.