We had a fun time this Easter weekend with the family. Sunday was my sister’s actual birthday so we headed over to her house for some BBQ celebration. My sister is going on a week vacation with my mom, so we kept the food simple and tried to use up every food they had left […]
Ever since I turned my calendar to the month of February, chocolate has been on my mind. Everywhere I go, there’s chocolate in my face. The stores are filled with chocolate displays for Valentine’s day even before January ended. Since I know I will be enjoying some decadent chocolate desserts this week, I wanted to […]
What do I consider sweet celebrations? A whole day of spending quality time with my family and enjoying some sweets and some celebrations. This weekend my nephew Jonah is one month old. Look how chubby his face has become. My teeny tiny little chub chub. This is his favorite sleeping position. My younger sister Berna […]
After 15 hours of sleep total (not consecutive) and 8 cups of fresh ginger tea, I am feeling much better. I just rested, took a lot of vitamins, drank a lot of liquids and I think that’s all I needed. I was really looking forward to a blog event scheduled in San Diego this weekend, […]
Veggie Bars
Chocolate Avocado Cake
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
White Bean & Roasted Tomatoes Pasta
Petite Lasagnas
Coconut (Chickpea) Waffles
Grain Free Cake for One
Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, I thought it would be a better idea to choose a word for 2014. My one word for 2014 is CHOOSE. I decided on this word because I feel that there are a lot of things that I can’t control BUT I can choose on how I react to […]
I’ve never once considered making my own bread, that is until I started dating my hubby and he made me a home made bread. He used a bread machine to make the dough and I watched how easy it was to make delicious bread at home. Ever since then, we’ve made many breads at […]
– I’m close to starting a wardrobe capsule. I am trying it out for 3 months and see what happens from there. Here are 33 reasons to start this project – Instead of making New Year’s resolutions, how about working on 1 thing a month. I really like this idea – I love this […]
The fiance returned this week from his family vacation and fishing trip from La Paz in Mexico. He brought me some neat presents. The bracelet have opal stones on it. It’s the first time I’ve heard about these stones. After the fiance told me it was rare, I went ahead and looked it up […]
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi This book is an inspirational and thought-provoking memoir. At the age of thirty-six, on the verge of completing a decade’s training as a neurosurgeon, Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer. One day he was a doctor treating the dying, the next he was a patient […]
enjoying our summer activities and being outdoors whenever we can park-hopping and checking out other cool parks in our area. We have a great Pirate Themed park near our house but I’m just now discovering all these local public parks that are too cool to miss trying on ice hockey gear while at […]
I made it to the gym early this morning and took Body Pump class. It was my first time doing the new release, which was launched at my gym two weekends ago. I like the new release because there’s a lot of variety. I actually finished the bicep track, when normally, I would have to […]
Hello friends, I hope you are enjoying the start of your Easter Weekend. Color explosion! It makes me happy. It’s Spring Break season and a time to take a little time off to enjoy some rest and relaxation. We spent some family time in Las Vegas this week. My mother-in-law celebrated her birthday in Vegas […]
