This week marks our first year wedding anniversary. Around this time last year, the husband and I, along with our family and friends, all vacationed to Puerto Vallarta in celebration of our wedding. Our actual wedding anniversary is May 30th, but because we got married last year during Memorial Day weekend, this weekend feels more […]
I’m a huge Friends TV show fan. I own collections of DVD from that show and I even have the book that highlighted their last season. I miss that show so much. I still watch the reruns on TV whenever I catch it. If you watch that show, you know that each episode was called […]
Another fun weekend has past and another week has begun. I hit the gym this morning for a 30 minute HIIT workout on the treadmill. I want to incorporate more HIIT workouts again (like I did during the months leading up to the wedding). It really helped me tone up. I love doing HIIT workouts because I […]
I am trying to consume less coffee these days and I’m trying it out first with starting out the process by drinking coffee every other morning. On days I don’t drink coffee, I brew myself a huge pot of black tea and drink it throughout the day. I’m currently using Tazo Awake (black tea). I […]
It’s a proud day for my family. My younger sister is now a licensed Dental Hygienist. I walked in the door to her graduation festivities and was greeted with colorful cupcakes. Free desserts at a graduation? Her school is great. I think that it is ironic they offer sweet offerings during a dental event. I ate […]
Veggie Bars
Chocolate Avocado Cake
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
White Bean & Roasted Tomatoes Pasta
Petite Lasagnas
Coconut (Chickpea) Waffles
Grain Free Cake for One
celebrating our little man’s 4th birthday. We took him to Legoland over the weekend and had his birthday lunch at school with a cake, pizza, desserts and balloons going on our monthly date night, we had dinner California Fish Grill and watched Beauty and The Beast saying goodbye to our puppy Leilani. She was […]
It’s a scorcher today. What is going on with the weather? The temperature hit 100+ degrees in Orange County this weekend and today too. Once I got to work, I planned on staying inside until it cooled down when I to go home. I woke up bright and early this morning very excited for breakfast. […]
I love cooking dishes that are considered “one-pot meals”. I like eating from a bowl and eating all the nutritious ingredients all mixed together. Food doesn’t have to be pretty, they just have to be nutritious. I call a meal-in-a-bowl “rustic”. One of my Sunday food-prep is to cook a pot of quinoa to eat […]
It was definitely a pancake weekend for me. I made pancakes twice, on back to back mornings. I enjoyed them after the hike on Saturday and also made them the following morning. I normally don’t eat pancakes for breakfast because they don’t satisfy me. I can eat a plate full, be stuffed and feel hungry […]
Not technically Wordless Wednesday. I gotta say something, always 🙂 These are pictures from the island of Boracay in the Philippines. The island is very small, I think it’s only a few miles wide. One of the best beaches I’ve ever been to. I’ve been to Mexico and Caribbean beaches. When I went for a […]
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid (4/5 stars) This is like the Cast Away movie, but in this version Tom Hanks comes home just before the wedding. Emma Blair married her high school sweetheart Jesse in her twenties: they traveled the world together and were blissfully happy—until Jesse’s helicopter disappeared over the […]
Happy Easter friends! Whatever you are celebrating today, hope it will be a fun day for you. Just want to share a quick recap and a few pictures from my Bridal Shower last night! I will do a full post this week with all the wonderful details. My friends did a really great job with […]
Hello friends, this morning Chris and I are on our way to Mexico to start our wedding celebration. The wedding is not until Monday, May 30th, so we will have a few days of sun and relaxation before we tie the knot. While I am enjoying my vacation south of the border, I have some […]
Healthy Coconut 