I do a lot of thinking in my car during my commute to work. I thought one day that I need to intentionally seek out adventures. I need to plan ahead, need to plan fun trips and need to take some time off. I am ready to take on new adventures. Actually, I’ve been […]
This past weekend, we headed to the beautiful Kern River area and set up tent at a campsite right next to the water. We went water rafting. We got thrown off our raft after we hit a rock and went down this rapid on my back. Ouch! It wouldn’t be camping without making any smores. […]
One of the main reasons that I started this blog was to have an online journal that I can look back years from now and be reminded of the things I did, foods I ate and places I went. I’ve always enjoyed reading other blog posts that were similar to a journal entry. I enjoy […]
Anytime there is a window of time that we can travel, we jump on the opportunity to do it. Three day holiday weekend coming up? Why not go on a road trip. We headed away from Orange County and drove north along the Pacific Coast highway. First stop on the road trip is the Danish […]
We started our trip to Mammoth before the crack of dawn this year. Chris and I had a 4am wake up call. Our friends met us at our house and we left by 6am. We bypassed L.A.’s morning gridlock and drove thru Mojave a few hours later. We passed by the airplane graveyard. I thought […]
(this is a test post from my phone. I apologize for any errors in the format) We drove 5 hours away from home and found ourselves in the middle of this. Where the snow meets water. Where I dug out my winter clothes, in the middle of summer, to pack for this trip. I’m blogging […]
What a whirlwind of a week it has been. It was busy, busy with back to back events. It was so much fun, it went by so fast but I wouldn’t have it any other way. In a week, I had my bridal shower, celebrated my 30th birthday, ran a 10K for She Runs L.A. and […]
This morning, the fiance and I left town for an overnight weekend getaway to celebrate Valentine’s Day weekend 🙂 This was the view I enjoyed while the fiance drove us to our destination. The coastal beaches were busy. We drove for an hour and half and just arrived here. Beautiful sunshine and warm breeze greeted […]
600 miles and 24 hours later, I am home sweet home. I don’t know when I’ve felt more tired, driving solo for 4 hours or the morning after a long race? 4 hours is the longest time I have ever been driven straight and I did it twice in the last 24 hours. I did the […]
This past weekend, the fiance and I drove to San Diego to jump start the holiday season. We had a Thanksgiving party with my college friends. Let the holiday feasting begin. It rained all weekend in San Diego, but the skies did clear up around Sunday afternoon. On Sunday, we had lunch at Tender Greens […]
Veggie Bars
Chocolate Avocado Cake
Chocolate Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes
White Bean & Roasted Tomatoes Pasta
Petite Lasagnas
Coconut (Chickpea) Waffles
Grain Free Cake for One
I really want to be consistent with writing on the blog, my way of documenting our summer. Before I would get myself overwhelmed with trying to post all the stuff we were doing because I didn’t have the time to sit down and draft a long post, I still don’t have the time most days, […]
Happy Friday! How quickly the week went by. It is a short work week for me as I am again going out of town today for a dear friend’s wedding. I am flying out and heading up north. A lot of you commented that you were inspired to go visit the mountains and head up to Mammoth. […]
Even fantasy destinations have their bad days, even on our honeymoon. Today, the wind and rain has stirred up the white beaches and it is not looking like its pretty self. We are enjoying some downtime, waiting for the bad weather to pass so we can get ourselves some delicious fruit shakes. Yesterday we had […]
I’m currently in the middle of a fitness challenge called #aug15challenge, where we post our workouts everyday in a secret group we created on Facebook. It’s just for a couple of my close girlfriends, trying to keep each other motivated and hold each other accountable. Today is Day 19, and I’ve missed 1 […]
Here’s a baby bump picture from 2 weekends ago, when I was 38 weeks. This picture was taken this morning…39 weeks and 6 days! One day away from due date!!! 39 weeks – Pregnancy Update How far along: 39 weeks 6 days. One day away from my due date!!! Maternity clothes: At this point, I’m […]
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 […]
Friday night was my “Ugly Christmas Sweater” themed party with my friends. Ready for the uglies? Which sweater do you think is the ugliest? It was a really fun party. We giggled and laughed at each other the whole night and posted pictures on Facebook to see who would win the ugliest. Since the party […]
Thank you to Yahoo! Mail for sponsoring this post about staying connected. I was selected for this sponsorship by the Clever Girls Collective, which endorses Blog With Integrity, as I do. During the wedding planning process, I was active in a few wedding forums. One of the things I enjoyed reading and are very […]
