I love baking, but...

If I could bake cookies, cakes and pies everyday I would. I love experimenting with different ingredients but there's nothing better than the traditional chocolate chip cookie.

  
However, the problem with loving to bake is what to do with everything once it's made. I don't just love making the treats I love eating them too but if I ate a dozen cookies and a cake every week well... you get it,

Thoughts on meal planning for two

A few places we like to shop for groceries: 

TJs- canned food, cereal, juice, coffee, snacks, in season produce
Whole Foods- hard to find items and the occasional vegan baked good or lunch on the go.
Sprouts- produce, good bulk bins

Rain in Huntington Beach!

It rained yesterday guys. Slightly unbelievable and big news for most in the area and a sweet surprise for me. 

Last year was an overly rainy and humid year in Washington D.C. Each time it rained the air became sticky and thick in a way that reminded me that I lived in a former swamp turned major metropolitan city.

Thankfully, rain in Huntington was a pleasant and welcome addition to my morning. The sky was slightly gray as the rain fell and filled the salty ocean air with the sweet smell of fall.

Week 3- September is for salad

I can't believe it's actually September already. Most of August I was living out of a suitcase and the days were passing at an alarming rate. September is always a memorable time of year for so many reasons. Today it's the beginning of new fitness and healthy eating goals. Some of the things we use to achieve these goals are...

 

Labor Day Weekend

Over the weekend my parents came down to visit. Everyone in our family is very excited that we are living at the beach, can you blame them? I played tour guide in downtown Huntington Beach while Blake was at work on Friday.

We checked out Sandy's for lunch and the fish tacos were just as amazing at the view.

Make sure you sit on the patio!

Blake and I love baseball and are on a mission to see a game in every professional park in the United States, more on that later. My mom got us tickets to see the Angels Friday night and we sat right on the third base line.

Of course what is a trip to the beach, without a trip to the beach...

 

Week 2 - finding balance

After so much transition and inconsistency it was nice to have some time to settle into a routine.
Breakfast on the patio, lots of time at the beach and healthy eating really helped to get life back to some sense of normalcy.

Week 1- Unpack

On Monday the reality of the move had not quite set in because we still did not have our pods. I was at home with the few things we brought in the car and no internet so I decided to walk to the closest coffee shop in search of free wifi and caffeine.

Our first weekend in Huntington Beach

We got our keys 8 days after waving goodbye to this view on a cloudy Thursday morning. Now we have 2 days to relax before Blake started his new job. I still can't believe it guys.

 

We Made it!

The last day of driving had finally arrived! We got in the car and drove straight to what we hoped would be our new home, Huntington Beach.