Wedding Registries: How-To

Planning a wedding? This is one of the best parts of the planning process that is also the most time sensitive. I had the misfortune of having to design my wedding registries while cramming for a ton of mid-terms the same week. This is because as soon as we were engaged, the ladies in my …

How to Spend $0 on an Engagement Shoot

When my husband proposed, we were both in school and money was pretty non-existent. We were planning on paying a friend to do our engagement shoot, but his cleverness and creativity helped us to save the hundred or so we would have spent on that! It's called......HAVING A FRIEND // STRANGER TAKE YOUR PIX FOR …

Why I Stopped Consuming Caffeine

I almost titled this post, "Why I Stopped Using Caffeine." It's kind of strange to think of it like that....."using caffeine." When we think of using a substance, we typically think of drugs and alcohol. But caffeine really is a drug, and people use it to cope with their problems rather than to fix the …

There’s Nothing Wrong with Having a “Normal” Diet

You've heard all of them somewhere.....Diets by many names. Paleo, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, dairy free, grain free, juice fast, cleanse, gluten free, fat free, ketogenic, Atkins, low carb, no added sugar, sugar free, fun free, life sucking, blah blah blah. Somewhere in there we start to feel like we have to pick one of these …

An Afternoon at Gizdich Ranch

There's something so nostalgic, sweet, and simple about picking your own fruit in an orchard. It takes us back in time and helps us to slow down and to appreciate nature and what it provides for us. Hubby and I decided to take a day trip to Watsonville to check out the famous Gizdich Ranch …

How to Plan a Dream Wedding on Your Own, On a Budget (in 6 weeks)

Yeah that's right....you heard me. 6 WEEKS IS ALL YOU NEED! Would it be nice to have a bit more time? Yeah, but you would say that even if you had 3 years to plan amirite? And yes. That photo above is our wedding venue. We were able to borrow a friend of a friend's …

A Talk with Bill McKibben

Bill McKibben:   Climate Calling April 6, 2015   World-renowned environmental activist, Bill McKibben, came to speak at my school tonight. I recorded some notes about his main points. They illustrate the problems we face today and what people are starting to do about it. Humans have raised temperature of earth by 1 degree Celsius Projected …

What I’ve Been Reading: Michael Pollan

Last summer I went on a Michael Pollan kick after he lectured as a guest speaker at my school in Spring 2015. I read The Omnivore's Dilemma, Food Rules, and In Defense of Food all within a short time and spent much of the summer eating only foods from the farmer's market, cut out most …

Amazing Reads

Hey there! It's been ages since I've written, I know. Wanted to share something I haven't yet posted to the blog--READS!!! Reading is such a great way to stay sharp throughout your entire life. A motivational speaker told me recently that one of the MOST IMPORTANT ways to improve yourself is to analyze what you …

Year-End Recipe: Chocolate Pumpkin Spice Protein Waffles!!

HELLOOO!!!! Long time, no see. I realize I have not written in about 5 months...Sorry. So much has happened in those months; and I found that between school and so many crazy life events, I did not really have nor make the time to write. It will take me many posts to recap all of …