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Blueberry Kale and Cacao Smoothie
Now that Matt and I are back on a really strict budget, I have stopped indulging in Daily Harvest smoothies. I felt horrible for impacting the environment in such negative ways anyway. But I still enjoyed getting so many fruits and veggies every day with such minimal effort! I tried to replicate my favorite item of all: a blueberry kale and cacao smoothie.
One of the biggest benefits to the Daily Harvest smoothies was that everything was already in a cup ready to go. You could just dump, add a liquid, and blend. I’ve been trying to recreate a similarly easy experience.
The first step is to stir together:… Read More
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A Long Weekend in San Diego: Fun, Fun!
Recently, we had the chance to spend a long weekend in San Diego. Matt’s mom stays out there each winter and invited us to stay with her. Matt’s dad also flew in for the weekend, and his brother drove down from Los Angeles.
We found great tickets flying out of Austin around 5pm on Friday after school/work. The price was so great that one of Tate’s classmate and her family were also on the same flight for a long-weekend getaway.
We arrived Friday around 8pm San Diego time, ate some dinner, and went to bed.
Day One
The next day, we headed straight to the beach. We could reach Coronado … Read More
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Family Gap Year Post #4: A List of Destinations
Matt is fully onboard with the idea of a Family Gap Year now that he sees that I am fully willing to take on the bulk of planning. I don’t mind! I love planning. He does the laundry and empties the dishwasher every week; I have to balance it out somehow.
We whittled down the original list of destinations to a narrower one. Then I created a new tab within the Master Google Sheet called, “Weather.” As you can see in the image above, I listed our top destinations down the Y-axis and the months of the year across the X-axis. I googled each country and tried to identify the … Read More