• Good Times

    Standup Paddle Boarding: My New Hobby?

    Standup Paddle Boarding

    Last weekend, Matt took the boys and me to a spot in nature that I had never been to. It’s a portion of the Colorado River that is dammed up. It was a beautiful area, and it inspired my newest hobby: standup paddle boarding.

    The water was freezing cold, but the people with inflatable paddle boards looked like they were having so much fun!

    I started to research inflatable standup paddle boarding. There are a lot of reviews out there. People take standup paddle boarding very seriously! I was specifically searching for affordable, inflatable standup paddle boards.

    Several of the recommended ones weren’t in stock, so I instead opted … Read More

  • Health-n-Wellness

    Hungryroot: Quick Meals, Vegetarian-Friendly

    Matt and I have been using a local meal-kit delivery service for a while now. I appreciate the nearly zero-waste approach. Everything comes in reusable containers/jars that they pick up when they drop of the new week’s ingredients. However, I’m really tired of overly-healthy meals (even though I am focused on getting healthy). Last week, for example, one of the meals was lentils and vegetables, and I just couldn’t do it. I decided to give Hungryroot a try.

    The thing that attracted me to Hungryroot was the promise of dinner prep taking only 10-15 minutes. That’s my kind of timeline!

    If Trader Joe’s did curbside pick-up, I feel like … Read More

  • Functional Fashion

    Favorite Dress: Here’s What I’m Loving

    favorite dress

    We are going back to school in-person on September 8. I’ve been scrounging the bottom of the barrel for things to wear on my Zoom calls. I really hate shopping, so the feeling of having nothing to wear always brings me dread. Somehow, I went online and managed to find my new favorite dress!

    I have a lot of requirements for new clothes right now. It’s still over 100 degrees in Austin, TX, and I’m going to be regularly doing arrival and departure duty at school. So my outfits need to be cool, promote airflow, and be easily washed.

    I ordered this dress from H&M and love it! I did … Read More