We are five weeks into our first year of homeschooling. I’d be lying if I said it’s been easy. I’m an introvert. My daughter is an extrovert. Who almost never stops talking. I’m exaggerating a tiny bit but really, the hardest part of this whole journey has been all me. I need alone time to […]

The kid got this awesome chemistry kit from my parents for her birthday this year and we finally got around to trying out some of the experiments. She absolutely loves science so any kind of experiment is met with great enthusiasm. She was excited to wear the protective glasses like a real scientist, and was […]

I’ve been working on a personal project with a couple of friends each Friday based on a specific prompt that changes each week. A few (ok maybe more than a few) weeks ago the prompt was floral so I decided to pull out my macro lens and picked up some beauties from Trader Joe’s. Does […]

We bought a membership to the Monterey Bay Aquarium last year thinking we would make the time to go out and visit a few times. We have literally been once in the last year. ONCE. I’m going to try to make it at least one other time before the membership expires so I don’t feel […]

A friend of mine is always posting adorably decorated donuts from this sweet (see what I did there) little shop in the Irvington district of Fremont. It’s not in an area we frequent too often but one morning a few weeks ago we made it a point to stop by and try some of the […]

I drive past this wall at least once a day, and every time I think to myself “I should stop and take some quick photos.” And every time I just keep on driving. Well, I finally made it a point to do it. Fueled by my personal project (52 Fridays) I packed my camera and […]

A few weeks ago my daughter’s girl scout troop had their bridging ceremony and she made her way from a Daisy Scout to a Brownie. She was so excited to join the big girls in her troop who made it to Brownies last year and to start her journey with them (their troop is split […]

Back at the end of February/beginning of March we spent ten days in Dallas with family. We moved out to the Bay Area almost 4 years ago but we travel back to Dallas as often as we can because 1. we love it there, 2. we miss our friends, and 3. because we love and […]