This post feels like a sponsored post for Trader Joe’s, but I assure you it is not.  They are kinda awesome though in terms of price and quality.  And we happen to do the majority of our shopping there.  Sure, you could find more local/organic/etc stuff at WFs, but TJs is definitely on their game and does a pretty good job of keeping with the food trends while remaining true to their consumer’s desire for affordable but popular products.  So yeah, as I warned you, this week was heavy on the packaged (semi-pre-made) stuff to assist me in my… Read more >

Another post with our dinner meal planning.  Kinda.  These weeks have been weird with some nights away (visit to my parents’ house) and family staying with us and a few nights of me eating solo (Kyle doing business stuffs), which makes for a difficult game plan.  I totally relied on scrounging up leftover scraps to create not that innovative meals, but it was also in an attempt to be slightly more frugal after some splurging for birthday shenanigans.  These are the meals I’ve managed to capture over the past week (and a half?). This salmon dish was from… Read more >

On Friday we went to the East Bay to see my sister!!!!!!!!!!! I have missed her so much it was awesome to have her in town even if was only for a quickie weekend trip. For the record, my sister cannot play the guitar, but my little dancing bean didn’t care.  And then after putting P down for the night we went to dinner (hooray for the frequency of date nights increasing!!) at Roam. I got the sunny side in a lettuce wrap.  I was saving room for dessert (chocolate back at my parents’ house).  My… Read more >

I made the mistake of making these delicious, hot off the stove, home-made pancakes into a boring breakfast.  How did I do that? With the introduction of Mickey Mouse… And now I think I’m doomed to make Mickey pancakes forever more. 🙂 I guess there are worse habits for a toddler.