How's everyone holding up with quarantined life? Over here in the northeast, we are getting hit pretty hard with coronavirus cases, so my family has been mostly isolating ourselves from the world for a bit now. We know people who are waiting for test results. Someone at my husband's work tested positive. This whole situations feels very surreal. But we're all in this together, and my hubby and I are trying to limit our exposure to do our part in reducing the spread of the virus. Trying to focus on the bright side, this is the most I've seen my husband, like, ever. Him being around more means that our baby girl gets to spend more time with her dad, which has been fun. I'm breaking up on the monotony of quarantined life by doing new little things as often as possible. So far ... [Read More]
easy soup recipes
Potato Black Bean Soup [vegan + gluten free]
Lately the weather in the San Diego area has been nuts. Rain, rain, and more rain for the past month! This is usually the "rainy" season - though I use that term loosely - but this has been more rain than I've seen in my 7+ years in California. For the state, this is good news! California's reservoirs are swelling for the first time in half a decade, and the drought we've been in for years might be over if Mother Nature keeps it up. With all of the rain lately, a few things have been happening in my world. For one, my dog has been super whiny and energetic. She literally does sprints around the house when it's raining out, and cries at the door yet doesn't want to go outside and get wet... not that I blame her, I've been missing our outdoor workouts too. Secondly, my ... [Read More]