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Favorite Coffee Shops in St. Paul, Minnesota
There are few things I love to do more in a new city than explore their coffee shops! Any time I’m planning a trip, I always make sure to check local blog pages and Pinterest guides for new cafes to check out each day. Or let’s be honest, multiple in the same day… When it comes to a busy day of exploring, “but first coffee” sums up my approach pretty accurately! Now that travel is…
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Sweet as a Peach Baby Shower
When my sister found out in January that they were expecting, we never would have predicted we’d be trying to throw a baby shower in the middle of a global pandemic! Challenge accepted COVID!! One of the things we wanted to be very mindful of was keeping the numbers low and ensuring that social distancing was possible. Thankfully, our mom has a large deck that’s perfect for entertaining and a decent-size backyard to spread out,…
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How to Be an Ally Against Racial Injustice
On Memorial Day, a Black man died in the street as a police officer kneeled on his neck. He used his last breaths to tell the officer restraining him and the three officers surrounding him that he couldn’t breathe and finally, to call out to his mom who passed away a year ago. George Floyd. His name matters. He matters. Minneapolis is grieving, an unfathomable pain to many of us. To others, this pain is…
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A Weekend in San Antonio
This post is long overdue but it didn’t feel right posting it when we first got home from our trip. What was intended to be a birthday and basketball weekend turned into one last adventure before the coronavirus halted life as we know it. We landed in San Antonio on March 12, the day after the NBA suspended their season. Had our flight been scheduled for even 2-3 days later and we might have postponed…
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Reflection as a Means to Growth
Whether you’re a New Year’s resolution type of person or not, I do believe it is important to reflect on the year behind you. Without reflection, we can not grow. 2019 was a huge year of growth for me. I’m coming up on 5 years of “cancer-free” and I realized this last year that I was allowing my fear of the cancer coming back to hold me back. I was afraid to start significant relationships…
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Photo Diary: Axdahl Farm and Greenhouse
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not Christmas…pumpkin season! I don’t know what it is about red leaves, pumpkin white mochas and apple orchards that make me feel all warm and cozy inside but I absolutely LOVE fall!! There’s also just something about apple cider and pumpkin patches that makes me really happy. So when my mom and sister suggested going to pick out pumpkins, I was all in! Axdahl Farms is…
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My Morning Routine for a Balanced and Focused Day
I recently wrote a blog post for Her Track on the importance of having a morning routine so I thought I would share my own! This is something I’ve been playing with and modifying as time goes on to best fit my needs. It’s not uncommon for a morning routine to change, especially as things change in your life! My summer routine looks drastically different than the rest of the year because my schedule is…
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Green Drink
Despite being vegetarian, I struggle getting enough green vegetables in my diet. I have a massive sweet tooth so I tend to be a bit fruit heavy in my diet and the veggies I prefer are the more brightly colored ones. I do like broccoli but you can only eat so many tiny trees, you know? Why is it so important to me that I get all the greens? Well, fighting cancer for one thing!…
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I Gave Up Gluten and Dairy for 30 Days…and Here’s What Happened
If you had told me a few months ago that I would even think of going 30 days with gluten or dairy, I would’ve laughed my head off. Give up bread, cheese curds and pizza?! I don’t think so! Yet, here I am on Day 35 and going strong…so what happened? Many of you know from previous posts that I had cancer a few years back. While I’m incredibly grateful to be four years cancer…
