Earlier today, I realized that exactly 4 months ago I moved from San Diego to the San Jose area. In all honestly, I miss San Diego a lot, but I've been having a great time exploring the Bay Area and have settled into my life here. Between wine country, good food, farmers' markets, beaches, and more, there's no shortage of fun to be had in this area! In other places I've lived, I've printed out motivational quotes or written sayings that inspire me on post-its, and then hung them up in places where I can see them on a daily basis. One thing my new place has been missing is some quirky quotes around, so I've been checking out some phrases to put up around my house. I know that there are a lot of quote junkies out there like myself, so I wanted to share the top 10 mottos & quotes I ... [Read More]
Archives for July 2013
Tofu Breakfast Tacos
Another weekend has flown by, and Monday came oh so quickly. As I've mentioned before, I telecommute for my job, and working from home has its perks: Sometimes I work in my pajamas. As a matter of fact, if I have a conference call at 8 am or earlier, it's an almost guarantee that I will not be dressed yet. I also get to work with my dog sleeping at my feet under my desk the majority of the time, which is pretty sweet. I'm lucky enough to have a pretty flexible schedule. If I need a breather or am having writer's block, I can go for a walk with my pup or take a workout break. And since my kitchen is just down the stairs from my office, I make pretty much all of my meals. I love being able to make my own food and taking a few moments to play around with recipes. Cue today's breakfast: I ... [Read More]
Keepin’ it Simple & Delicious: Arugula Goat Cheese Crostini
Hi there! My Sunday morning has definitely started off on the right foot: I awoke to a message from my best friend saying that her and another girlfriend of mine are coming to visit me next month (YAY!), decided to have a living room yoga/stretching session in my PJs while my hubby and puppy still snoozed, and then I made a nice green monster smoothie to get my veggies & fruit in. Now I'm sitting here blogging to you in quite a fabulous mood. :) This weekend has been a nice low-key one for me thus far. That should continue throughout today, as my only Sunday plans are cleaning and errands, exercising crazy Harley girl, and perhaps a mountain biking trip with Adam (I know I know, I was just talking about my foot injury in the last post - but I'm feeling out what workouts I can and ... [Read More]
My Foot Pain Diagnosed: I Have Sesama-what?
Happy, happy Friday everyone! Earlier today, I took Harley for a nice hike, and made peace with the idea that it might be the last challenging hike I go on for a bit, because I have some injury news to share.. In the past week, I've had appointments for meeting with a sports medicine doctor, getting an x-ray and an MRI as well, all to figure out what the hell is going on with my foot and calf. You may or may not have read my posts where I've talked about my never-ending calf injury - a muscle I tore 3 years ago and have gone to physical therapy at two different facilities in an attempt to fully recover from it, which I haven't felt like I've done thus far. Last summer, I started to experience some weird foot pain by my big toe. After a general practitioner diagnosed it as ... [Read More]
Wine Labeling & What I Ate Wednesday
Hi friends! I'm blogging as I watch the ESPY Awards, feeling really inspired by all of the amazing athletes in this country and excited for football season to start pretty soon. I just watched sports journalist Robin Roberts receive the Arthur Ashe Courage Award, and what an amazing woman she is! Today I'm doing a What I Ate Wednesday post since I have not shared my daily eats in a couple of weeks, but first I wanted to share a few pictures from the project that my hubby and I worked on last night: creating wine labels for our homemade merlot that we bottled a few weeks ago, and getting them on the bottles (mostly!) straight: We're calling our wines "Daniella Cellars" after my middle name, Danielle. The emblem on the top of the label is a crane after our last name (which is...Crane), ... [Read More]
Avoiding Pigging Out After Workouts
While checking out the July/August issue of Fitness magazine tonight, one of the cover stories caught my eye: How to Beat Post-Workout Pig-Outs. You see, I recently realized that I kept coming home from the gym feeling starving and wanting to just shove food in my mouth - as of late, handfuls of cereal, dried fruit, and spoonfuls of peanut butter were my picks. Since I most often workout in the late afternoon/early evening and make dinner once I come home, I'm about to eat soon after I exercise anyways. But in the time it takes me to get home, prep dinner, and then sit down to eat it, I found myself eating unnecessary calories. Once I realized that this was something I'd been doing that I did not want to make a usual habit, I came up with a few minor adjustments to make in order to help ... [Read More]
