Austin Staycation

Austin Staycation

You know what I love? Vacationing in my own city. We think Austin is one of the best cities in the entire world, and so why would we not choose to sometimes just go downtown and get us a hotel room for two nights and have a great stay-cation in a place we love. A few...

Happy Hour #40 with Shauna Niequist

Happy Hour #40 is with my friend Shauna Niequist. Shauna is the author of Savor, Bread & Wine, Cold Tangerines, and Bittersweet, and is an enthusiastic hostess, home cook and passionate gatherer of people. Shauna’s three great loves are her family, dinner parties, and...
Whole 30 {Week Three}

Whole 30 {Week Three}

{WEEK THREE} At the very beginning of this week I flew to DC to spend the weekend at the IJM conference. On the plane  I made the decision I had been needing to make since I started Whole30. I knew all along this weekend was within the thirty days and I would want to...
Whole 30 {Week Two}

Whole 30 {Week Two}

{WEEK TWO} Goodness gracious day 14 was hard. Mentally it was hard. The entire day I was wishing I had committed to #whole15, which I didn't even know was a thing until two days before, but that's all my brain could think about on day 14. Then I got through day 15 and...