Cooking: Low Carb Biscuits

I follow a few fellow “Ketoers” on Instagram and one of my favorites is @ketolchfmonkey.  She posted a recipe for these super delicious low carb biscuits that I just had to try, because let’s be honest who doesn’t love biscuits?  I highly suggest you try them, I cannot taste a difference between a regular biscuit…

Marriage: Weekly Discussions (Week 2)

Roses & Thorns: Jon: Rose – Daydreaming about what kind of parents we would be and planning for baby. Thorn – Our disagreement over household chores Angie: Rose – Getting the green light to start our IUI. Thorn – Our disagreement over household chores Weekly Discussion Topic/Question: What are some things we hope will happen…

Travel: Highway 1 & Central California

We were debating what I wanted to do for my birthday / our anniversary (they are only a day apart) for a while.  Jon unfortunately did not have a lot of vacation time left so we were limited to the days we could take off and our anniversary and my birthday happened to fall on…

Infertility: What’s Next?

I waited a long time before I finished writing this post.  In fact, I started writing this on December 12th, 2018 but held out hope that the contents of the post would be different.  Needless to say they weren’t and we are still infertile. After receiving the all clear during our second HSG test, we…

Marriage: Weekly Discussions (Week 1)

Roses & Thorns: Jon: Rose – Angie showing her love for me by preparing my snacks for the upcoming week of work Thorn – Overindulging in Las Vegas Angie: Rose – Spending a nice week of really good quality time together Thorn – Overindulging in Las Vegas Weekly Discussion Topic/Question:  What were some of our…

Life: Our Year in Review (2018)

January – Our 9 year anniversary of being together, explored Grand Central Market for the first time and a wonderful all clear diagnosis was received for someone very special.   February – Valentine’s Day & Fort MacArthur Air Raid of 1942 Reenactment.   March – A wedding and we traveled to San Francisco.   April…

Marriage: Weekly Discussions (Intro)

One of our New Years Resolutions for 2019 was that we really wanted to focus on a set time every week where we would sit down, connect and really discuss some important things.  Even for the best of communicators, carving out a dedicated time and topic can be extremely helpful in building and strengthening your…

Cooking: Crock-Pot BBQ Pulled Pork

This recipe is a yummy one!  I found a recipe similar to this one on Pinterest.com but, it called for regular coke, and I decided to spice it up and go with cherry coke.  I also reduced the salt because I found the tablespoon it called for much to salty. Ingredients: 1 Pork Shoulder Roast…

Life: New Years Resolutions (2019)

It’s that time of year to reflect on the past year and make plans for the upcoming year.  We’ve decided to share some of our resolutions with you: Marriage: Incorporate dedicated weekly communication & reflection Continue on our journey to becoming parents Buy a house Be a better husband by listening more (Jon) Be a…

Travel: San Francisco here we come!

San Francisco is somewhere we have both been before, when we were younger and a quick drive through a couple of years back.  This year, a wedding brought us into town and we decided to make a nice long weekend out of it.  I have to admit, the hustle and bustle of San Francisco is…