Miscellaneous

Are We Present to Our Days? ARE WE JUST GOING THROUGH THE MOTIONS or are we TRULY EXPERIENCING our days? I’ve been to this particular state park at least 100 times but I’d never really experienced it like this… let me explain. I could do the trail up...

The Six Hour Cake Ya know those crazy expensive decorative cakes people get for weddings and super fancy occasion? I BEFORE today was not clear as to why they are like $800. Heck… after spending 6 hours learning to make one today I think they should...

What Are We Always Rushing? Rush rush rush rush.. always rushing. My expansion challenge hasn’t fully stopped my “rushing” problem but it’s certainly been shifting what I choose to fill my day with and it’s creating a massive awareness for me around things Why are we always...

Mount Soledad La Jolla Super high above La Jolla and San Diego sits the Mt. Soledad National Veterans Memorial and a huge beautiful white cross that has been super controversial. The cross evoked over 25 years of lawsuits & court rulings. The cross placement created one...

Why Do We Stop Creating? WHY DO WE STOP CREATING? As kids we CREATE… we paint, we color, we draw, we dance, we sing, we splash, we twirl and more WITHOUT fearing judgement. We do it to be present, to have fun, to express ourselves. And then somehow...

Botanical Gardens Visit I LOVE plants but the story I’ve been telling myself is that I am one of those people that cant keep plants alive. I’ve tried. I over water, forget to water, put them in the wrong light, or who knows but they never...

Living in Van Gogh FAILURE after FAILURE while discovering one’s passion is nothing unique to us… then we were INSIDE the paintings yesterday and Van Gogh's mind. I’d never been to an IMMERSIVE art gallery experience and this was a perfect for day 18 of my 30...

Sunset Walk at Fletcher's Cove We’ve been together 11 years, married for 6 and sometimes we forget to “date” each other. It so easy to become routine. Schedules, being a mom, work, being “tired” I forget that it doesn’t need to be a lot of time, but rather...

San Diego Safari Adventure On my bucket list is an African safari list but that may be a ways away. For now, I got to experience a safari in San Diego yesterday for the afternoon for day 16 of my 30 day expansion challenge. This is NOT...