let's talk about breakfast.

When I go to breakfast, I'm the annoying person that orders a bunch of sides as a meal. Luckily, my husband doesn't mind. I'v been noticing how much I do this at home now. I never make myself a full omelet, I'm never in the mood for waffles and my breakfast burrito from Saguaro's doesn't sound appealing anymore. Here's an example of my breakfasts (this is what I had yesterday):

1. The peaches from Trader Joe's are amazing right now!

2. Sprouted wheat toast (also from Trader Joe's- I love their bread).

3.Hard boiled eggs with mustard. When I nannied for a family, this is how the little girl ate her eggs. After smelling the combo so many times and taking tiny nibbles of hers every once in a while, this is the only way I'll eat hard boiled eggs.

4. Avocado goes with every meal and is my favorite snack.

I also have yogurt with my breakfast everyday, but with a little something extra added to it. (More on that later) Although, I'm not having omelettes and waffles for breakfast, I feel like my meals are pretty well balanced and enjoyable for me. If I have too many scrambled eggs a few days in a row, I won't eat them for a couple of weeks. I get sick of certain foods really fast if I have too much of them. These "snack plates" (as I like to call them) seem to keep my taste buds interested.

What do you usually eat for breakfast? Do you like small portions of a lot of different foods or bigger portions of a couple things?

mini photo shoot.

We needed to take some pictures of a new product tonight and Patrick needed to go on a walk. We took all of our stuff and our little pup down to the balboa trails. It was a nice little outing before we locked ourselves in the house to work the night away. We're still crazy busy. I actually forgot today was Monday. I thought it was Tuesday or Wednesday because we worked all weekend. Haha. How was your Monday?

PS..new product photos coming soon :)

his and hers.

I noticed the difference in our work stations the other day. Mine is all flowers and feathers, his is all power tools and electrical stuff. I thought it was funny :)

yeah, it's hot.

I took these pictures of Patrick being cute yesterday. He loves the sunlit stairs in the morning. Today, however, we are all trying to stay away from the sun and out of the heat. It's almost 90 degrees in San Diego. We're pretty spoiled when it comes to the weather, so we're all complaining about it big time (at least it's not humid!). Philip was very strategic about which blinds to shut, which windows to open and where to put our only floor fan. It's now much cooler in here. He is very handy to have around ;)

We're watching more 30 Rock, staying awake with iced coffee, and working on more orders. Did you get to do anything fun this weekend?

popsicles with the pups.

Beca and Charlie treated Patrick and I to some Viva Pops after our lunch with Ainsley. It was funny to watch the dogs eat popsicles (definitely something I've never done before). Patrick devoured his right away. Charlie rejected his and went straight for Beca's. Ha!

Are you still there?

This is one of my new favorite desserts. It's the trilogy chocolate cake from work. Delicious!!!

It's been so crazy this week. The house is out of control with messes, I'm behind on orders (thank you if you're patiently waiting!), there are too many house projects we are always trying to tackle, my inbox is out of control, and there have been many trips to north county. I'm a little overwhelmed right now. That's why I haven't been the best about blogging lately. Sorry for the absence. I'll be back soon, I promise :)

weekends together

Philip and I made the decision a while back to spend more weekends together. There was a while there (about 3 months) when we were driving up to north county every single weekend. As much as we were enjoying seeing our family and friends all the time, we weren't getting much time together at home. The decision to spend more time at home has been great!

On Sunday we took Patrick on a walk before heading home to work all night. We both had orders to finish and desserts to eat. (I got to bring a bunch of desserts home from work this weekend.) I've really been enjoying these weekends together.

Evening Walks

Evening walks are one of my favorite family outings. That's all for now.

best buds.

I took some pictures of the pups being cute today.

Patrick verbally protesting the fact that I just tod him to lay down...but he still did it. That's what matters :)

Hugo waiting patiently for the cow bone

They're so cute. I'm glad that Patrick has a friend.

randoms from home.

These are some details around the house. I'm cooking dinner and trying to tidy up the house a little. Today was my first day at the cafe where I was just hired. I'm working there a few shifts a week to bring in a little extra money. I was stubborn to the idea of getting another job, but I'm excited to be apart of a team again.

A long with getting used to constantly being on my feet (something I was used to when I was at Starbucks, but not anymore) I'm exhausted from our run this morning. Philip and I want to start exercising on a regular basis (or at all) so we started this morning off with our first run. I thought I was going to die! Haha. Tomorrow we'll try it again :)

summer in the city.

Today was a fun day! Philip and I took Patirck down to Little Italy for a walk. We grabbed coffee at Influx and enjoyed a stroll through the city.

Patrick gets thirsty. The little perch behind the water fountain was perfect for him.

On our way home, we stopped by Pink Berry (yum). Shortly after that, Summer and Nathan came down and took us to the zoo. It was the best Saturday! What did you do today?

a productive monday.

Today has consisted of laundry, going to multiple grocery stores, conquering to do lists, starting some little projects, and trying to deep clean and organize the house. Hope you enjoyed your Monday. I should be back tomorrow with something more interesting ♥