Long Time No Blog

Well... A few things have happened in the last many months (year?)

1. I Got Hitched!
2. We bought a rad house with lots of wall paper
3. We removed said wall paper
4. I realized wall paper is my sworn enemy
5. We took one long bike ride on our honeymoon
6. My mom who had a stroke and lives with us now. This is a happy thing because she is a survivor! :)
7. I got my masters degree and now only answer to master becca and/or frengelstan
8. I will soon be unemployed... and am stoked

Maybe I will post later about all of the above, but right now I just want to share a picture that made me cube giggle (that means giggle out loud in my cubicle).



via: designformankind.com

Love,

Becca

Fight or Flight

The Great Honeymoon Debate

Because I am listening the The replacements and thoroughly enjoying it.

And facebook just doesn't suffice when I want to sort things out on the world wide web.

I have returned to my blog for today.

Hello Blog.

The wedding (and general life thereafter) planning is coming along quite swimmingly. We both are beyond excited to have a fun, meaningful day (and life) with our friends and family, and really don’t have many conflicting opinions.

The Honeymoon. That is a different story.

Danny and I are seriously having the most difficult time deciding where to spend the weeks after our nuptials! Here are some of the locales that I can’t stop pondering.

Numero Uno: Our pipe dream- what does that saying mean anyhow?
BALI







The Good: Gorgeous beaches, rainforest (monkeys), and enough culture to shake a stick at.
The Bad: It cost a bundle to get there, and is famous for “Bali Belly” which is a clever way of describing food poisoning.
What is holding us back: Hands down the cost. The $2,000 per person flights is a complete budget buster.

Numero dos: The need for an authentic (and unusual) experience fulfilled
VIETNAM







The Good: This would literally be the adventure of a lifetime, cheap, beach, bays, forest, and we love that it is super unusual but has tons to offer!
The Bad: Flights are almost as heart breaking as Bali. Being off the beaten path also means we may have to compromise on some things, such as holes in the ground for toilets.
What is holding us back: Price. Additionally, while I am all in for a Vietnam HM. Danny is a little bit hesitant to spend it in such an “exotic” place.

Numero tres: Central America on the Cheap
NICARAGUA







The Good: Volcanoes, Caribbean Islands, surfing & sloths. It is also pretty reasonable, and we would be able to live large on a small budget.
The Bad: It would be rainy season, accommodations are “rustic” aka no AC and many have compost toilets (this doesn’t bother me, but the AC may)
What is holding us back: The weather. The whole point of going to Nicaragua would be to play outdoors, it would be a bummer if it rained the whole time.

Numero quarto: Screw it! Lets hit the road…
PACIFIC COAST ROAD TRIP








The Good: Familiar territory with unfamiliar experiences, we wouldn’t need to deal with the headaches of international travel, and HELLO the pacific coast is epic.
The Bad: This would probably end up costing as much as a honeymoon abroad without actually going out of the US.
What is holding us back: It may not be the “once in a lifetime” experience we were looking for.

There have seriously been so many places that have come, gone, and come back around again. These are just four options that are in my mind right at this second… God only knows what port of call we will end up in next Fall. Ultimately, we are looking for beach and outdoor adventure… so many places fit that bill!

For now, I am just ecstatic that I have a rad fiancé who is willing to listen to, and at times get excited about, all of my crazy adventure travel dreams. I am excited to have a lifetime of them! We are also so fortunate that we have the means, and health to go on an awesome honeymoon adventure.

Even if things get heavy, we'll all float on

Part Deuce: because Nat emailed me pictures of us getting worked by the river.

Nat, Matt, and I. We were nearly goners


However, Nat pulled out a nice recovery and we pulled through (although just barely, as is evident by my hanging bum)



Oh and here is a really pretty picture of me in the morning. I know, Danny is a lucky dude! haha



I made omelets in a bag. Have you tried these? If not you should on your next camping trip. Your life will never be the same.

We'll All Float On

I didn't cook last Tuesday. Instead I picked up take out from here:



Alfredo the Dark and Anti pasta Salad... It truly doesn't get much better than that.

I am not going to cook tomorrow either- School is once again sucking the life out of me.

Despite the above tangent this post is not about cooking, take out, school, or Bill Cosby. It is about my amazing river trip this past weekend and red spandex (wetsuit).



Just had to put that out there...because I realize not acknowledging that would likely cause an uproar and the world would undoubtedly turn to complete chaos.

Now that that is done- this weekend I was invited to join the Opinksky's and Spalinsky's on a three day river trip down the upper salt river. Let me tell you the UPPER salt is not to be confused with the lower "tubing" salt. It is incredible and so very gorgeous.

Natalie was oaring and did a splendid job, three people ending up getting thrown out of boats on rapids, but not on Nats boat! She kept us safe and sound (although there was one scare, and a popped outer tube).



If you ever have an opportunity to do a trip like this, DO IT! :)

On the River:





The Group:




More Red Spandex for Good Measure :)



Hope you had a great weekend too!

Creamy Pesto Ravioli

This past Tuesday I was not feeling fancy. In fact I was feeling like In N Out burger. However I fought my urge for fried goodness a dropped by Trader Joe's in hopes of finding something pre-made-ish that I could spruce up for my Tuesday dinner date with the boy.

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This is what I ended up with, like all things with pesto, it turned out scrumptious.

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Easy Peasy Creamy Pesto Ravioli:

Ingredients:

1 tb butter

3 cooked chicken breast (I bought pre-cooked ones from TJ's. Gross, yet actually yummy!)

Enough garlic to swing a stick at: appox 1/2 tbs.

1 container of premade pesto

1 cup of whipping cream (because it is lent!)

2 packs of Trader Joe's four cheese ravioli

Salt and Pepper to taste

Parmesan cheese

Method

1. In a large pot boil water, salt and EVOO to cook ravioli in

2. Cut cooked chicken into bite size chunks

3. Heat butter and garlic, once melted add chicken

4. Place ravioli in boiling water

5. Add pesto and cream to skillet. Let simmer while ravioli is cooking

6. Toss cooked ravioli and sauce together

7. Garnish with salt pepper and parm cheese as needed

WaLa! This seriously took a whole 20 minutes start to finish and was pretty dang good.

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P.S. I have a seriously love for Trader Joe's. *Sigh*