Rants, Recipes, and Running

Since Ryan works about 50% of the weekends, we really try to take advantage of the one's he is free. Especially now that we live in a tiny apartment - and there is no yardwork/housework to fill up our free time! So last week at about 10:30 pm Thursday night, we decided to plan a last minute backpacking trip! This is one of the best times in Tucson to backpack, because it still cools off at night - but it's not cooling off to 20 degrees ;) We were also in the midst of doing a Whole30 challenge, so had to get creative with planning food ;). And if you haven't been backpacking - food is super important. You burn so many calories, you have such light gear, and good nutrition is extremely important! I was able to work from 5a-1:30p on Friday, so we could be on the trail by 3pm! Score! The Trail: -The hike to Hutches Pools is beautiful. You can either make it a ~10 mile hike or a 4.5 mile hike. We choose 4, so we could make it to camp before sundown. So we took a tram (...

Greetings, blog. It has been a few months since I've graced you with my presence. Excuse? Well... -we sold our house -moved from a 3100 sq ft home to a 700 sq ft apartment -I changed jobs -I went to Florida for 2 weeks for training for my new job -I came home and have been trying to work both jobs simultaneously -We were preparing to move again in May, to start our journey to get back to the Midwest -We had a early "mid-life crisis" What does that mean? Well, we aren't moving any more. It looks as though we are in Tucson to stay. Just trust it's all for good reasons. Was it a hard decision? Words don't explain. Does it still have us scratching our head almost every night? 3/7 nights per week. But we both have the gut feeling we are doing the right thing here. In the mean time, I've come up with all sorts of fun things to blog about. Here are a few posts you can look forward to: -Downsizing: Why you don't need it all to have it all -Work...