Stacie's Ramblings

Here's some of my favorites from the week. #1 Whoop Band I have a couple of friends that wear a Whoop band which is pretty much a health / fitness tracker but with tons more data. I've been wearing my Whoop for about a month now and using it to improve my overall health. It's helping me see where the problems are, where improvement is needed and measures overall health. These bands are worn by a lot of pro-golfers and athletes and digging into the data can help you analyze patterns so when there's a change in your norms it gives you a heads up. Some of the pro athletes noticed their respiratory rate and heart rate variability was out of their norm several days before being tested positive for COVID. Since I'm a data nerd this band has really been a favorite lately. Here's a screen shot of one day of mine; clearing improvement is needed! #2 Margaritas If you're local to the Victoria, TX, area, you have to try the margaritas at Hacienda Restaurant in front of

 Life has been BUSY lately and I haven't been on the blog since March. Here's a quick recap of what we've been up to: In March we took a tour of the brewery in Shiner, TX, with some friends and it was so fun! They make Shiner Bock Beer here and they just started making their own spirits as well.  April was spent doing a lot of gardening and we did a little bow fishing. The garden was expanded to 15,000 square feet...now you know where I've been this whole time LOL.    I'm new the sport of bow fishing and there's clearly a learning curve, but I'm enjoying it!  Picture of Conway looking rather dapper!  May we spent time in Nebraska at a horse show. We were there about 10 days and the water heater in our living quarters horse trailer was broken the entire time. Cold showers it was and I've never been more thankful to have hot water on a regular basis.  Me waiting on happy hour outside the horse trailer.  Now that it's June, we've done some more bow

Linking up with Hello Monday   and NJAM   for a two in one post. Recapping our weekend! Friday was Matt's birthday, so as soon as I got home for work, he opened his gift and then we met some friends for dinner at Gonzales Bistro. Talk about delicious! This is the third time we've been to this new restaurant and it never disappoints. Three of us had Alaskan halibut and one had salmon.  Saturday I spent more time working in the garden until it got super hot. We had a high of 92°F! I planted a few more pepper plants I picked up at HEB as well as some cucumber plants and seeds. I put up the trellis for the cucumbers and also decided to plant some luffa seeds and pole beans. Growing luffa and pole beans are new for me, so we'll see how it goes.  Saturday afternoon, Matt's parents were at home, so we invited them over for birthday cake. The birthday guy requested tres leches cake and it did not disappoint! I had a local bakery make it and they did a fantastic job.  Later in t

It's been awhile since I've posted anything. Starting off with some of my favorites lately.  Here's some of my favorites from the week. #1 Outdoors I have been spending a lot of time outdoors working in the garden. I have all of the peppers and tomatoes planted. I also planted green bean and zinnia seeds this week. Next up I need to plant cucumbers and melons. Sunshine has been abundant this week! #2 Favorite Podcasts This week I have listed to the Maximized Minimalist and The Lazy Genius discuss all things meal prep. One of my goals this year is to batch cook and meal plan to a more simple and less stressful dinner each night.  #3 Bartesian   My husband bought a Bartesian ! It's an amazing cocktail making machine! We went to a friends house for New Years and they had one and it was so easy for everyone at the party to quickly make their favorite drink without the host playing bartender all night.  Y'all....it's like a Keurig for cocktails. You put in a pod wi

This is my first post of the new year; January is usually a pretty calm month for us. I have been savoring the quiet time after the hustle and bustle of December.  Here's some of my favorites from the week. #1 Favorite Pup  Conway had some sort of stomach issue going on the first week of January. I imagine he probably at something he should not have. He ate very minimal food for 3 - 4 days, which worried us giving him his insulin shots. Finally he turned a corner on day 5 and now he's back to his perky self. He's 13 this year! #2 Favorite Recipe  I made this really good cheesy hatch chile dip to take to a party we attended at some friends' house. I love a warm dip during the winter. This would be the perfect dip for Super Bowl.  #3 Gardening I started my pepper and tomato seeds in the greenhouse this week. I looked last night and already have 2 Roma Tomato seeds that have sprouted! I love starting my own seeds since the selection of seedlings at the big box stores are o