Ever since coming back from Italy, I’ve been trying to find the best crescent in Indiana. Usually, I run into bakeries with doughnuts more than anything else. I do not like doughnuts, so that doesn’t help me. Anyway, “On My Radar” is a new post type where I will share things I am currently interested in, new things I’m trying, things that could turn into full blog posts in the future, and more things like that. It is a less formal post, not that my blog posts are formal in any way, but I think it will be fun to share.

After our cruise to the Greek islands, we weren’t ready to go home. So, we flew to Italy instead! Of course, our summer escape to Italy was planned ahead of time. It was really fun for one part of our big trip to end and the next part to begin.

I love cookies. Especially the gooey, soft, almost underbaked cookies. I recently tried a new cookie recipe and they were SO good. They are maple cookies with walnuts. 

During our cruise to the Greek islands this summer, Travis and I had a day trip to Turkey. Did you know that most of Turkey is actually in Asia? There’s only a small part of Turkey that’s in Europe. I had NO IDEA! Istanbul is split into Europe and Asia by the Bosphorus Strait. I had no idea that this is where part of the Europe/Asia border is until Travis and I went on our day trip to Turkey and we were told that we’re actually in Asia now! I thought this was really cool. Travis didn’t seem to care too much [insert confused emoji here]. Here are some educational maps to show you what I mean:

Anyway, back to our day trip.

Do you ever feel like you don’t want to get out of bed, let alone open your eyes? And then other days, you feel so refreshed and ready to start the day! I’m sure we all have both of these kinds of days. Probably more of the ones where we don’t want to get out of bed. I would rather have more days where I feel refreshed, ready to get the day started and be productive. Do you know how sleep affects productivity?

The Greek islands are what dreams are made of. Travis and I had been dreaming of going to the Greek islands for a few years. We actually planned to go two years ago for our honeymoon, but due to a series of unfortunate events on that side of the world, we had to cancel the trip. We didn’t wait too long until we planned the next trip! This time we wanted to do a Silversea cruise to the Greek islands.

I would say that more than half of the people at my office eat lunch at their desks while working. They might go grab some food and then come back and eat it at their desks. I am one of those people, too. At least, I was one of those people until I started leaving work for lunch. I have worked for this company for almost 5 years so far and just now started to feel the need to take a break in the middle of the day.

Continuing the post-graduation trip to Ireland and Scotland… Read the “Part One” post, if you haven’t already.

Many people ask me which country I liked better. If I had to pick a favorite between Ireland and Scotland, I think I would pick Scotland because it won me over just a little bit. I can’t pinpoint exactly why but my husband and I both feel the same way! Both countries were amazing but if we were to go back, we would go to Scotland.