This episode we discuss what's up with us. Jeremy recaps his date from last week. Jessica discusses how her nutrition is going, talks about her fall garden, and a great whole30 chicken chili recipe you can find here.

Then we jump right into Jeremy's 10 steps to giving great gifts:

1. Know your audience

2. Skip utility gifts

3. Personal touch

4. Plan your shopping

5. Get a gift receipt

6. Gift cars & cash

7. Experiences versus items

8. Gift baskets

9. Presentation matters

10. Budget

There are bonus steps as well!

You can get a detailed gift giving worksheet with these steps and prompts to help you with finding those perfect gifts for everyone on your list.  Head on over to FabAFpodcast.com to grab this helpful tool.

We finish up with a quiz for Disney Song Lyrics for Jeremy to show his Disney knowledge.

We're talking all about financial fitness!

Let's start with one of Jessica's favorite books by Ramit Sethi I'll Teach You to Be Rich.

Then set spending priorities if you aren't a budget person.

Automate all your finances.  Starting with automating paying yourself first.  Set up your direct deposit to your savings or investment accounts.  Then set up all your payments and bills to be paid automatically.

Appreciate how far you've come in your finances since your first job and/or your early twenties.  Yes you probably have financial goals still to meet, but be positive about the things your doing right.  And do more of the things that come easy to you.

Check your withholding.

Pay off high interest debt.

Pay off student loans.

Value purchases.  Shop for the best deals and really think through the 'additional' costs of those purchases and the overall value.

Estate Planning!  No one really wants to do this but everyone needs to.

Plan for retirement.  Work with a financial advisor to put together the best suite of financial products specific to your needs.  

Plan for the cost of kids if you are planning to have kids.  Plan for college savings if you have kids.

Insurance is important.  Make sure you are covered.  We might do a whole separate episode on this with Jessica's favorite insurance agent.

Get an accountant if you make over 100k per year or if you own a business. 

Because we had so many travel tips here's Episode 7.5!  We discuss options for getting great ideas when visiting new cities.  We talk about suggestions for traveling this holiday season.

Great restaurant suggestions when traveling with Diners, Drive Ins, and Dives.

Apply for TSA Precheck to save time and make your airport experience so much easier.

Check local Covid-19 restrictions for your destinations.

Today we catch up as usual with what's going on with us.  Then share our best travel tips, tricks, and hacks. 

Jeremy reveals his Halloween costume here.

Jessica finally got her hair done after months of at home root touch ups. Photo evidence here.

Several of our top tips and travel likes are linked below:

Away Luggage like Jeremy's recent purchase.

Thepointsguy.com and millionmilesecrets.com for great advice on travel partnerships and travel credit card points.

Great items for travel first aid kits from Jeremy's favorite Wearecabinet.com.

A charging cord travel organizer similar to one Jeremy has.

Jessica's favorite ice face roller.

This week we are talking about the CrossFit Games recap.   What we thought of the events and the results.  Also following back up on our end of year goals after the first month has passed.  There's plenty of the normal randomness from us.  We finish up with a civics quiz.  

In this episode we'll get to know Jeremy and Jessica.  Where we're from, answers to a bunch of random questions, and more.

We talk about CrossFit and what brought us to CrossFit.  We do a friendship quiz to see how well we know each other.  Then it's just story time with us telling funny stories about each other.

The CrossFit affiliate we attend/attended in South Austin, TX:  CrossFit SoChac

CrossFit Box Finder to find an affiliate near you.

What Jessica is reading:
Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell

What we're watching:
Kiss the Ground on Netflix

Monsterland on Hulu

100 Days Wild on Discovery

Okay so first things first...there's a little bit of a tech glitch in this one thanks to one of Jessica's dogs.  With that disclaimer the episode starts with Jeremy mid discussion of basic kitchen needs.  Our episode then turns to discussions of tips and tricks for staying consistent with nutrition, particularly when on a macro nutrient diet.  We finish the episode with a Tony Awards/Broadway Musicals quiz for Jeremy.

Great resources for macro nutrient diets:
RP Diet App and Resources
Healthline - Macro Diet 101
Macro tracking tips from Working Against Gravity

This episode we talk all about Fall!  We talk all about what we love about fall (yep you guessed correct it includes food) and what we dislike!  There's lots of discussions of our fall traditions or lack thereof.  Spoiler we love Thanksgiving.  And as per usual there's what we're watching and what we're waiting on to premiere.  Jeremy discusses plays and musicals while Jessica explains why she struggles with musicals.  We finish the episode with a 90 music lyrics quiz.

In our inaugural episode we discuss our current week.  Jessica spent time up at Lake Texoma.  Stayed in a great cabin right off the lake at Cedar Mills.  Jeremy had a big week at CrossFit (his home gym is linked here.  If you're in Austin, TX check them out.)  Jeremy watched the final season of Schitts Creek on Netflix.  We talk a little Big XII Football and our alma maters Baylor and Oklahoma State.  Then we jump right into our goals we’re committing to so we can finish this crazy year strong.  

• Jessica's First Goal - Reading
  • First two books completed:
    • Blessed by Adoption by Hillary Froning
    • Boomtown by Sam Anderson
• Jeremy's First Goal- Baking
  • Vegan Protein Blueberry Muffins Recipe - Coming Soon
• Jessica's Second Goal - Back to Macro Nutrient Dieting
  • tracking food with My Fitness Pal
  • hitting daily protein goal
  • adding veggies to meals
• Jeremy's Second Goal - Take On Uncomfortable Things
  • Weightlifting competition in December
• Jessica's Third Goal - Be Present
  • Focus on relationships
  • Reach out more to friends
• Jeremy's Third Goal - Organize
  • Shoes and closets
  • Garage to add rig

Join us by letting us know your goals to finish the year strong by emailing us at [email protected]