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Butterfinger banana smoothie

Hi friends! How was your day? Hope itโ€™s been lovely <3 I guess college football started today? This is what I came home to on my lunch break: A game on the TV, a game on the laptop, and stats on the iPhone. Someone is happy to not be deployed during football this year ๐Ÿ˜‰…

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When everything stops…

I do, too.   [Fall decorations have magically started appearing over hereโ€ฆ.] Hi friends ๐Ÿ™‚ Howโ€™s your long weekend going? Hope itโ€™s been amazing so far <3 I took yesterday as a chill day. After the hustle and bustle of the last 3 weeks (with moving, unpacking, getting ready for the housewarming party, out-of-town company),…

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Fall-ing for purses

So you guys know I have a purse โ€œthing.โ€ Iโ€™m not a shoe-crazy girl, pretty conservative with cosmetics, but live for handbags and jeans. The Pilot already knows that as much as I love jewelry, a designer handbag is my #1. [+ matching clutch?! Major husband points] Since non-maternity jeans are kinda out for me…

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Comforting food

Hi friends! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? I have a baby shower, bachelorette party and wedding to attend- lots going on this weekend ๐Ÿ™‚ The Pilotโ€™s schedule has been crazy as ever this week, so when he requested eggplant parmesean last night, I delivered. Sometimes comfort food is all ya need…

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Nothing like a…

ginger aleโ€ฆ   at the end of a long day ๐Ÿ˜‰ [A face-sized glass of wine is always nice too] Hi friends! How are you? Iโ€™m SO stoked the weekend is almost here! The Pilot is off for a 4-day weekend, so thatโ€™s always fun ๐Ÿ™‚ Iโ€™m so glad youโ€™re all excited about making September…

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22 Weeks and Feelin’… Grouchy

I had to call and apologize to my husband again this morning. If you read the blog pretty often, you probably picked up on the fact that heโ€™s the sweetest most amazing man ever, and Iโ€™ve been a grouchy punk one more than one occasion to him. I hate it :/ This morning, I was…

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10 Ways to Make September Stellar

Last month, I posted a little goal sheet of things to do for the month of August. I figured Iโ€™d made it a little monthly tradition over here, since it was so much fun and quite a few of ya participated along with me ๐Ÿ™‚ Hereโ€™s the list for September: 1) Exerciseโ€ฆ your brain! Itโ€™s…

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Party of 2.5

Hi friends! Howโ€™s your day going? HOLY roon giveaway entries!! Iโ€™ve loved reading all of your comments and feedback- youโ€™re all amazing. I need to do more random giveaways fo sho ๐Ÿ™‚ Work today was a lot of fun. I was only scheduled for a half day (a nice break), and got to teach the…

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Wedding Wear

I am the WORST at figuring out what to wear to weddings. Usually you can find me frantically running around the mall on the day of said wedding, buying something expensive and mediocre only to never wear it again. Once in college, I bought a dress, wore it to a wedding and returned it the…

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Was August Awesome? [giveaway]

*******************************This giveaway ended Sept. 1, 2011 at 10:30 EST. Stay tuned for the next one! At the beginning of this month, I posted a list of 10 Ways to Make August Awesome. Itโ€™s always fun to have some monthly motivation and goals, so Iโ€™ll probably do similar lists for each month ๐Ÿ˜€ Bellaโ€™s August in…

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Cake and Milk

Sometimes after a long day, cake and [almond] milk is a very good thing ๐Ÿ˜‰ I have no idea how I forgot about my chocolate mug cake. Itโ€™s been way, wayyyy too long. This morning, after I last saw ya, I went to hit up the weights and do a few minutes of ellipticizing. As…

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I <3 my midwives

When I first told my family that we were seeing a group of midwives for the babyโ€™s birth, they didnโ€™t even think twice about it. They know itโ€™s more โ€œmeโ€ to go a non-conventional route, but itโ€™s kind of funny considering midwife-led births are far more common all over the world and are recently starting…

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