Lunch break cake

– I took tamales to work today. They were a huge hit, and while everyone was gushing about how amazing they were, I couldn’t take credit for the work. All I did to contribute was the tamale deal in the Taco Bell parking lot. Nana picked them up from our tamale man, and I picked…

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6/22: SSU Faves from the week

Weekend: nice to see ya again ๐Ÿ™‚ Anything fun going on? We have absolutely nothing on the agenda, except teaching tomorrow. I love it. Congrats to the Summer Shape Up team for rocking out another amazing week- you’re halfway there! I hope you’re already seeing results from your hard work, and thank you again to…

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Oatie-nola and body bars

This is what can happen when you eyeball a baked goodie recipe: While we were at the store, I grabbed the ingredients to make more of Heatherโ€™s fabulous oaties (including regular unsalted butter. I still donโ€™t understand why they make salted butter in the first place, and why I always buy it by mistake). After…

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Swim in sorbet

Iโ€™m more of a cake girl (or pizookie girl!) than an ice cream girl, but twice this week, Iโ€™ve fully appreciated the beauty of sorbet. The Pilot and I took the family on a walk and then walked over to Frost for a little treat. Mango sorbet for me: Bella had vanilla It definitely stayed…

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o so gorgeous

Santa came early! Iโ€™d been lurking the oGorgeous website since the new bags were released, and the above silver bag was on my Christmas list. I was beyond excited when my friend Cassey offered to send me one- it just arrived today. As you guys know, I hardly ever do product reviews on the blog,…

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A glowing meal

Hi friends! Howโ€™s your morning going? Weโ€™re on our second day of gloomy doomy rain over here- I kind of love it.   Since I didnโ€™t want the weather to get in the way of Bellaโ€™s walking schedule, I took her to walk indoors to PetSmart. She starts squeaking like a little bird as soon…

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Let it rain

Yep, still the same over here. Just looking at that pic makes me shiver. Crazy to think that if the rain keeps up, the mountains will be covered in snow this weekend! SNOW. <โ€”something I rarely see up close, but admire from afar Arizona people are kind of funny about snow and rain, since we…

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Let me see ya casserole

[Donโ€™t be afraid to sing] Iโ€™m so glad to hear I wasnโ€™t the only cranky pants today. Working out was exactly what the doctor ordered- I felt a thousand times better after some schweaty cardio and the holiday issue of Real Simple. Speaking of doctors, hereโ€™s my post-midwife appointment treat: Thanksgiving came early! I was…

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T-giving recipe radar

Itโ€™s definitely back to the grind over hereโ€ฆ [Egg sandwich + Larabar taken to work] and it feels good ๐Ÿ™‚ I taught two classes (and assisted one) this morning, and am back home for a little lunch break before Zumba and Tubing. This is what it looks like.. when a refrigerator cries I scraped the…

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Hello and goodbye

Morning, friends! Itโ€™s our last morning in San Diegoโ€ฆ   Weโ€™ve had such an amazing time, and as sad as it is to leave, [Please come home with me, seals!] I canโ€™t wait to watch Bella try to shake her tail off her body teach a Zumba class sleep in our own bed (even though…

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His first cheesesteak

What a night. You may have wondered why I was middle-of-the-night blogging and tweeting last night ๐Ÿ˜‰ I stayed up later than I have in a looooooong time, and had an absolute blast with good friends ๐Ÿ™‚ We started off at dinner at Parc, with Sabrina, her husband Trig, and Kath. Parc is a French…

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My 7 Links

Morning friends! Hope youโ€™re having a great day so far <3 Thank you so much for the kind words and congrats on our new home. Since it was a short sale, Iโ€™m still kinda shocked that it actually fell into place and worked out! Iโ€™m definitely excited to start putting it together and decorate ๐Ÿ™‚…

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