Fri Night Fish Tacos + NEW Ab burner

Hiiiii ๐Ÿ˜€ How are you? Hope you had a great Friday <3 Thank you so much to those of you who tweeted, texted and emailed to make sure the Pilot and I were ok after todayโ€™s events on base. Thankfully, heโ€™s home here safe and all is bueno. Since the base was on lockdown until…

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Reader’s Request: Fave Quinoa Uses

Morning! Itโ€™s almost the weekend! Kind of stoked ๐Ÿ™‚ The chipotle black bean soup was actually a success, even though I went a little cray cray with the chiles. [Recipe is in the Canyon Ranch Nourish cookbook. I added 2 chipotle chiles instead of 1/2 t, and also a whole head of garlic.. because if…

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Like a baby

Hey! How are you? Hope your morning is going well <3 I slept last night. Like, all night, through the night. If youโ€™ve been following along on the family page, then you know this is a pretty huge deal. Maybe it has to do with the fact that our new mattress came yesterday? Bella called…

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Fall and Comfy

Hi friends! How was your Friday? Hope you had a wonderful start to your weekend ๐Ÿ™‚ Iโ€™m so glad ya enjoyed the restaurant dining post! I utilized those skillz at dinner tonight: [warning: iPhone photos ahead] We ate at Zivaz, which is pretty much like the Mexican version of Pei Wei ๐Ÿ˜€ Of course, I…

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“Give Me Cookies…

or give me death.โ€ I started saying phrases like this after our Philly trip. We were at Independence Hall, so of course I had to say โ€œGive me liberty, or give me death!โ€ [in some kind of funny weird accentโ€ฆ?] and on the walk back to our hotel, it turned into โ€œGive me lululemon or…

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Salad beast

Hi friends! How was your night? Ours was pretty bueno- it was nice having the Pilot around for 4 days in a row! We actually got to hang out. I kinda liked it ๐Ÿ˜‰ I was ready to post about our adventures in baby registry, but it was pretty uneventful. Iโ€™m more of an online…

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Impromptu Grill Party

Hi friends! Happy Sunday! Hope youโ€™re relaxing and having a wonderful morning <3 Weโ€™ve been meaning to get a grill for the new casa for a while. The last one we owned was left in Valdosta, in our front yard with a sign that said โ€œTake me!โ€ [it was gone within an hour] because we…

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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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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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Will twirl for chicken

Morning <3 Howโ€™s your day going? Hope itโ€™s been lovely so far. Last night for dinner, I made something quick and easy since it was cookstravaganza here all weekend: Lemon and garlic asparagus (with garlic powder, sea salt, pepper, a little cayenne, olive oil and lemon slices) Quinoa was goat cheese, walnuts and dried cranberries…

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Save the room

Hi friends! Howโ€™s your Friday been? Mine has been a crazy whirlwind, but still had time for a workout and lunch with the girls ๐Ÿ™‚ Today, I ran errands to get supplies for Sundayโ€™s housewarming party, cleaned the casa [vacuuming stairs is no joke] put the guest room together sparkle-fied the kitchen the master bathroom…

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The Easter Egg

Hi friends! Happy almost-Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We still have a lot to do around the house before our weekend company arrives and housewarming party, and #1 on my list was tackling the Easter Egg: Our guest powder roomโ€ฆ with purple walls and a green ceiling. I thought it would be…

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