My fave beauty products

Hi! How’s the morning going?? Any fun plans tonight? I have a couple of barre classes later, and am excited to make cookies with Liv for cookie decorating tomorrow.  In addition to the fitness questions I get for the blog, I also get a ton of makeup and hair product questions. Since my faves have…

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The Pilot’s famous lasagna

Buddy the Elf! I KNOW HIM. (The Pilot took that pic while Buddy was screaming in my face, and I was laughing hysterically. He then hugged me and asked, “What’s your favorite color?”) We went to check out Winter Wonderland at Petco Park, and had a blast. Liv was totally awestruck by the gorgeous light…

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Holla for La Jolla

Hiiiii friends. How’s the day been? Hope you’re having a happy Monday. I taught a fun and sweaty BODYPUMP this am, we went to Liv’s yoga class, ran a couple of errands, and are chilling here during naptime before I head off for spin. Thank you again to those of you who participated in the…

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Friday Faves

Hi! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? Last chance to enter this week’s giveaways! You can enter to win a holiday gift pack + my new book, gorgeous flats, an awesome desk chair, mala beads, and White Plum gift cards!  In typical Friday fashion, here are some of the things I’m loving…

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An elf in Zumba clothing

Hi! How’s your Monday going?  I started the day off with BODYPUMP -the triceps track gets me every.time- and am hanging out here during Liv’s nap before getting for spin. I’m excited to add some new songs to my playlist this afternoon! Everyone’s getting into the holiday spirit.  In OB, there is an ENORMOUS peace sign-adorned…

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Turkey day in the desert

(+ Caro, the secret escape artist) Hi! How’s the day going? LOVE all of the giveaway entries flooding in. Keep ‘em coming! Plus, we have 11 more awesome giveaways on the way. So excited for them all! I can’t believe I have 3 posts up today. Flashback to 2010.  Anyone else reuniting with vegetables today?…

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Shrimpsgiving, Black Friday and Faves

Hi! Happy Black Friday. 🙂 I hope that those of you who celebrated Thanksgiving yesterday enjoyed a beautiful holiday. Ours started off with breakfast at the madre’s, and then we spent the day and evening with my dad’s side of the fam, then back to madre’s for mulled wine and dessert. We loved being with…

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The random survey

Hi friends! How’s your day going? Hope you’re having a wonderful one so far. We’re on the road to Tucson (wahoo!) so I thought I’d change things up a little for this post. It’s survey time! It’s kind of giving me flashbacks to the MySpace days when surveys ran amok (and picking your “top 8”…

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it’s the beachin’ weekend

Hi! How’s your morning going?? Hope you had a wonderful and relaxing weekend! I did what all the party animals do: slept 11 hours Saturday night. Usually, I wake up before the fam to get as many things done as possible, but I decided to dedicate a morning to catch up on sleep, and it…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! Happy Friday! GUESS WHAT. “HIIT It” is #5 on the “Exercise and Fitness” list and #1 on Aerobics new releases. Omggggggg. Friends, I am so very thankful for the support and for all of your help spreading the word. If you haven’t preordered yet, reserve your copy and get your free ebook! All the…

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Best songs for interval training

Hi! How’s the day going? Hope you’re having a great one so far.  It was a beautiful day for a picnic! We met up with Jessica, Whitney, and their kiddos for a playdate at the park. We brought snacks to share, the kids had a blast playing, we got to chat and catch up, and…

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Tiny Christmas cop and dueling pianos

Good morning! <3 Hope you’re having a great day so far. Thank you for the camera/lens tips. I’m not sure what I’m going to do yet, but at least I have until Black Friday and Cyber Monday to figure it out. 😉 So I have a funny Christmas cop story for you: the miniature version.…

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