just for kicks
Kale Caesar
Kale Caesar! One of my favorite quick and easy salads. (Sorry for the blah picture. Our kitchen lighting at night is a little rough.) All you do is mix 1 cup of your favorite hard white cheese -I rolled with the giant manchego mountain we’re climbing- chopped anchovies in olive oil (I think the can…
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Friday Faves
-Wildcats win! It was a close one…. -Your amazing Winter Shape Up checkins. Keep ’em coming! I’ll have the week 3 schedule up on Facebook later this afternoon if you’d like to plan ahead. -Heart shirt twins for Valentine’s Day. It’s happening 🙂 –One of my recipes was in a Buzzfeed article!!!!! I can’t even…
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January books
Hi friends! Hope you’re having a great night <3 LOVE all your Winter Shape Up Week 2 check-ins. Keep ’em coming! Switching gears over here from fitness to something a little different: books! I’m not sure how it happened, but I actually read last month. Reading is one of my favorite things to do, but…
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10 Ways to Make it a FABruary
Anyone else super excited about this month?! We have a getaway planned, some basketball games and oh, maybe we’ll start looking for a place to live in San Diego. We’ll see, haha. What are you looking forward to this month? I’m extra stoked because Valentine’s Day is on the horizon, and stores are fully stocked…
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What’s in your purse?
Hi friends <3 Thanks for sending brave wishes and love to Livi for her shots. Turns out she only had to get one today (wahoo!) but was not a happy camper. The book they gave her when it was over was a nice consolation prize, along with a Tweety Bird band-aid. (She loves looking at…
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Not so photogenic
Since you’re all sharing your sweaty #wintershapeup pics with me, here’s one from last night: I was supposed to cover a Zumba class, but word on the street broke out that there was a sub and NO ONE came! It’s funny because when I used to solely take classes, I had my teacher loyalty. When…
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Friday Faves
Winter Shape Up! It officially begins this Monday, but here’s the intro post with all of your Shape Up info. This year we have giveaways, full meal plans, and a Facebook group to interact with all of your teammates. Check out the intro post and set yourself up for success this weekend 🙂 …
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1/17: Friday Faves
-Someone special who always reminds me to stop and smell the flowers. -Black garlic from Trader Joe’s. It sounds totally weird, but is surprisingly delicious. The bitterness is removed through the fermentation process, leaving a slightly sweet, soft, garlicky clove. I added them to some mushroom gravy the other night, and also ate an entire…
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1/3: Friday Faves
Happy Friday! Thank you so much for your awesome comments on the Pilot’s marathon recap and my fitness predictions for 2014. I’m excited to write back to them during naptime today 🙂 Some faves from the week: An underground Barre3 class! I’ve tried Pure Barre and Physique 57 -love them both!- and we have a…
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12/27: Friday Faves
24 rules for being a human being in 2014. <– definitely worth a read These cute votive candles. Helps indecisive people like me try a bunch of new fragrances with minimal commitment, and they were a RueLaLa sale. Friday Faves has slowly become “Gina’s favorite candle this week.” Livi’s Freshly Picked moccs. I’ve been wanting…
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Friday Faves
WILDCATS!! As amazing as the game was, the very best was during a media timeout when they surprised a military family with their dad/husband returning from deployment. I’d only seen YouTube videos of deployment return surprises, and it was truly incredible to see it happen before my eyes. The entire arena gave the family…
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