Friday Faves (+ a giveaway)

Hi! TGIF. Hope you’ve had a wonderful week and have some fun plans to look forward to this weekend! We have a couple of fun things in the works, and I’m so excited to see Gone Girl this weekend. I know it probably won’t live up to the book, but… Ben Affleck. Some faves from the…

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Friday faves + Jabra Rox giveaway

Hi! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? Any fun parties or BBQs planned?? (Here’s a post with some healthy BBQ ideas if you’re planning ahead!) We’ve had a wonderful time hanging out with the Pilot’s mama/MIL/Livi’s nana this past week. It’s been so much fun to show her around San Diego and…

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motivation + inspiration

Hi guys! How’s your day going so far? It’s been a good one over here, cranking away at some edits and stopping for a walk along Newport. They have the most awesome unique stores, especially this one called “Sunshine Daydream” with all things tie dye, incense and Budhha. Needless to say, it’s a happy place…

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Friday Faves

 TGIFF. (<– yes, there is an extra “F” there.) So excited for the weekend! When Livi wakes up, it will determine how the rest of the day will go. She’ll either wake up feeling much better (fingers crossed), or same/worse which means a visit to the ped is in order. I really hope the she…

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Friday Faves

Hi guys! Happy Friday <3 I missed you yesterday! I had to go MIA because I really had no business publishing anything to the world. The Pilot had three night flights in a row, which usually is NBD, but I didn’t end up sleeping much. Yesterday was a blur in zombie mode -and during Liv’s…

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Polar Loop Review + giveaway time!

Hi friends! Hope you’re enjoying the long weekend <3 We’re driving back to Tucson after a fun and crazy weekend of house hunting and Disneyland. I’ll be back with my normal(ish) posting in the morning!  In the meantime, how ’bout a giveaway?? (Bella, wishing the loop came in her size, even though 19 hours of…

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Taste test + Blue Diamond Almonds giveaway

[This post is sponsored by Blue Diamond Almonds. Read on for my top three flavor picks and an awesome giveaway opportunity] Blue Diamond kindly sent a box of their flavored almonds for the Pilot and I to try in our own taste test. It was almond Christmas at our house!  I was already familiar with…

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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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7/26: Friday Faves

Hi friends 🙂 Happy Friday! I had a What I Ate Thursday post in progress for you, but taught 4 classes yesterday and it became impossible to remember to take photos of all my bites. In fun news, I got to team-teach a super sweaty Zumba class with Sasha at BreakOut Studios here in Tucson.…

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Comfy tees + a giveaway- ENDED

This giveaway has ended! Congrats to the winner, Ashley who said: A really soft black hoodie my best friend gave me. Email me your size and color preferences (fitnessista at gmail dot com) Thank you to everyone for entering! Stay tuned for Summer Shape Up giveaways starting next week! ___________________________________________________________ HOLY Shape Up!!! I am so…

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Photo roulette

You never know what you’re going to get. It’s always kind of fun to put in the SD card and see the forgotten photos; sometimes they’ll sit on there for a few days without editing, and then I’ll see a surprise or two. Like this one: Apparently Caro wanted to improve her dental hygiene by…

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Functional, stylish workout gear from Old Navy

When you look at the workout pants/shorts area of my closet, you’ll see a common theme: black stretchy. I wear lots and lots of black stretchy pants.  For Zumba, I’ll clown it up with as many neon color combos and patterns as I can find (if it has the Zumba logo on it, it matches,…

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