Tiny Christmas cop and dueling pianos

Good morning! <3 Hope youโ€™re having a great day so far. Thank you for the camera/lens tips. Iโ€™m not sure what Iโ€™m going to do yet, but at least I have until Black Friday and Cyber Monday to figure it out. ๐Ÿ˜‰ So I have a funny Christmas cop story for you: the miniature version.…

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Italian Kale salad

You need this Italian kale salad in your life. Before you groan and think โ€œanother kale salad?โ€ I promise this one is different. It’s everything, really. Itโ€™s also a total copycat recipe from the new pizza place in Tucson: Falora. One night this weekend, Livi and I picked up a couple of pizzas and salad…

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Tucson Adventures + early Thanksgiving

Hi from Tucson! Itโ€™s our last day here before heading back to SD, and itโ€™s been an amazing long weekend with the fam. It was Kyleโ€™s last weekend in Tucson before moving out to Massachusetts for his new job -I will definitely post the details of the new restaurant when I can!- and it was…

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Fitness Halloween Costumes

 Hi guys! Howโ€™s the morning going? Hope youโ€™re enjoying the day so far <3 Halloween week is always pretty exciting, huh? I love having all of our decor up:  and Liv canโ€™t wait to wear her costume. Every year, Iโ€™m asked what Iโ€™m going to be for Halloween, but usually donโ€™t dress up. In my…

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Ocean Spray #evenbetter Beach Bash!

Last weekโ€™s Ocean Spray event at Hermosa Beach was such a blast. I was so thankful to have been invited to participate in the dayโ€™s events, which included a chat from a NYT-bestselling Registered Dietitian (Frances Largeman-Roth), Maria Menonous (one of my personal fitspirations), the new PACtโ„ข cranberry extract water, and the glorious giant inflatable cranberry.…

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Fair Trade Month (+ an awesome giveaway!)

When Fair Trade USA, a nonprofit, reached out to me about spreading awareness for Fair Trade Month, I knew it was something I wanted to be a part of. They sent an incredible gift package and offered to send the same gift package to a lucky reader. I’m excited to spread the word about this important organization.…

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Favorite compound exercises

Hi ๐Ÿ™‚ Happy Wednesday! Hope youโ€™re enjoying the day so far. I had every intention of blogging last night, but then got sucked intoย Gravity. If youโ€™ve seen it, you know what happened: I couldnโ€™t look away! Such a great movie, and very intense! It seemed like it was only 40 minutes long because it was…

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fear the froyo suit

Hi! Happy Tuesday! Iโ€™m stoked you guys enjoyed the first IDEA post. My second one will be up later today; so many pictures and adventures to share! Since the Pilot worked late last night, Livi and I had a date together. We had dinner, went to Home Goods  (check out ALL THAT HALLOWEEN) and Menchieโ€™s.…

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Shake it like a…

Hi! Happy Monday!  YOU GUYS. I finally did it. I went ahead and ordered Shakeologyโ€ฆ and P90X3 to go along with it. After trying Shakeology a couple of weeks ago, I couldnโ€™t stop thinking about the Vegan Chocolate. While I prefer to get my nutrients from whole foods for the most part, Iโ€™m pretty passionate…

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Friday Faves

Hi! Happy Friday! Hope youโ€™re having a wonderful morning. What are you up to this weekend? Iโ€™m enjoying an off day from the gym today -legs are sore from teaching back-to-back barre and hot barre last night- and excited for a weekend date night with that certain handsome Pilot ๐Ÿ™‚ Some faves from the week…

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DIY brown sugar body scrub

Friends, we have a bit of a Sephora problem. While Iโ€™m pretty sure itโ€™s the basis behind all things Sephora, I go in for new mascara and well, you know how it goes. (photo source) I shared some of my latest beauty faves here, but (collective sigh of relief) failed to mention the hundreds of…

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Week in workouts + Hi from AZ

Hi! Happy Sunday ๐Ÿ™‚ Hope you’re all enjoying a beautiful and relaxing weekend. I can’t believe we’re heading into Week 3 of Summer Shape Up already! Don’t forget to enter this week’s giveaway. New workout + the Week 3 giveaway details will all be up in the am. Right now I’m phone blogging (with my…

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