10 Ways to Make August Amazing + Calendar Info

I love August. It’s still dang hot here, but it’s the month I married my husband, so it always brings lots of warm fuzzies and happy memories. Last year, I started doing these “10 Waysโ€ฆ” posts, took a break for Winter Shape Up, did the same for Summer Shape Up (which was my favorite one…

Read More →

7/27: Friday Faves

1) This was written in the locker room yesterday, and we laughed so hard. I had rushed to work and forgot to grab morning snacks (rookie mistake), so was planning on going home at 12 to get some food. After being threatened with death, I stayed for dance rehearsal and then came home to stuff…

Read More →

What’s a boba?

Apparently I’ve been living under a rock, because I had no clue what the funny balls were at BTO last night. “What is that?!” “Boba! Try one!” and Kyle hands me one. About 2 minutes later: “Are you supposed to pop it or something?” He laughed pretty hard.ย  They were a fun little addition to…

Read More →

Week of giveaways: Home Goods-ENDED

This week of giveaways has been a blast- such a fun way to celebrate my blogiversary and hope you’ve enjoyed them, too. Thank you again to all of the wonderful companies who have participated this week! <3 Stay tuned for the grand finale tomorrow morning. Here’s the OpenSky giveaway winner: Krysta, who said, “Awesome giveaway!…

Read More →

Finally fits

Hope your Friday has been this kinda awesome: (A hair band the Pilot saw in Cali. I looooove 80s bands. There’s one in Tucson that plays -or used to play?- at the Cactus Moon on Tuesday nights. Lots of Bon Jovi, which makes me happy) Breakfast: (2 eggs, brown rice toast, salsa) Today was gloriously…

Read More →

Wild animals

While I was shaking my booty with a room full of hooting and hollering women + live drummers (not a bad way to wake up!) the Pilot took Liv to see the animals. We have annual zoo passes and figured we should start using them more, especially since the zoo opens early (to beat the…

Read More →

Fried

I was conjuring up a new recipe that I wanted to try for dinner last night, but when I got home and took a look at the Pilot, we knew. Eclectic it was ๐Ÿ˜‰ I was absolutely fried from teaching yesterday. Cooking just wasn’t going to happen.ย 3 days of Zumba again this week (whoo too!)…

Read More →

Why I love being a mom

Iโ€™m putting together a Family post together on post-delivery body, and in the meantime wanted to bring you a very special post from my friend Emily. Iโ€™ve had the pleasure of hanging out with Emily before, and sheโ€™s just as amazing as youโ€™d imagine from reading her blog. She has been a great resource for…

Read More →

Fast Fitness Fixes

Oh hi, coffee. Itโ€™s nice to see you this morningโ€ฆ afternoon. Just a half-caf, but has already put a little pep in my step, along with a kinda weird but really delicious breakfast. I wanted oats and cereal, so I just combined them along with some almond milk, Sun Warrior and blueberries. Things are slowly…

Read More →

Belly up

Even though sleeping and walking have become daunting tasks in the past week, I’m trying to savor it as much as I possibly can. I’m going to miss the belly- especially the closeness I’ve felt to the baby for the past almost-10 months. Even when I’m missing the kicks and body rolls, it will be…

Read More →

Out and About with the Pilot

Hey, blog world! How are you guys? As you can see from the empty spot on the couch next to me, Gโ€™s at work leaving me to hold down the casa since Iโ€™m still on leave. That sounded pretty nice until I noticed that thereโ€™s a โ€œLamar and Khloeโ€ marathon on the televisionโ€ฆtime to leave…

Read More →

2011: A Pod Odyssey (a Pilot Post)

So, the other day this happenedโ€ฆ โ€œOpen the pod bay doors, Hal.โ€ Sorry, I couldnโ€™t resist <โ€”huge nerd (More on the pod adventure in a second). Whatโ€™s up, bloggies?? Iโ€™m taking care of the post this morning so Gina can go straight to her first day of her new job! Things over here are pretty…

Read More →