Humpday Booty Burner

Hi friends! How was your humpday? It was a beautiful day over here (look at that sunset!), even though it was quite sad to hear that the Pilotโ€™s family cat, Sam is onto greener pastures. He was 19 years old!!! Weโ€™ll miss you, buddy <3 The Pilot and I got to spend a little quality…

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While I was Zumba-ing

Back home from a sweaty Zumba class (got to dance with a blog reader and her family!) showered: fresh and so clean rocking my moccasins drinking tea and eating pie. Oh, and dreaming about Las Vegas. Vegas would be lovely right about now ๐Ÿ™‚ And while I was gone, the painters were hard at work…

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Scary Claus + Black Friday Frenzy Workout

It was a glorious Black Friday, complete with a workout to beat the craziness!  Everyone enjoyed the day according to their leisureโ€ฆ I shopped, got in the aforementioned Black Friday workout (posted at the end for you!), a long nap and started putting up Christmas decorations. [Glass hurricanes and bowls + different sizes of ornaments…

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The Taco Man

Thereโ€™s a man that drives around base in his taco truck, selling delicious Mexican meals. The truck plays the โ€œMexican Hat Songโ€ as its horn (I couldnโ€™t even make this stuff up), and the guys on base swarm around the taco truck like a grown-up version of the ice cream trucks of our youth. The…

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Let me see ya casserole

[Donโ€™t be afraid to sing] Iโ€™m so glad to hear I wasnโ€™t the only cranky pants today. Working out was exactly what the doctor ordered- I felt a thousand times better after some schweaty cardio and the holiday issue of Real Simple. Speaking of doctors, hereโ€™s my post-midwife appointment treat: Thanksgiving came early! I was…

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T-giving recipe radar

Itโ€™s definitely back to the grind over hereโ€ฆ [Egg sandwich + Larabar taken to work] and it feels good ๐Ÿ™‚ I taught two classes (and assisted one) this morning, and am back home for a little lunch break before Zumba and Tubing. This is what it looks like.. when a refrigerator cries I scraped the…

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Holla for La Jolla

[Itโ€™s actually pronounced La Hoy-uh, but it worksโ€ฆ right?] LOTS of outdoor adventures todayโ€ฆ and lots of SEALS! Per many of your suggestions, we spent all day exploring La Jolla cove. You always know how to hook a girl up with amazing local suggestions <3 Besides at least an hour of seal-watching, the day included…

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You stay classy, San Diego

After an afternoon of driving, the Journey station on Pandora, lots of reminiscing and goofing around, many stops to stretch my swollen ankles (and randomly seeing a friend of mine at a California gas station!) we made it ๐Ÿ™‚ Itโ€™s absolutely GORGEOUS here. Itโ€™s been quite a few years since Iโ€™ve been to San Diego…

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Dust off the mat

I did it. Something about hearing your stories about getting back in the swing of things lit a yoga fire under my booty, and I actually went to a class tonight. I had my yoga mat propped up by the garage door all day as a visual reminder (and it โ€œOmโ€-ed at me every time…

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Still not quite there

Instead of my usual Thursday of teaching and Zumba, I spent the morning testing out the Schweaty November Workout, so it will be ready to go tomorrow! It was certainly schweaty, and please let me know if you have any current workout song faves to add to the playlist. I took today and Saturday off…

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{Video post} Not a costume

Halloween ended up being a fun whirlwind over here: Teaching Zumba doc appt back to the casa to leave out candy for trick-or-treaters dinner with madre and nana   [Twist my arm, eh?] followed by some shoppingโ€ฆ A lovely day indeed ๐Ÿ™‚ Remember last week when I said night weeks are over? Apparently it was…

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Happy Halloweekend

Hey everyone! Happy Friday and Halloweekend <3 We have a squadron costume (I just wrote Christmas?) party tomorrow night and still have to figure out our costumes. We have a few ideas narrowed down, so weโ€™ll see what happensโ€ฆ Sunday is a pumpkin carving party at our place with cider and pumpkin pie, so it…

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