2025 Mother’s Day Gift Guide

April 29, 2025

Sharing some gift ideas for all of the ladies in your life! Moms, grandmas, nanas, friends, mom figures, new moms, whoever you want to shower with something special this Motherโ€™s Day. I also wanted to recognize here that I know Motherโ€™s Day can be hard and sad for various reasons; please know Iโ€™m holding you…

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Friday Faves

Hi friends! How are you?? HAPPY FRIDAY! The weekend is heeeeere. Sorry for disappearing on ya yesterday. It was a bit of an extra crazy day, but all is back to normal (<โ€” is that a thing?) around here. Whatโ€™s going on this weekend? Any fun plans? We might make a quick trip to Atlanta…

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NEW workout playlist for summer, plus cardio suggestions! Perfect for the next time I need gym inspiration. fitnessista.com

Summer 2017 Musical Cardio Workout

Hey friends! Happy humpday! Howโ€™s the week been? Itโ€™s back to raining like crazy over here. I really like the rain -it keeps the grass and trees so lush, and prevents it from getting too hot- but I need some new ideas to keep the kiddos entertained. (Donโ€™t worry about potentially spilling that coffee on…

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around the weekend

Hey hey! How are ya? Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Itโ€™s funny because by the time I sit down to write this post each week, Friday feels so long ago, but the weekend went by way too quickly. It was another fun and relaxing one, and we enjoyed celebrating the Pilot for Father’s Day.…

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Friday Faves

Hellooooo. Happy Friday! Thank you so much for your awesome comments on my yoga teacher confession post. Let it be known there were no sanskrit fails this week, and the only person doing kombuchakasana was me after class. ๐Ÿ˜‰ Itโ€™s still been raining like crazy over here, so weโ€™ve been enjoying lots of indoor adventures. [Eating…

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confessions of a [newer] yoga teacher

Since I got certified to teach group fitness back in 2008, Iโ€™ve had quite a few classes under my belt: Zumba, Spin, Step, BODYPUMP, treadmill classes, weight circuits, stretch, aqua fitness, dance cardio, barre, etc. A LOT of hilarious things and fails have happened. There was that one time when the mic broke, and I…

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