5.9 Friday Faves

May 9, 2025

Hi friends! Happy Friday! What’s going on this weekend? Liv has her last dance convention of the year, P has a couple of basketball games, and we’re getting ready for our European adventures. I.can’t.even.wait. I feel like I’ve been majorly slacking on everything and my goal is to record a bunch of podcast interviews before…

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“When you expect less, you get more”

 = my Yoda-esque wisdom for the day.  (Also, can you believe I’ve never seen Star Wars? The Pilot is always teasing me about it. There are a lot of classic movies that have missed my radar.) This morning I was off on a 10-mile run.  It’s not a personal distance record, and it wasn’t fast…

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Plantains: the Other, Other Vegetable

I’m going to go ahead and count today as my first time time cooking with plantains. (I’m smiling in the photo, but am also a little afraid) Cooking with Plantains Ok, so there was the one Mexican party we threw when I made an awesome slow-cooked chicken and plantain dish… but that was years ago.…

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Taming the sweet tooth

Hi! Happy Wednesday aka Zumba day 😉 What’s on your fitness plan? Check in for here for this week’s WSU and awesome giveaway! Yesterday after nap, Livi helped me make some dinner. (She’s great at spraying the olive oil and grinding the salt and pepper) I wasn’t quite sure how it would go with raw…

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10 ways to burpee

I’m so stoked that you guys are enjoying the Week 3 workout! Since we’ve been doing LOTS of burpees lately, I figured today would be a great day to share some of my tried and true burpee variations. Also, it’s Valentine’s week. Who doesn’t heart burpees?! (don’t answer that) Here are some ways to change…

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Kale Caesar

Kale Caesar! One of my favorite quick and easy salads. (Sorry for the blah picture. Our kitchen lighting at night is a little rough.) All you do is mix 1 cup of your favorite hard white cheese -I rolled with the giant manchego mountain we’re climbing-  chopped anchovies in olive oil (I think the can…

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