7.4 Friday Faves

July 4, 2025

Hi friends! Happy Friday and happy 4th of July to my US friends celebrating today! Weโ€™re enjoying a lazy afternoon and then swimming and dinner with friends this evening. I hope you have a fun and festive weekend! Some pics from the week: Dinner at madre’s Simple family dinners are the best. Smoked chicken legs…

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Oh hey, BPA

Hi from the Pilotโ€™s office ๐Ÿ™‚ He had some paperwork to do tonight, so I walked around the gym track with the Kindle for a while and am hanging out until heโ€™s done working. Today was a pretty good day- far more productive than yesterday!- filled with errands and many of the things that have…

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First date with a chiropractor

Yesterday was my first time seeing a chiropractor, since Iโ€™ve never had a need or desire to before, and for all of the reasons I discussed in this post. I was a little nervous about it, but was glad Tom could go with meโ€ฆ he always makes me feel a little braver. This chiropractor was…

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Finding a gym buddy

Our Pilot-grilled dinner was a success, as usual. Heโ€™s kind of a ninja like that.   He enjoyed a steak with bleu cheese, and my โ€œmeatโ€ was a portobello mushroom, topped with mixed greens, balsamic vinaigrette, and lots of goat cheese. We shared a Super Spinach salad from TJs and perfectly grilled asparagus with sea…

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All and nothing

Today was one of those days where I felt busy all day, but donโ€™t feel like I accomplished that much. Hereโ€™s to more productivity tomorrow. I did get in a workout (Zuuuuuumba) and went to hang out with my work friends for a little while. Iโ€™m on call this week, so since I didnโ€™t need…

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Getting the party started

I took a Zumba class at work today. It still feels really good to move around โ€“and makes me forget that baby and I are spine-to-spine– and I can take it easy, since I was just taking class instead of teaching. It was a great class, and the best part was when my boss walked…

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