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…

Continue Reading →

Relaxing Noodle Playlist 2

Hiiiii ๐Ÿ˜€ How are you? Things are bueno over here ๐Ÿ™‚ Longy of a day, but I got to teach Zumba, and am now home with the seksi Pilot and Bell so Iโ€™m a happy kid. Some work eats: -organic apple + a jar of almond butter to smother said apple with (I donโ€™t mess…

Continue Reading →

Reader’s Request: Fave Quinoa Uses

Morning! Itโ€™s almost the weekend! Kind of stoked ๐Ÿ™‚ The chipotle black bean soup was actually a success, even though I went a little cray cray with the chiles. [Recipe is in the Canyon Ranch Nourish cookbook. I added 2 chipotle chiles instead of 1/2 t, and also a whole head of garlic.. because if…

Continue Reading →

Overzealous

Hi friends! How are ya? Hope youโ€™ve had a lovely day <3 Soups on over here: Itโ€™s chipotle black bean soup from the Canyon Ranch Nourish cookbook, except I didnโ€™t follow the recipe.. and probably should have. Letโ€™s just say that someone got a little overzealous with the chipotle chiles (<โ€”I LOVE this ingredient). It…

Continue Reading →

Take it or leave it: the cape

I always get really excited for fall fashion. Itโ€™s kind of funny because we donโ€™t even have a real โ€œfallโ€ here in Tucson. Heck, itโ€™s 93* degrees today. Itโ€™s fun to wish though :/ However, it doesnโ€™t get that cold here until later in the winter, so I end up spending most of winter in…

Continue Reading →

Focus On: Bodyrock

Bodyrock is another one of my major workout loves. Itโ€™s an extremely effective low-cost workout solution โ€“the videos are posted for free and you need minimal equipment- and I think itโ€™s what helped me bust through my own workout plateau. Before I got pregnant, I felt STRONG and my bodyfat was the lowest itโ€™s been…

Continue Reading →