I am popping in with a quick dose of Saturday randomness before I head out to film a few classes for Fit Revolution. REMINDER: use code PBEASTER to get 50% off of your first three months! And that’s AFTER you get your 14-day free trial so it comes out to well under $10/month. The code [...]
Weekend
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Easter Adventures
April 5, 2021 { 11 comments }Hi and I hope that you had a wonderful weekend. Mine was jam-packed with Easter activities, fresh air and sunshine and kid time. It was perfect! I have lots of photos to share from our Easter weekend visit with my nieces so let’s jump right in! SATURDAY Our Saturday started at a neighborhood Easter egg [...]
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Weekend + Monday Things
March 29, 2021 { 1 comment }Hello, hello, hello! How was your Monday? Mine was pretty great. I started it with a run and teaching yoga before transitioning to mom mode around noon to get QT in with my boy for the rest of the day. I spent the weekend in Tennessee leading weekend six of our 200-hour yoga teacher training [...]
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Life Lately: Reading, Listening To, Eating, Wearing, Feeling
March 21, 2021 { 20 comments }Happy Sunday friends. I am enjoying a very low-key, restful weekend at home with Finn and the pups after a couple weeks of being on the move. Six nights apart was too many nights. I missed this sweet boy so much. This post is going to be one of those all over the place life [...]
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A Sunny Saturday
March 6, 2021 { 22 comments }I’m so excited to share that we are enjoying a sunny Saturday morning in FLORIDA! We canceled our fall and holiday trips due to COVID precautions. While I am so relieved that we did because Finn and I both ended up getting COVID during that time and it was just the right thing to do, [...]
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The Right Things Will Always Connect
February 14, 2021 { 5 comments }Today is Valentine’s Day and it though it wasn’t a traditional Valentine’s Day, it was a special and good day. I spent this weekend back at VIDA Hot Yoga leading weekend three of our 200-hour yoga teacher training. My day at 7:30a teaching led Ashtanga primary series to my teacher trainees. Teaching Ashtanga is SO [...]
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Weekend + What I Bought At Whole Foods
February 8, 2021 { 4 comments }Happy Monday friends. I hope that you all had a nice weekend. My weekend was overall pretty low-key but I got to spend lots of QT with my boy so it was perfect. Here are some highlights! WEEKEND WITH FINN We have had so much rain lately (with more to come later this week) so [...]
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Our Home-Focused Weekend
January 25, 2021 { 16 comments }Hello and I hope that your week if off to a great start. I apologize for the disappearing act but my attention has been focused on this one for the last few days. Finn and I had an awesome weekend but our days were ALL IN and by the time night rolled around, I just [...]
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Mom Life Lately
December 8, 2020 { 4 comments }Hi there. I am eating a big salad for lunch as I type this post. I can’t wait to share my latest salad combo with you guys in my next recent eats post. It’s a really good one! I taught a class in-studio at VIBE5 this morning and it was my first time teaching strength [...]
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Feeling The Holiday Spirit
November 29, 2020 { 7 comments }Hi everyone. I hope that you’ve been enjoying your weekend whether it’s been a relaxing one or busy with shopping and decorating. I got my tree up last night with only one minor hiccup. Somehow the base to my tree didn’t make it to the new house in the move but I was able to [...]
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A New Week + Life Lately
November 16, 2020 { 11 comments }Happy new week. I am baking sourdough this morning so my house smells pretty wonderful and I’m looking forward to slicing into it for lunch today. I haven’t been baking sourdough nearly as often as I used to. I think this is only my second bake since I’ve been in the new house. Our amazing [...]
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Weekend Adventures with Catboy
November 1, 2020 { 3 comments }I hope that the first day of November and the time change are treating you well. I saw a funny meme online last week that said something to the effect of “the last thing we need is an extra hour of 2020.” Hopefully most of us spent that extra hour sleeping! :) It’s been a [...]
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Weekend Feelings + Aldi Haul + Inspirations
October 19, 2020 { 6 comments }Happy new week to you. I enjoyed a perfect fall weekend. There was football (a sad second half for my Dawgs against Alabama), gorgeous cool weather, a good run, lots of vitamin D and quality time with my number one boy. Finn was in the BEST mood on Sunday and we had such a great [...]
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Hello Fall
September 22, 2020 { 6 comments }Happy first day of fall. I am here for it feeling full of gratitude for the change of seasons and the incredible weather that we are being spoiled with. I have been sitting outside working for three hours and I plan to eat dinner outside tonight too. It’s 70 degrees and 46% humidity the sky [...]
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Hot Weekend + Grocery Haul + Finn & Pup Updates
August 23, 2020 { 12 comments }I hope it’s been a nice weekend for you guys! It’s been a hot one for us. On Friday evening I noticed that my HVAC unit outside all the sudden sounded like a rattling freight train so I had a technician come and look at it on Saturday. He found a badly cracked fan blade. [...]
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On The Move
July 27, 2020 { 28 comments }Good morning. I hope you all had a nice weekend. My mom left yesterday after spending the last two weeks in Charlotte with us. Prior to that we spent a week in Florida so we’ve been together for three weeks. It’s definitely an adjustment to get used to her not being here. There was a [...]
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Making Space
July 19, 2020 { 5 comments }HELLO! It’s hard to believe that it’s been a week since we have been home from Florida and what a week it’s been. I got back and jumped into projects, meetings, teaching and teacher training. It’s been a great week but a busy one. I spent pretty much the entirety of my weekend leading the [...]
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MDW: Donating Blood, Yoga for Back Care + Benji Goes to Training “Camp”
May 25, 2020 { 4 comments }I hope this finds you feeling rested and restored after the long weekend. I have an established track record of not doing anything especially exciting for Memorial Day Weekend and this year was no different…which was fine with me. It was a weird holiday weekend anyway given the current state of things so I truly [...]
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The Great Outdoors
April 20, 2020 { 1 comment }One of the things that I have felt consistently the most grateful for through stay at home is the amazing spring weather that we’ve had in Charlotte. Most days have been sunny with temperatures that are not too hot or cold and low-humidity. Also, the mosquitos aren’t out yet which is perhaps the best blessing [...]
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A Low-Key, Screen-Free Weekend
February 10, 2020 { 13 comments }After a January full of weekend travel, it was a welcome change of pace to hang out in Charlotte this weekend and to have no plans. Even though I loved all of my January trips, I also love to be at home. Backing up to last week, I was sick with a respiratory infection all [...]
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Hopping On A Plane + Airbnb Tips from Kat
January 25, 2020 { 2 comments }When we were in Florida visiting my family for Christmas, the plan was that our next visit would be towards the end of February. I knew that January was going to be busy with work travel and work in general so I didn’t think we’d be able to swing a trip in January. Well, last [...]
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Asana Unlocked + The Best Asheville Airbnb
January 20, 2020 { 235 comments }I am back in Charlotte after a truly wonderful weekend in Asheville studying the Viniyoga method with Gary Kraftsow as part of my 300-hour teacher training at Asheville Yoga Center. While I was there I had the pleasure of staying in a friend’s Airbnb apartment and it was the best Airbnb experience that I’ve ever [...]
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Fa La La La Weekend
December 16, 2019 { 6 comments }The weekend was everything I needed it to be and more. It was extremely low-key and I soaked up lots of quality time with Finn and Zoey! :) Consider this your warning that this post is mostly toddler talk so check in with me later this week if the mom life posts aren’t your favorite. [...]
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Close
December 2, 2019 { 13 comments }Hey y’all. I wish that I could say that this weekend was a super fun one given that my mom is with us and it’s the holiday season but the truth is that it was kind of hard. I had a cold earlier in the week that I tried so hard not to spread but my [...]
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Weekend + Welcome Mom
November 25, 2019 { 5 comments }Happy Thanksgiving week, friends! :) My mom arrived in Charlotte yesterday morning to spend some time with me and Finn. We are so happy to have her here but definitely missing my dad and grandmother down in Florida. Thanksgiving is my most favorite holiday of them all because I love how it’s family and food [...]
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Falling For Fall
November 18, 2019 { 8 comments }Last weekend was so cozy and felt very fall. After traveling almost every weekend for the last couple of months, it was a treat to be in Charlotte, and to have Finn with me. I am really loving fall this year…the cool weather, the colors, the food, the comfy clothes…all of it! We soaked up [...]
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cOMunnity
November 10, 2019 { 1 comment }Hello friends. I am currently a puddle on my couch after a long weekend of travel and work. I spent the weekend in Tennessee at VIDA Hot Yoga to lead our fourth weekend of yoga teacher training. Overall, it was an incredible weekend but they are so very “all in” and exhausting. I felt this [...]
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10 From Our Weekend in Florida
November 4, 2019 { 2 comments }My Monday had the most wonderful start. Lots and lots of snuggles with Finn (he has been in such a cuddly mood in the mornings lately), a run with a friend (during which we literally tag teamed pushing her double stroller at the same time), a trip to Whole Foods and a big pot of [...]
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Leslie Kaminoff Weekend at Asheville Yoga Center
October 14, 2019 { 49 comments }You know the mind-blown emoji? That’s the perfect way to describe how I feel after spending a weekend studying with Leslie Kaminoff at Asheville Yoga Center. I joined around 50 other yoga students and teachers for a three-day training with Leslie Kaminoff. It was the first weekend module of my 300-hour teacher training (I have [...]
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Life Lately with My Little Guy: Fall Edition
October 8, 2019 { 24 comments }I’m sitting at my desk working on my second cup of coffee after a very early start to the morning. I woke up at 3a and tried so hard to go back to sleep until finally throwing in the towel and getting up at 5:30a. I read for a while and finished the book I [...]
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Weekend: Long Run + YTT
September 30, 2019 { 4 comments }I hope your week is off to a great start. After spending the weekend traveling to Tennessee and leading teacher training, I am taking it easy and keeping Monday low-key. I dropped this cutie off at preschool this morning to enjoy a few hours playing with his friends. Update on preschool: Finn LOVES it! Never [...]
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The Best Florida Weekend
September 24, 2019 { 11 comments }We have been home from Florida since Sunday evening but I’m just getting the opportunity to go through photos and put this post together. Monday was a busy day but the good kind of busy, not the stressful kind! :) We flew out on Thursday afternoon from Concord Regional on Allegiant. We almost always fly [...]
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Weekend with Finn
September 9, 2019 { 16 comments }This past weekend was the first time that I had a weekend in Charlotte with Finn in longer than I can remember. We kept it super low-key and it was perfect. I picked Finn up from preschool around 12:45p on Friday thinking that he would take a long nap. NOPE. He was overtired and overstimulated [...]
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LDW
September 3, 2019 { 3 comments }It was a weird Labor Day weekend. It was my first weekend in Charlotte that I didn’t have Finn in months where I wasn’t leading teacher training, a yoga workshop or traveling for work. Honestly…I do not love these weekends and appreciate the distraction of work to get through to picking up Finn on Sunday. [...]
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Flower Child
July 29, 2019 { 14 comments }Oh man. Things took another turn south as I traveled home from Florida last Thursday. I had been fighting a runny nose for over a week but it was nothing too bad. Well, Wednesday evening it decided to go next level and the congestion got so much worse and moved into my chest. I think [...]
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Always Be My Baby
June 3, 2019 { 8 comments }I’m sitting at my desk working with sweet Sullie at my feet. She had a bit of a rough morning but seems to be feeling better this afternoon. I think she was nauseated because she wouldn’t eat breakfast and then threw up a little bit later in the morning. She’s now up and moving around [...]
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A Perfect Charlotte Afternoon
May 3, 2019 { 3 comments }HAPPY FRIDAY. What a week. It was busy with work and life, and it was tough given what happened at UNCC. I am still trying to wrap my head around all of it and will have more words soon. In the meantime, our community is holding up all of the students and faculty of UNCC [...]
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Nothing Can Stop Me, I’m All The Way Up
April 29, 2019 { 7 comments }Oh what a weekend! Whew, it was quite the whirlwind and this Monday was jam packed. I was wide awake at 5:20 this morning in anticipation of all that is on my plate right now. I feel that I have to continue to qualify that it’s GOOD stress! Just a lot to juggle. :) FRIDAY [...]
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From Darkness to Light
April 21, 2019 { 9 comments }I hope that you all enjoyed a lovely Easter weekend. I think the best way to start this post is by sharing what I wrote on Instagram tonight. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jen | Peanut Butter Runner (@jen_pbrunner) on Apr 21, 2019 at 6:19pm PDT //www.instagram.com/embed.js “Last year [...]
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Weekend + First Stomach Bug
April 15, 2019 { 20 comments }Happy Monday! Happy Boston Marathon Day! Happy Tax Day! Happy Easter Week! :) There’s a lot happening on this April 15th. It’s absolutely GORGEOUS in Charlotte today. After a weekend full of clouds and rain, it’s sunny and cool. I’m all dressed for a run so once Finn wakes up from his morning nap, we’ll [...]
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A Stand Up Weekend
April 8, 2019 { 11 comments }While my weekend was very low-key, I found myself pretty worn out by bedtime after chasing this little cutie around all day. Now that Finn has discovered standing, it’s ALL he wants to do. You name it, he was into it! I also have a photo of Finn hanging off the side of the (closed) [...]
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A Sweet Weekend
April 1, 2019 { 7 comments }I have been on cloud nine since since leaving Studio B Power Yoga on Sunday afternoon. It was an INCREDIBLE weekend of yoga, connection and growth. Also incredible was being reunited with this guy when I got home. I swear to you it felt like he had changed so much in the three days since [...]
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Little Pizza Lover
March 18, 2019 { 5 comments }It is such a beautiful Monday here and I’m so looking forward to the week ahead. I am working on some great projects and really digging my weekly groove/schedule right now. I’m also excited that my week will end in Florida. :) The only thing I am not really looking forward to is a CPR/First [...]
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New Normal Weekend
March 11, 2019 { 57 comments }Hello, hello! I just got home from recording a podcast as a guest on It Sounded Like A Good Idea at the Time. We had a great discussion about many things from applying yoga to life off the mat to how to deal with life’s unexpected twists and turns to paradox and much, much more. [...]
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Pizza Weekend
March 3, 2019 { 10 comments }I made a menu plan for the week and went to Trader Joe’s this evening to prepare myself to execute said menu plan…and then I got home and skipped the first dinner that I was going to cook tonight in favor of leftover frozen pizza. Tomorrow I am going to get serious about it. The [...]
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You are a Runner + Slow Weekend
February 25, 2019 { 19 comments }Hi there. I hope your week is off to a very good start. I enjoyed a rather slow start to the week after also having a slow weekend. I met a girlfriend for a run this morning. We were both pushing strollers and our route was super hilly so our pace was slow (we both [...]
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9 Months + Weekend + Last Week’s Workouts
February 18, 2019 { 8 comments }Happy new week friends! I’ve had two cups of coffee and I’m feeling ready to tackle the day. I don’t have much planned for it…but I’m ready to GO! :) I HAVE A NINE MONTH OLD! The news of today is that I have a NINE month old! Today marks nine months in the world [...]
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A Warm February Weekend
February 4, 2019 { 11 comments }After a very cold week, it was sunny and warm in Charlotte this weekend. We stayed close to home and spent tons of time outside. WEEKEND OUTSIDE The weather was so nice that I wanted to be outside as much as possible. Finn seems to enjoy the fresh air as much as me and the [...]
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The Best $99 I’ve Spent in a Long Time
January 28, 2019 { 20 comments }Hold on to your seats people…I’ve got a riveting weekend recap for you today. It involves a Home Depot purchase that goes down as the best $99 I’ve spent in a very long time. This is life in your 30s. :) BUT FIRST! A very happy birthday to my dad! I planned to share the [...]
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Letting Life Be
December 17, 2018 { 9 comments }I don’t know if you’re ready for this wild and crazy weekend recap that I have for you today. I am totally kidding. It was super quiet but totally perfect. I was just reflecting with my grandmother last week about how much less lonely I feel. Over the summer, the weekends seemed to stretch out endlessly [...]