I think it’s nice that August 1 happened to fall on a Monday. Once the initial shock of my alarm going off at 5 a.m. after three mornings of sleeping until almost 9 wore off, I found myself full of smiles and energy (only partly credited to multiple cups of coffee) thanks to the arrival [...]
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Destination Unknown
July 28, 2011 { 24 comments }I hope everyone is having a good day! I have the day off and it’s been amazing. Actually, I’m kicking off a four-day weekend. Now that is amazing! :) Clearly, the best way to start a day off is with a 5 a.m. wake up call. Kidding…but it was a necessity. I had to teach [...]
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A Birthday Boy
June 21, 2011 { 22 comments }Guess who has a birthday on Wednesday!? Wish my sweet husband a happy birthday! He’s 29…just one more year until the big 3-0! I like to tease him about it. And just for fun, check out my happy birthday post for him last year. It’s a good one! :P Side note, I love that I [...]
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A Very Happy Birthday
June 17, 2011 { 17 comments }Wow, where do I even start? I don’t think I have ever felt so loved on a birthday before. Thank you SO MUCH for your comments, facebook messages and tweets. I read every.single.one of the comments and loved hearing about your best birthdays! There were some common themes… It’s fun to celebrate your birthday in [...]
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A Trader Joe’s Problem
June 2, 2011 { 41 comments }I have a problem. I can’t leave Trader Joe’s without spending $40. I walk in the door with intentions of only purchasing two or three things and end up filling up my whole basket. And I don’t know how this happens but a full basket magically translates to $40. Take tonight for example, my list [...]
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Three Happy Things
May 24, 2011 { 19 comments }I missed y’all last night but Monday was a little rough. It started at 3:45 a.m. with a wake up call from Sullie. She wasn’t feeling well and kept pacing and staring at me while I was trying to sleep. Poor thing. I was up with her until I had to teach BodyPump at 6 [...]
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Cinco de Sore-o
May 5, 2011 { 16 comments }Wow, my legs feel so spent. I’ve taught BodyPump 77 three times this week and it is by far the hardest new release in quite some time. Not only is it an awesome strength training workout but it is also packed with tracks that really challenge you cardiovascularly. I am really feeling it right now! [...]
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Face Matters
May 3, 2011 { 97 comments }Hi guys! How is your week going? I said this last week but it’s happening again…my week is flying by. I am really busy at work right now and have a ton of teaching commitments this week due to subbing. I’m not complaining though, it’s wonderful! Shocker…I did not get up for my Tuesday morning [...]
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BodyPump 77 Launch and Lulu Morning
May 1, 2011 { 34 comments }Good evening everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was jam-packed with fun activities along with some less-fun things like errands and cleaning. Overall though, I feel much more sane and relaxed on this end of the weekend than I did going into it. I kicked off Saturday with a 3.5 mile run [...]
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Friday Deliciousness
April 29, 2011 { 16 comments }I’m happy that it’s Friday night and we are staying in Charlotte this weekend. The next few weeks are going to be crazy with travel so I’m thankful to have this weekend to hang out and prepare. I started this Friday my very favorite way – hot vinyasa at Y2 Yoga. I’ve been attending the [...]
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Home Sweet Home
April 28, 2011 { 15 comments }Today is a fun day for Brandon and me. It’s our one year anniversary of closing on our house! One year ago we left this… The temporary apartment that we lived in for 10 months while we were house hunting. Can you believe that I did the majority of my 68 Days of Gourmet project [...]
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Spring Break
April 22, 2011 { 13 comments }Happy Friday friends! My office is closed today for our Spring holiday so Brandon and I decided to head to Georgia to visit my grandmother. We haven’t seen my family since Christmas and four months is just far too long to go without a visit! We left after work yesterday. It’s a four-hour trip to [...]
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Fever
April 18, 2011 { 33 comments }Who else has major marathon fever after today’s Boston Marathon? I absolutely loved that my Twitter feed was full of Boston updates and that the blog world was abuzz with support for all of the runners. Qualifying for Boston is definitely something that doesn’t seem to be in the realm of possibility for me right [...]
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Cookout, Coconut, BodyPump and a Winner
April 11, 2011 { 20 comments }Sullie says thank you for all of the get well wishes. She is feeling much better! So, I gave up on my blog post last night before I made it to dinner. I was too tired! We went over to my in law’s for a cook out. Loving this beautiful weather in Charlotte. Another outdoor [...]
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Super Fruit Friday (and a giveaway!)
April 7, 2011 { 59 comments }I was going to wait until Saturday to post this so that I could title it Super Fruit Saturday (it just flows better than Super Fruit Friday) but I know how you guys operate and more of you read on Fridays than Saturdays. Why do I care what day you’re reading? Because I have an [...]
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Super Noodle Night
April 5, 2011 { 18 comments }Thank you, thank you for the comments and Tweets congratulating me on the new yoga teaching gig. I am extremely excited and looking forward to teaching my first class at Y2 tomorrow. My name is on the schedule…it’s really happening! I started my day at Y2 today for an ashtanga practice. One of the things [...]
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Comfort Food
March 31, 2011 { 15 comments }Well, before we get to comfort food I feel the need to address this crazy show I’m watching on TV, Mobbed. “Host Howie Mandel puts a hidden-camera spin on the “flash mob” concept. Mandel and hundreds of strangers will help special guests plan extraordinary surprises for friends, family members, loved ones or co-workers. These unknowing [...]
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A New Cardio Challenge
February 21, 2011 { 32 comments }When Brandon and I arrived home on Sunday evening I was itching to move my body after a couple of days of rest and a five hour car ride. Brandon encouraged me not to run even though my back was feeling better because of the pounding. I actually listened (that is rare) and we compromised [...]
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First Long(ish) Run in Too Long
February 7, 2011 { 18 comments }I took advantage of my weekend off of yoga teacher training and the beautiful weather to get my first long(ish) run in since the half marathon in December on Sunday. I can’t even believe how little I have been running since 2011 rolled around but my yoga practice has grown tremendously so I’m going with [...]
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BodyPump’n
January 27, 2011 { 20 comments }My BodyPump class was rocking tonight! We had about 40 participants – amazing! I’m so happy that the January crowd is sticking around (plus all of my awesome regulars!). It’s been great. There was one minor bump in the road…I got all suited up with my belt and mic, got the class in set position [...]
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Monday Madness
January 24, 2011 { 14 comments }What a day. That’s the best way I can describe it right now. I was really wound up from the weekend last night and didn’t make it to bed until around midnight (way late for me). A short five hours later, my alarm went off to make it to the Y to teach BodyPump. I’ll [...]
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Crepes + Chocolate Cake
January 14, 2011 { 9 comments }Wow guys! Thank you SO much for your interest in the Better Butter giveaway (remember you have until Sunday to enter). Marina, the founder of the company, was so blown away by your positive comments that she wants to offer everyone 20% off their purchase. Simply enter PBRunner at checkout. Order away! Now, we have [...]
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BodyPump: What It Is and Why I Love It
January 4, 2011 { 32 comments }I covered a BodyPump class tonight for a fellow instructor who has the plague that’s going around. I was prepared for a full class and was so excited to arrive to find the gym already filling up. We ended up with around 45 participants tonight. I was surprised to see a LOT of familiar faces. [...]
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Post-Race Happenings
December 13, 2010 { 2 comments }Thank you so much for all of the congrats on my half marathon PR. I am still on a running high from this fall’s wonderful race experiences – Marine Corps Marathon, Charlotte 8K Turkey Trot and Thunder Road Half Marathon. I’ve been asked what’s next with my running and the honest answer is nothing. Although [...]
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A Lucky Girl
November 18, 2010 { 5 comments }Hi friends…this week has flown by – I can’t believe tomorrow is Friday. I’m so ready for a short week next week! I dragged (when I say dragged, I mean that I hit the snooze button several times and seriously considered not going) myself to ashtanga this morning. I rolled into the yoga studio wearing [...]
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PBR is Back!
October 26, 2010 { 8 comments }Not the beer, the blog! Some of you probably noticed that my blog was down Monday. I was in the process of moving it over to self-hosting. I apologize that I didn’t give you all more warning but I wasn’t sure when the switch was going to happen. I have been wanting to transition to [...]
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One Week from Today…
October 24, 2010 { 6 comments }I will (hopefully, fingers crossed) be a second time marathoner! And hopefully not feel like this at the end… I can hope, right? I’m sure I will be an emotional wreck. I mean, I teared up a couple of times today during my last long run while thinking about “this time next week…” Final long [...]
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BLENDing + Bacon
October 21, 2010 { 9 comments }Since I only posted a recipe last night and no details on my day, I have so much to catch you guys up on! Wednesday night I was invited to a BLEND (bloggers + friends) party at Lululemon Charlotte. I have so enjoyed getting to know Meg and Mimi from Lululemon so I was very [...]
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Fall Grilling
October 7, 2010 { 15 comments }I’m taking a break from listening to really terrible music to update the blog. I’m downloading music for the new classes I’ll be teaching this weekend and it’s slim picking. The “workout music” selection on iTunes is made up of a lot of horrendous techno-ish covers. Wow. I can’t use my BodyPump music because it’s [...]
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Slowly Recovering (with the help of good food!)
October 4, 2010 { 4 comments }I’m slowly recovering from yesterday’s 20-miler. The first step was ice bath, hot shower and food. The second step involved me sitting on the couch from 2:30-7:30 p.m. without moving. I blogged, watched Grey’s Anatomy and ate peanut butter chocolate chip bars. It was glorious. Around 6:30 my legs said, “beer me.” I had a [...]
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Third Time's a Charm
September 30, 2010 { 19 comments }First, I really appreciate all of the comments/support about my decision to run the Marine Corps Marathon. Tomorrow is the first day of October so the countdown is officially on! Race day is October 31. Eek! :shock: After Tuesday’s 10-miler I forced myself to take Wednesday as a rest day. I was very tempted to [...]
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Great Grilled Cheese
September 27, 2010 { 14 comments }I need to make this one quick. I am drinking chamomile tea and just finished eating a pumpkin chocolate chip bar. I need to be in bed very soon. I have big plans in the morning that involve making a big decision. I need to be at my prime. Full report tomorrow. So here’s how [...]
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Strong and Sore
September 25, 2010 { 5 comments }First, thank you so much for the nice comments and Tweets about my painless return to running. I have felt so encouraged by everyone’s kind and comforting words over the last couple weeks. Thank you, thank you! Second, wow am I sore! I woke up pretty sore on Friday after teaching BodyPump on Thursday night. [...]
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Lulu Love
September 16, 2010 { 12 comments }And I’m watching the Rachel Zoe Project again. This is seriously a problem – I’m obsessed. She’s trying to cook in this episode and she’s clueless. I’m loving it! It makes me feel less bad about having no fashion sense! ;) I went to ashtanga this morning for all of 20 minutes…and then I rolled [...]
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Long Run Regret
September 13, 2010 { 10 comments }Yesterday I posted about my 18-mile turned 13-mile long run. I knew that I would regret it when I threw in the towel at mile 13 and sure enough the regret is hitting heavy today. I’ve been dwelling on my failed long run all day. It didn’t help to look at my training schedule and [...]
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A BodyPump Visitor
September 2, 2010 { 8 comments }I could not sleep Wednesday night. I don’t know if it was my run, all the sugar in my frozen yogurt dinner or that I “slept in” until 7:15 a.m. the two mornings prior. I was just not tired. I finally fell asleep around 1 a.m. and popped out of bed at 5:15 a.m. when [...]
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Self Awareness
August 26, 2010 { 5 comments }Today I’m focusing on self awareness during exercise. We are lucky at the Y that we are able to team teach BodyPump. I have a co-instructor and we split teaching the class 50/50. One of us teaches while the other participates as well as walks around and corrects technique. Tonight while I was walking around [...]
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Hummus Love
August 13, 2010 { 0 comments }It’s 9:30 and I just sat down to relax for the first time since I got home from teaching BodyPump. I just inhaled a bowl of light vanilla ice cream topped with a tablespoon of Dark Chocolate Dreams and I’m ready to blog. And then I have about a million more things to do to [...]
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Workout Buddies
July 31, 2010 { 8 comments }Happy weekend! I’m enjoying our last weekend at home before we embark on four weekends straight of traveling in August. Eek! Luckily, they’re all fun travel plans (including two beach trips – score!). Sometimes workouts are more fun with friends and I’ve been lucky to have some pretty awesome workout buddies this week. First, I [...]
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Another Ridiculously Long Post with Lots of Food
July 26, 2010 { 3 comments }Part two of my ridiculously long weekend overview post. Need to catch up? Part one is here. Read at your own risk – it’s a long one! After Saturday night’s food-fest at The Palm I had to regroup and get ready to do it all over again for Sunday brunch. We had a family birthday [...]
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Party Time
July 25, 2010 { 4 comments }First, sorry for the weekend hiatus from blogging but I was in need of a disconnect. This weekend was all about birthday celebrations. My mother in law has a milestone birthday coming up on Wednesday (I will not share the number because I am a sweet daughter in law ;) ) and my sister in [...]
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My Exercise Journey…and Ashtanga Take Two
July 21, 2010 { 8 comments }I used to always stick with what I knew when it came to workouts – and what I knew was running. I was always very reluctant to try group exercise classes, walking was boring, the elliptical was boring, yoga was boring…I just wanted to go, go, go and feel the rush I got from running. [...]
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BodyPump 74 Launch and First MCM Long Run
July 17, 2010 { 10 comments }Happy Saturday – it’s been an active one for me! This morning we launched BodyPump 74 at the Y (by the way, did you see that the YMCA is officially changing its name to the Y?). We had a four instructor launch team and over 30 members participate. I realize that not everyone knows what [...]
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Twitter Friend Happy Hour
July 8, 2010 { 3 comments }Last night I took the night off from blogging on Peanut Butter Runner. Bakin’ and Eggs was feeling neglected (it had been a week since my last update!) so I updated my food blog with these amazing (seriously, make them NOW) Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars. I had been going nonstop for days and really [...]
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Manic Monday on a Tuesday
July 6, 2010 { 3 comments }Whew…the long weekend was nice but today has been crazy. It definitely felt like a Monday even though it wasn’t. I just sat down for the first time (it’s 10 p.m.) since I left work. This evening I taught BodyPump, went to the grocery, cooked, cleaned, made my breakfast for tomorrow and packed my bag [...]
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Indian Feast and Trash TV
June 29, 2010 { 4 comments }I don’t have much for you guys today. I’ve been enjoying living the housewife life! ;) Tomorrow is my last day off – it’s been a fun few days but I’m definitely ready to start my new adventure on Thursday. I slept until 9 a.m. this morning for a whopping total of 10 hours of [...]
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AthFest Day 2, Your Pie and Monday Recap
June 28, 2010 { 4 comments }I feel so behind! I have so much to catch you guys up on. I planned on posting the rest of our Athens weekend recap last night but our plans changed and we ended up not getting home until after 11 p.m. I had a 5 a.m. wake up call to teach BodyPump this morning [...]
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A Needed Break
June 24, 2010 { 3 comments }Today was my Friday and I have no work responsibilities until next Thursday. I am really excited about this break. It is so needed. I’m finally going to tackle some unfun tasks like figuring out how to file for our first time home buyer’s credit, finally getting a NC license plate (I still have Alabama [...]
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Caving to the Craving
June 23, 2010 { 6 comments }I tried so hard to resist it. Ignored the media, ignored all of my friends comments on Facebook and Twitter, even ignored my own husband’s rave review. Today, there was no stopping this craving. Oh yes. That would be the new Chick-Fil-A Spicy Chicken Sandwich. Let’s look at it and all its deliciousness a little [...]
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Another Happy Birthday!
June 22, 2010 { 3 comments }Today is Brandon’s birthday! Happy birthday to my grill-master and food tester – thank you for patiently waiting to eat while I take a million pictures of our dinner! Happy birthday to Sullie’s dog dad. She is oh so grateful that you feed her and give her belly rubs. Happy birthday to my hiking and [...]