Happy Friday! It’s a crazy gorgeous day here in Charlotte – 66 and sunny. I’ve had Finn out of school and home with me for the last two days since he was sick on Wednesday. Thankfully, he’s made a remarkable comeback but we’re keeping him out of school until next week so that he can [...]
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Life Lately
January 31, 2024 { 10 comments }Well, I was supposed to be writing this post from my grandmother’s couch in Florida but as seems often be the case with all things in life…the plan changed. I picked Finn up from school today and instead of heading to the airport, we headed home. The moment I laid eyes on him, I knew [...]
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Some Friday Favorites
October 20, 2023 { 7 comments }Hi friends. I’m cozied up on the couch with hot tea, a blanket and the first episode of season five of Love Is Blind on in the background. I had a good week but I am feeling a little run down at the end of it so the plan is to take it very easy [...]
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A Birthday Golden Girl
October 6, 2023 { 4 comments }It’s a special Friday for us! We are celebrating Zoey’s 9th birthday! While it does feel like Zoey has been with me for a long time, it’s hard to believe that she’s actually nine. Zoey is still spunky, active and playful. While she might not be up for chasing the ball like she did in [...]
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Life Lately: Welcome October!
October 2, 2023 { 0 comments }Happy October! I hope this new month is off to a great start for you. For me, October always kicks off what feels like three months of holiday celebrations with Halloween in October, Thanksgiving in November and Christmas in December. I love all of the decorating and festivities. We have had a great time decorating [...]
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July 4 Week + The Rest of the Eats
July 6, 2023 { 2 comments }What a week it has been! Between the July 4th holiday, a lot of my clients traveling and our nanny being out on vacation this week, my schedule has been so wacky. Layer on top of that Finn getting a surprise stomach bug that had me last-minute canceling several things and I feel a bit [...]
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Listening, Reading, Watching
May 22, 2023 { 6 comments }Happy new week – I hope it’s off to a great start! I don’t have much to report from the weekend. Finn was with his dad so I did a lot of land lording, working and yoga. I also squeezed in some long walks with these two cuties. A friend moved into my rental house [...]
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A Mini Day In The Life + Life Last Weekend
April 18, 2023 { 1 comment }Oh what a Tuesday it was. I slept horrendously last night and found myself up and at ’em at 4:30a listening to a podcast and cleaning my house. I knew I didn’t have the mental bandwidth to work on the computer but I did feel motivated to get my space tidy. I left for the gym [...]
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A Week In The Life
March 19, 2023 { 7 comments }Hi sweet friends. I’m doing some late night writing on a Saturday. The house is quiet, I just made a cup of tea (Trader Joe’s Well Rested) and I don’t feel like turning on the TV. I’ve been wanting to check in here all week but life has been (the good kind of) hectic so [...]
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Let’s Catch Up + Last Week’s Workouts
February 13, 2023 { 3 comments }How are we feeling about the Super Bowl last night? I have to tell you that the only part of it I watched was Rihanna’s halftime performance but I thought she crushed it. I liked the mix hit songs – and that she kept the performance relatively understated in comparison to other performers in recent [...]
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A Week In The Life
January 27, 2023 { 22 comments }Happy Friday y’all! I don’t even know where the week went but somehow I made it to the end of it and am writing this post from my hotel room in Harrisburg, PA. Flight schedules were such that I got in late morning but I don’t teach until 6p tonight. Luckily, I was able to [...]
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Celebrating 8 Years of Zoey
October 13, 2022 { 7 comments }Hello, hello! This post is all about miss Zoey – who just celebrated her 8th birthday! The pups don’t get enough of the spotlight around here these days so I’m going to shower Zoey with love and admiration as she enters her “golden” (senior) years. ZOEY’S 8th BIRTHDAY! Zoey turned 8 years old on October [...]
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Friday Favorites From Florida
August 5, 2022 { 9 comments }I am winding down on this Friday night on my grandmother’s couch in Florida. WE MADE IT TO FLORIDA! Me and my little travel buddy flew out of Charlotte early Thursday afternoon and arrived in Fort Walton Beach right around 2p thanks to the change to Central time. Short flights with Finn are a breeze [...]
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A Sweet Week
July 15, 2022 { 5 comments }Hi there. It’s been a solidly good week over here. I got to spend a lot of quality time with Finn, taught some yoga, hung out with my best girlfriends and was fairly productive with work. I have a week’s worth of photos to share of what it all looked like. A trip to the [...]
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Little of This, Little of That
May 10, 2022 { 3 comments }Hello and happy new week. Much thanks for your comments, DMs and emails on my last post. It’s so nice when blogging feels more like a conversation and I get to interact with and know you guys a little more! I’ll try to write more than one “Currently” style of post per year. ;) It’s [...]
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Week In The Life
March 18, 2022 { 9 comments }We made it to the weekend! I hope you all have a fun and/or relaxing weekend planned. Finn and I will be heading to Durham bright and early tomorrow morning to visit my parents. It will be Finn’s first time seeing them since we visited in October and went to the N.C. State Fair. We [...]
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Reset Button Weekend
February 28, 2022 { 5 comments }I had a super quiet solo weekend and it was just what I needed. 48 hours of downtime was the perfect reset button after spending six weeks balancing going back and forth to Durham, work and motherhood. While the last few weekends that I’ve spent in Charlotte with Finn have been so laid-back, fun and [...]
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Life Lately: Winding Down 2021 and Welcoming the New Year
January 4, 2022 { 25 comments }Happy first week of 2022. I hope your new year is off to a good start. I very much appreciate the heartfelt and supportive comments on my last post. I have read every single one of them and will be revisiting each and responding throughout this week. I was pretty wiped out when we arrived [...]
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Life Lately: Holiday Edition
December 20, 2021 { 3 comments }Well, we’ve made it to the holiday week. This one has felt like a marathon, not a sprint for me but I am making the most of it. I spent the morning working on this year’s Christmas Crusher workout. It’s one of my favorite longstanding blog traditions so get ready for a good one! I [...]
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Friday Favorites (And Not Favorites)
October 22, 2021 { 34 comments }Happy Friday. I am packing up to head to Tennessee to lead yoga teacher training at VIDYA this weekend. I haven’t seen my group in almost six weeks so I’m looking forward to diving back in with them. We have much to cover this weekend and it’s going to be a good one! I’m also [...]
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Friday Things + Recent Eats
August 6, 2021 { 3 comments }TGIF! I have taught a whole lot of yoga this past week and have been working hard to prepare for my fall teacher training at VIDYA that kicks off in just a few weeks. It was a great week but I am looking forward to some downtime and hanging out with Finn this weekend! Before [...]
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Summer Camp Is In Session + Life Lately + Upcoming Events
July 21, 2021 { 9 comments }Hi, hi! I hope y’all are having a great week. My week has felt a little jumbled because I’ve subbed some extra classes and had Finn on a night that I usually don’t but all is good! I have some exciting news… SUMMER CAMP IS IN SESSION Doggie summer camp is in session! Bear arrived [...]
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TGIF + Little Peanut Butter Lover + Pretty Pups
June 4, 2021 { 12 comments }Hi friends! It may have been a short week but it was a doozy of a week! I have had sooooo many conversations with plumbers, HVAC people, painters and roofers. As I mentioned in my Memorial Day Weekend recap, I have to replace the HVAC at my primary residence and then my rental house has [...]
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5 Favorites From This Week
May 21, 2021 { 4 comments }Happy Friday friends! I had such a nice week. It was great to be settled back in Charlotte after a lot of travel. My week was full of Finn, friends, teaching, the pups and work and it felt perfect. Here are a five of my favorite things from the week! WALKS WITH THE PUPS For [...]
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Three Good Things
April 2, 2021 { 11 comments }Happy Easter weekend friends. I am sitting in bed writing this post with a house full of kiddos and a heart full of joy. REUNITED AND IT’S THE BEST EVER Finn and I drove to pick up my nieces this evening so that they can spend Easter weekend and the first part of their spring break [...]
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Checking In From Tennessee + Weekly Workouts + New Food Favorites
February 27, 2021 { 12 comments }Hello and happy weekend. I’m writing this post from my hotel bed in Tennessee while watching Great British Baking Show on Netflix and drinking Tazo Dream Tea (highly recommend). I’m REALLY excited about reading and going to sleep after I finish writing this post. I’m here for weekend four of our 200-hour yoga teacher training at [...]
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(Zombie) Life Lately: Reading, Watching, Pups, Finn + GNO!
February 11, 2021 { 32 comments }I am typing this post and feeling a bit like a zombie right now. I had the worst night of sleep last night. I didn’t stop reading until 12:30a and then woke up at 2:45 and could NOT go back to sleep. My mind was all over the place. I read my Kindle in the [...]
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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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Homemade Cheesy Dog Cookies
October 8, 2020 { 3 comments }We celebrated Zoey’s 6th birthday this week and in the spirit of honoring and spoiling our furry family members, I wanted to share a recipe for Homemade Cheesy Dog Cookies. They’re simple to prepare and feature a short ingredient list that you can feel good about feeding to your dog. They’re the perfect treat for [...]
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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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MOVED!
August 5, 2020 { 13 comments }Well, friends…I’m writing this post from the kitchen island of my NEW HOME! This will be my eating and working station for a while until I get a dining table and a desk but I am just so happy to be here. This week has been a nonstop frenzy of last-minute packing and moving so [...]
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Birthday Benji + Recent Eats
July 30, 2020 { 14 comments }I’m deep in the depths of packing and move preparations but I couldn’t let Benji’s birthday pass without a post! I also have some recent eats for you so keep on reading. BENJI’S FIRST BIRTHDAY! Today is Benji’s first birthday! It’s also his five month anniversary of joining our little family! I adopted Benji on [...]
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A Week In The Life
June 19, 2020 { 16 comments }Hi guys. How was your week? I would give mine a solid okay. Not bad, but not amazing. Plenty to be grateful for…including a beautiful son, another year older, sweet pups, my best friends, my loving family and work that pushes me to learn and grow every single day. Rather than a “Day in the [...]
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This Is Us
June 14, 2020 { 24 comments }Hello and I hope this finds you enjoying your weekend. I’ve been hanging out with Finn and the pups, staying close to home and spending as much time outside as possible. We are having the best weather – low 80s and low humidity. I’m trying to soak it up before a week of rain heads [...]
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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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Bright Sunshiny Days
May 7, 2020 { 10 comments }Hi and how’s the week treating you? Every day I am so grateful for the mild, low humidity and sunshine-drenched spring that we are having. I feel like so often in the south we go from 60 to 90 degrees in 2.5 seconds during spring so this has been a treat. I know that talking [...]
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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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Cheer
April 8, 2020 { 16 comments }Hi there. Tonight’s background entertainment is Cheer on Netflix. Did you know that I cheered competitively in high school? I also gave it a go for one semester of college but bailed on that pretty quickly. I’m grateful for the experience because it was a big goal realized, but I also have zero regrets about [...]
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How to Workout & Flow with Me + Life Lately
March 31, 2020 { 15 comments }The last few weeks have been surreal and a whirlwind as I’ve absorbed the news of coronavirus and worked to figure out what the new normal looks like. All of that was such a distraction that I thought that I was fine as I worked diligently to refocus my efforts and energy and make sense [...]
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Just To Make You Smile
March 26, 2020 { 6 comments }Hi everyone. How are you holding up? It’s been a roller coaster over here with some highs and lows. I mostly feel like I can’t clean and straighten up as fast as Finn, Zoey and Benji can dirty and mess. (I have a feeling that many of you can relate to this!) While I am [...]
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Solstice + Goldens + Finn’s First Haircut
December 21, 2019 { 2 comments }Today is the Winter Solstice which brings the shortest day and longest night of the year. It brings opportunity to honor both light and dark. I spent this morning outside on a trail run, celebrating light and connecting with nature. I visited Ann Springs Close Greenway for the first time and did five trail miles. [...]
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Dog Feelings
October 24, 2019 { 5 comments }Fellow dog lovers, I am here to brighten up your Thursday! This week, I was introduced to the amazingness that is the “Thoughts of Dog” Twitter and Instagram. I started following this account on Instagram a few days ago and it has made me laugh out loud. It started as a Twitter account and they’re [...]
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Lately: Life, Reading, Listening
August 27, 2019 { 12 comments }Hello everyone. Unless you live under a rock, or don’t do social media (in which case you probably don’t read blogs either), then you likely saw that yesterday was National Dog Day. NATIONAL DOG DAY National Dog Day was started in 2004 as a way to celebrate all dogs…mixed breeds and pure…with a mission to [...]
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A Gift of a Good Week
May 11, 2019 { 11 comments }Good morning and happy weekend. I set my alarm early so that I could get up and check in here before heading off to the first full day of my spring/summer 200-hour yoga teacher training at Charlotte Yoga. This week passed in a blur of trying to spend as much time at home and with [...]
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My New Hobby + Hoover Carpet Cleaner Giveaway
March 31, 2019 { 357 comments }This post is sponsored by Hoover but the review is 100% my own. Thanks to Hoover for sponsoring this post and hosting this giveaway! Be sure to read to the end to enter the giveaway! Since becoming a dog owner almost 13 years ago (ahhh how is my “first born” almost 13!?), I have had [...]
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Good Dog, Bad Dog, Happy Baby
February 8, 2019 { 9 comments }Happy weekend lovely friends. I am writing to you from a hotel room in Hershey, PA where I am in bed watching HGTV and eating Boom Chicka Pop. I am here to lead a teacher training weekend at Studio B Power Yoga. I am so excited to meet the trainees tomorrow, and also some blog [...]
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Here Comes the Sun
January 9, 2019 { 6 comments }It has been such a rainy, wet fall and start of winter on the east coast. I have always been a fan of rainy, gray days and the cozy vibe they bring with them. But now that we’ve had so many of them, I’ve really noticed how much lighter and more energized I feel on [...]
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Scenes from the Week + My First Salt Room Experience
August 9, 2018 { 6 comments }Happy end of the week guys. We made it. This was my first full week back in Charlotte and it was rough at first but got better as the days went on. In this post, I want to share some snapshots from the week along with a really cool experience I had today with salt [...]
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Friday I’m In Love: Dogs + Babies, DockATot, Collagen and Nutista Giveaway
July 19, 2018 { 276 comments }It’s been a while since I shared Friday favorites so I thought it would be a nice way to wrap up the week. Bonus, there is a giveaway in this post for some delicious nut butter so don’t miss that. :) I hope you have the happiest Friday and that it’s the start of a [...]
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Twelve Years
July 3, 2018 { 34 comments }July 3 is a very special day…it’s Sullie’s birthday! My angel is 12 years old today! I can’t even believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was at the breeder with my ex and we were trying to decide between Sullie or her brother, the only two pups left in the litter. We were [...]