Good morning and happy Monday! I hope that your day is off to a positive start. Mine is off to a sore start. I did another ashtanga practice at 6:30 a.m. on Sunday with David Keil. My practice felt really good and I was happy that after a long hiatus from ashtanga that I was [...]
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A Return To My Favorite Practice
January 28, 2012 { 14 comments }My Saturday stared out busy and productive but by noon I turned into a blob and hung around the house for the rest of the day. My alarm went off at the very early hour of 5:15 a.m. so that I could make it over to YogaFlex to for the David Keil ashtanga practice. Ashtanga [...]
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Sunday Perfection
January 22, 2012 { 27 comments }Here’s what Sunday at my grandmother’s house looks like… Sleep until 9 a.m. Stumble (literally) out of bed and downstairs to make coffee and maple oatmeal scones for breakfast. Thanks to my sleep-induced stupor and an incorrect recipe, scones turn out a huge failure. (Look how flat the first batch was on plate above!) Perfectionism [...]
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Happy To Be Here
January 21, 2012 { 17 comments }Hello from Georgia! Sullie and I arrived at my grandmother’s house around 1 p.m. and she has been glued to Mema’s side ever since! Backing up…I made it out of bed around 6:45 this morning and promptly made breakfast and worked on some blog stuff. I have been on such a bagel kick lately. I [...]
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The Time I Fell Asleep In Double Pigeon
January 15, 2012 { 24 comments }It’s been a really good Sunday. I spent over six hours in various yoga studios. I taught four classes and over 115 yogis over the course of the day and felt so inspired to practice myself at the end of it all that I took a class tonight! I started my day with a 6:15 [...]
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Wine and Waffles
January 14, 2012 { 6 comments }One of the things I enjoy most about training and teaching is getting to know my clients and students. It is really cool to have a group of “regulars” in my classes and I always love chatting with them before and after class. It’s a great feeling to be surrounded by familiar faces and honestly, [...]
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Unusual Weekend Activities + Eats
January 8, 2012 { 27 comments }I have been in such a weird place lately with my workouts and eats. My body is all off. I woke up sick on Saturday morning and ended up spending a chunk of my day at urgent care. The wait was 2.5 hours! The good news? They will let you leave and call you when [...]
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Sunday Evening Entertaining
December 19, 2011 { 17 comments }Hope your Monday and final week before Christmas is off to a great start! While I am being a bit of a scrooge about getting in the holiday shopping spirit (yep, still haven’t started), I am enjoying the opportunity to spend time with friends and family. Last night we had friends over for dinner and [...]
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All About Ambiance
December 18, 2011 { 12 comments }When we went to bed on Friday night the plan was to get up and drive to the mountains on Saturday morning to spend the day shopping and hanging out. Well, Saturday rolled around and I procrastinated working out/getting ready and sat around in my PJs and Brandon didn’t wake up until 10 so we [...]
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Crepes and Christmas Yoga
December 17, 2011 { 9 comments }Happy Saturday! I can’t believe that next Saturday is Christmas Eve! Side note on that…for those of you who live in the Charlotte area I will be teaching a complimentary in-store yoga class at Lululemon before the mall opens on Christmas Eve. Craziness! The class will be from 7:15-8 a.m. and I promise it will [...]
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A Festive Weekend
December 11, 2011 { 25 comments }Happy Sunday! I hope the weekend has been great for you. I think the theme of my weekend is taking pictures in front of Christmas trees. Such a festive time of year. :P I’ll divide this post into “what I did” and “what I ate.” Weekend Activities (a.k.a. how many pictures can i take in [...]
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Back To Normal
November 27, 2011 { 6 comments }Ahh…it feels so good to be back to my normal routine. I so enjoyed teaching yoga, leading bootcamp, taking yoga and cooking dinner today. I know I only had three days off of teaching but it felt like an eternity. I was so happy to be back to my yogis this morning. Catching up after [...]
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Back On The Grid
October 30, 2011 { 25 comments }Well…I pretty much fell off the face of the blog planet this weekend. I kind of needed a break from it. Actually, I kind of needed a break from busy life in general. Brandon was gone on a guy’s trip from Wednesday-Sunday so I took the opportunity to do the single girl thing. I slept. [...]
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The Day The Laptop Died
October 23, 2011 { 29 comments }I hope it’s been a good weekend for y’all. Mine was pretty low-key but perfect. Lots of yoga, a baby shower, two nights spent relaxing on the couch and incredible weather. What was not so incredible about my weekend was my laptop deciding it was time to go to computer heaven on Saturday night. I [...]
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Sprint to the Finish
October 22, 2011 { 47 comments }I have a love/hate relationship with 5Ks. Running 3.1 miles seems easy enough but I just can’t run them without going into total race mode and basically taking off in a full of sprint like a bat out of hell. I ran the Dowd Y “Rocktoberfest” 5K this morning. The Dowd Y Half Marathon & [...]
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A Beautiful Mountain Wedding
October 16, 2011 { 23 comments }This weekend we had the honor of attending the wedding of a close friend, Clay. Brandon and Clay were fraternity brothers (Clay was actually Brandon’s big brother!) and they lived together senior year of college. I spent quite a lot of time with Brandon and his four roommates during our senior year and have so [...]
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A Perfect Stop in Athens
October 15, 2011 { 18 comments }We’re already on the road again but our quick stop in Athens was wonderful! We stayed with our friends Natalie and Drew. We went to college with them and they still live in Athens. Natalie is in her final year of vet school and Drew started an awesome pizza franchise, Your Pie. It’s so much [...]
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A 10 Year Vision
October 9, 2011 { 12 comments }My weekend ended on an inspirational note…with a Lululemon community goal sharing meeting. For newer readers, I am an ambassador for the Charlotte store. Tonight we had a gathering of Lululemon employees, ambassadors and community fitness pros to discuss our personal goals as well as our collective community goals. Lululemon has a huge goal setting [...]
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Highlights
October 9, 2011 { 15 comments }Hi! Hope you are enjoying the weekend! Rather than give you blow by blow details on mine, I thought I would just post the highlights. The weather is beautiful in Charlotte so we’ve been trying to cram in all the outdoor activities that we can. Trail Run + Happy Hour Friday afternoon Brandon, Sullie and [...]
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Two Goldens Are Better Than One
October 2, 2011 { 6 comments }Oh man…it’s dog chaos at our house and I love it! Brandon’s cousin Jason is in town visiting family and staying with us for a couple of days. He brought is super cute golden retriever puppy, Goose. He’s only 7 months old! Goose and Sullie have been playing (in the dirt, of course) since his [...]
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A Really Good Saturday
October 1, 2011 { 19 comments }Happy weekend friends! I hope it’s been a nice Saturday for you. Mine has been really good. I slept in this morning and skipped yoga. Nine hours of sleep will make you feel like a champion every time! After spending the morning lounging around and drinking coffee, we met our friends Ashley and Lee for [...]
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Asheville Part Two: Brunch and John Rock Hike
September 26, 2011 { 32 comments }In an effort not to overwhelm you with tons of pictures from everything we crammed into two days in Asheville, I thought it would be smart to break it into two posts. Read part one here (heavy on food + beer). And here is the Saturday recap! I somehow managed to sleep until almost 10 [...]
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Asheville Part One: Eat and Drink
September 25, 2011 { 19 comments }Our quick getaway to Asheville was great! The Western North Carolina mountains hold a special place in my heart after spending my summers in college as a counselor at Camp Wayfarer. I worked there for three summers and Brandon joined me for two of them. Asheville is a fun mountain town full of interesting shops, [...]
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On Top of the World
September 24, 2011 { 12 comments }We’re on the way home from our celebration trip to Asheville. Although our trip was short, we managed to cram a ton in. We ate, drank, visited with friends, hiked and more. It was perfect. I’ll share all of the details with you tomorrow but for now here is a quick video that I filmed [...]
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Sunday by the Numbers
September 19, 2011 { 20 comments }1: Hour-long nap. It was my first nap in months. In general, I don’t nap (you read my blog…you know I can’t slow down) but for some reason I was determined to take one Sunday. I came home from teaching yoga, inhaled an egg sandwich and promptly passed out. Sullie was more than happy to [...]
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Saturday Shenanigans
September 18, 2011 { 16 comments }For a relaxing Saturday, I sure did manage to cram a lot in. The morning activities were healthy – running a 10K, a yoga practice and a visit to see a yoga friend who is a chiropractor/acupuncturist for some work on my back. The afternoon/evening activities were a little more indulgent! Brandon and I had [...]
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Fall and Football
September 12, 2011 { 21 comments }And so starts another week. I hope everyone had a lovely weekend. Mine felt pretty perfect and left me feeling rested, recharged and happy. A couple housekeeping items: Many of you have followed up about my heart rate monitor and yoga experiment. Well, I’ve decided that it deserves to be a bigger “study.” I don’t [...]
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Foodie Heaven
September 5, 2011 { 14 comments }While we were in Atlanta this weekend I wanted to make sure to get a trip to the Dekalb Farmers Market in. The name is a bit misleading because it is actually a 140,000 square-foot market that features produce, meats, cheeses, dry goods, bulk products, wine and more from around the world. It is most [...]
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Tailgating, Sweat and Tears
September 4, 2011 { 2 comments }Well, after five hours of tailgating in 96 degree weather and spending way too much money on a ticket, things didn’t turn out so well for the Dawgs. Was it worth it? Totally. A day spent in red and black, hanging out with friends and cheering on UGA is always a good day in my [...]
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Gameday Returns
September 3, 2011 { 34 comments }Happy GAMEDAY! College football kicks off this weekend and we’re heading to the first Georgia football game of the season today! When you grow up in Georgia, it’s pretty hard not to become a University of Georgia football fan. Bulldog football is literally a religion in this state and engrained in you from a young [...]
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Weekend Love, Part II
August 28, 2011 { 28 comments }Weekend part two was equally as awesome as weekend part one. This was the first weekend in a very long time that hasn’t been devoted to studying, traveling or teaching a ridiculous number of classes and it was just perfect. Since we went out on Friday night we stayed in and cooked on Saturday. We [...]
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Weekend Love
August 27, 2011 { 26 comments }WEEKEND! :D Mine has been fabulous so far – pedicure, dinner with friends, over two glorious hours of hot yoga and getting my life organized. Last night we met our friends Lelia and Matt for dinner at Sir Edmond Halley’s. Sir Ed’s is a and old Charlotte establishment that is tucked away behind a shopping [...]
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Sunday on Monday
August 15, 2011 { 13 comments }Happy Monday! I hope everyone’s week is off to a great start! Final weekend update for you before we roll into the new week. I spent most of my Sunday at Y2 Yoga teaching the morning and afternoon 90-minute hot classes. Both were fabulous. I’m not sure what it is but some days the energy [...]
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NoDa Night
August 13, 2011 { 13 comments }Hey, hey! Hope everyone is having a great weekend! I owe you a Friday recap…it was a really good one so let’s get right to it. First, I got to start my day with yoga, which was amazing. I have been so busy lately that I’ve been limited to practicing 2-3 times per week. I’m [...]
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Burgers and Fries
August 8, 2011 { 17 comments }I’m not sure how it’s already 10:45 on Sunday evening. This weekend really flew by. Catching up on the weekend? Friday I had a really bad day and on Saturday I tortured Brandon with yoga! ;) We went out for dinner Friday and Saturday night so we were in the mood to hang out at [...]
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The Journey Home
July 31, 2011 { 24 comments }We are home from the beach. It was really sad to leave our friends but I am just so grateful that we were able to be together for a fun weekend. Every time I am with this group I feel so lucky to have such amazing people in my life. Brandon and I made the [...]
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Beach Surprise
July 29, 2011 { 28 comments }Well, the secret can come out now! We are in Amelia Island, Florida! The reason for all of the secrecy was that we are here to celebrate my friend Cristen’s 30th birthday…and it was a surprise to her that we were coming! Her husband planned for us to be here months ago and we all [...]
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Hot Sunday
July 24, 2011 { 24 comments }A quick update on part two of my weekend (part one here) before I crash…I have a goal to be in bed by 9:30 tonight! I “slept in” until 7:30 this morning, which these days sadly is sleeping in. I had an English muffin with peanut butter, honey and banana with black coffee while I [...]
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Busy (Teaching) Bee
July 23, 2011 { 7 comments }Happy weekend. Here’s what my Saturday looked like. I opened the yoga studio at 7 this morning and closed it at 5 this evening. I subbed four classes for a grand total of FIVE hours of teaching. To say that I am exhausted would be an understatement. And not only did I teach four classes [...]
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Take Responsibility
July 17, 2011 { 71 comments }I have decided that my favorite thing to do is write a positive, motivational post at the beginning of the week. It feels good to start the week out with energy, positivity and a reminder of all the good and happy things that we have to be grateful for. I wasn’t sure if I should [...]
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Saturday
July 16, 2011 { 14 comments }Happy weekend. I’m sorry I have been MIA…lots happening right now – it’s been a weird couple of days. Quick check in…Saturday started with an early 90-minute yoga practice followed by a massage appointment for my hamstring. This was so not the relaxing kind of massage but rather very focused on recovery and rehabilitation. I [...]
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Positivity and the Pool
July 11, 2011 { 36 comments }I hope your Monday is off to a great start! Recently, I’ve been all about committing to starting my week with a positive attitude. Instead of looking for things to dread about Monday and the work week, I focus on all the fun and exciting things I get to do. These things can be as [...]
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Clumsy in the Kitchen
July 10, 2011 { 29 comments }It’s hard to say how many times I’ve burned myself while cooking. Let’s see…there was the time that I took a cookie sheet out of the oven and then reached up to get something out of a cabinet leaving a burn across my belly. Then there was the time that I was heating jam in [...]
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Tater Turns 26
July 9, 2011 { 5 comments }Everyone wish Katie from Sweet Tater Blog a very happy birthday! Today is her 26th! Last night Katie hosted a girls-only get together complete with wine, champagne, cats and cupcakes. Strawberry-rhubarb pie, vegan chocolate coconut cake, vegan/gluten-free blueberry lemonade cupcakes and vegan/gluten-free strawberry cupcakes. I sampled everything but a blueberry cupcake because I just couldn’t [...]
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Pizza, Peacock, Pool – A Happy Fourth!
July 4, 2011 { 16 comments }Back to the real world and catching up? (Why can’t every weekend be a four-day weekend? Waaaahhh….) We Went to Georgia! Part One and Part Two. Sullie turned FIVE! Beware, cute golden retriever photos! Our long weekend was fabulous! We arrived home from Georgia late Saturday evening and decided to go out for pizza and [...]
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Melon Head
July 3, 2011 { 7 comments }I took yesterday off of blogging since we were busy visiting with family and then traveling and as a result I feel behind. Lots to catch you up on! First of all, I hope everyone is having a fun July 4th weekend! We’ve enjoyed being able to spend part of the weekend with family and [...]
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A Happy Homecoming + Weekend Part Two
June 27, 2011 { 20 comments }I will start this post with some really good news – my grandmother is home from the hospital! She was released yesterday afternoon and is so happy to be home. It’s really crazy how quickly the doctors get you moving after surgery. They had her up and sitting in a chair within two days and [...]
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Reunited
June 18, 2011 { 11 comments }Happy weekend! I hope everyone is having fun and getting ready to celebrate Father’s Day! My weekend has been great so far. Friday night my yoga teacher training group had a reunion party. The evening was full of good food, wine and Skinny Girl margaritas and some rather interesting conversation. I contributed baked brie in [...]
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An Engagement!
June 12, 2011 { 25 comments }I spent my evening celebrating an engagement! My sister-in-law Rachael and her boyfriend Stephen got engaged on Friday night! :D I am so excited about a year full of showers, parties and wedding planning (it’s so much more fun when it’s not your own!). Yay, congrats to Rachael and Stephen! My other sister-in-law hosted and [...]
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Back to Charlotte + 8 Miler
June 11, 2011 { 6 comments }Look who’s happy that I’m home. I drove back to Charlotte this evening. I got in around 7 and Sullie hasn’t left my side since. I was only gone for two nights! It was really hard to leave my grandmother after such a great visit. She said she felt like a movie star after reading [...]
