Hi friends. I hope your week is off to a solid start. I feel that lately my more personal posts have been very activity heavy between the holidays and our ski trip so I thought for this post it might be nice to share a very low-key five-day stretch with Finn that included a 2.5 [...]
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What I Bought At Trader Joe’s + Kicking Off The Week
December 12, 2023 { 2 comments }Hi friends! I hope your week is off to a solid start. I know this time of year tends to be a lot so no matter where you fall on the scale between merry merry and bah humbug – I see you. My week started out with my best sourdough bake in many months. Sometimes [...]
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Wednesday in the Life
June 29, 2023 { 0 comments }It’s been a minute since I wrote a day in the life style of post. In this post I am sharing a detailed recap of what my Wednesday looked like from start to finish. It was a long and very full day – but a good day and an accurate depiction of a day of [...]
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An Unplugged Start To The Week + A New iPhone
May 4, 2023 { 2 comments }Good morning and happy Thursday my friends. I woke up at 4:15a and there wasn’t going to be any more sleeping so I’m writing this from under a blanket on the couch with my windows open for the cool morning air. The birds chirping, the sun is rising and I’m on my second cup of [...]
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Random Life Lately
April 25, 2023 { 4 comments }Goodness gracious – Tuesdays are becoming quite the marathon day. I started at 7a and I’m sitting on the couch at 8:45p still going…but I’m here for it. I trained five clients and taught a yoga class today. I also worked on my app and drafted a blog post for a partnership. I try to [...]
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Happiest Heart Day
February 14, 2023 { 5 comments }Happy Valentine’s Day friends. I had a very sweet day with my sweet boy. Not only was today Valentine’s Day but it was also Finn’s leader day so we did lots of prep on Monday afternoon to prepare. As part of Finn’s leader day, we bring the morning snack for the class. I spent way [...]
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Monday In The Life
August 22, 2022 { 11 comments }It’s been a very long time since I wrote a “day in the life” post. Years, maybe!? It’s no secret to any of us that my posting frequency hasn’t exactly lent itself to getting as granular as an hour-by-hour breakdown of a day but as today wound down, I realized that the way I organically [...]
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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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Life Lately
September 21, 2021 { 21 comments }Hi friends. I hope that you are well. There’s been a lot happening lately over on this side of the screen. I enjoyed a mostly quiet and relaxed weekend with Finn before diving headfirst into this week. Here’s a look at life lately. FRIDAY A trip to the “gymnastics gym” as Finn calls it for [...]
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38 is Great
June 17, 2021 { 22 comments }I celebrated my 38th birthday yesterday! It’s a little trippy to think that I wrote my first birthday recap on my blog 11 years ago on June 17, 20210 when I was turning 27! Look at my sweet Sullie girl. She was just three years old. <3 My 38th birthday couldn’t have been more different [...]
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Monday In The Life: Toddler Bedtime, Brooks Hyperion, Breast Health + More
April 12, 2021 { 15 comments }Buckle up for a day in the life Monday. Actually, I want to rewind to Sunday night to start this post. My sweet boy is in a phase right now where he doesn’t want to go to sleep in his bed and wants to sleep in “mommy’s bed.” I put him down in his room [...]
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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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Monday In The Life
January 20, 2021 { 11 comments }It’s been quite a while since I’ve written a day in the life post so I thought that I would capture my Monday with Finn this week. Typically, our nanny works from 9a until mid-afternoon on Mondays but I gave her the day off since a) I worked all weekend leading yoga teacher training at [...]
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A Friday Catch Up
September 18, 2020 { 9 comments }Happy Friday. Finn and I are enjoying a lazy gray day. We slept until almost 8 and didn’t get out of our PJs until almost noon! Our morning was full of soup making, movie watching and snuggling. Given that we have lows in the 40s on deck for the weekend, I decided it was time [...]
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Sunday Reality
June 28, 2020 { 38 comments }Happy Sunday. This is the eighth post that I have written in the month of June. In the 10 years that I have been blogging, I don’t think I’ve ever written so few posts in a month. My slowed frequency of posting has been due to several factors all happening simultaneously. First, there has been [...]
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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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Hello from the other side + A peek into my fridge
April 2, 2020 { 12 comments }Hello friends, it’s me…from the other side of the screen but feeling more connected to all of you than ever. Doesn’t make these times easy but it sure does bring me a whole lot of love and strength. To kick things off, I wanted to share something with you that my friend Brittany wrote this [...]
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Day in the Life at 21 Months
February 18, 2020 { 9 comments }Finn turned 21 months today and we are officially three months away from TWO and almost to the end of saying his age in months! I don’t know why but two feels like the cutoff on that for me. (We love these Saucony shoes! They are easy to get on, functional and machine washable.) Finn [...]
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Day in the Life at 20 Months
January 21, 2020 { 24 comments }This was originally supposed to be a post with a recipe for a delicious spaghetti squash casserole that also included a brief “day in the life at 20 months” recap but then the day in the life got a little wordier than I originally planned. Oops! I’ll post the spaghetti squash recipe tomorrow. Finn turned [...]
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Day in the Life: Oh Zoe
October 9, 2019 { 24 comments }Finn’s favorite thing to say is “Oh Zoe” and “Hey Zoe.” Well, on this Wednesday I was saying “Oh Zoe” a whole freaking lot. Keep reading for more. In the meantime…here’s a day in the life. 3:30a – Finn is crying in his room. I give him about 10 minutes to calm down but he [...]
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Our Monday + What I Bought at ALDI + Teething Troubles
October 1, 2019 { 30 comments }Our Monday was a mixture of good, weird and rough. The day started well and kind of took some twists and turns from there. When I published yesterday’s post, Finn was at preschool. After wrapping up that post and some work, I stopped into ALDI to get some groceries for the week before picking up [...]
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Day in the Life at 16 Months
September 17, 2019 { 5 comments }This boy… Will be 16 months old tomorrow (Wednesday, the 18th)! I wanted to document a day in the life at this amazing age because it is so much fun (and a lot of work). Finn is the perfect blend of sweet and cuddly along with busy and independent. I try hard to support both [...]
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What I Ate Wednesday + What We’ve Been Up To This Week
July 31, 2019 { 16 comments }Hello and happy Wednesday. It’s been a low-key but enjoyable week over here. Finn is down for a nap and I’ve got two dogs keeping me company. Virginia’s cockapoo Stella is spending the day with us. This is an old photo but she’s still this cute! It’s great for Zoey to have some company today, [...]
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What I Ate Wednesday: Injured Edition
July 24, 2019 { 21 comments }While I write a lot of recent eats round up style posts, I don’t do many “this is what I ate in a single day.” I thought today was a perfect opportunity for a what I ate Wednesday post given that I’m injured and nowhere near as active as I normally am. In short, not [...]
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Round Here
June 18, 2019 { 9 comments }Remember that song? Can you believe that it was released in 1993? I used to be a Counting Crows fan. There hasn’t been a ton going on around here. My mom arrived last Thursday and leaves this Thursday. I think this has been our most low-key visit to date due to Finn being sick the [...]
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Monday + Mother’s Day for Expecting and New Moms
May 7, 2019 { 12 comments }A million thank you’s for all of the kindness and love that you’ve extended to me and my sweet Sullie girl. OUR MONDAY Monday was not the day. I talked with Sullie’s vet Monday morning and she told me that it was “absolutely not unfair” for me to not follow through with putting her down [...]
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Pi Day in the Life
March 14, 2019 { 15 comments }Since y’all love a good day in the life, Pi Day seems like a great occasion to do one! :) It’s interesting that I’m choosing to recognize a math holiday given that math is LITERALLY the bane of my existence. I’ll tell you more about that at some point in time. But for now… 6:15a [...]
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A Busy 24 Hours in the Life
January 31, 2019 { 7 comments }Wednesday afternoons and Thursday mornings are my “cram as much into 24 hours as possible” since Finn spends this time with his dad. We just transitioned to this schedule so we’re all getting adjusted to it. I have received so many messages and emails from other single moms (many also with babies and small children) [...]
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Day in the Life at 8 Months
January 22, 2019 { 13 comments }It’s been a hot second since I wrote a day in the life post. I didn’t even plan one for today but once I was snuggling with Finn on the couch at the end of the day, I realized it was a perfect day to capture! 5:30 a.m. – Finn wakes up and wants to [...]
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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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Going to the Dark (Pre-Lit) Side
November 15, 2018 { 47 comments }Hi friends. I feel like we haven’t really caught up this week. It’s passed in a flash given that I got home from Tennessee late Sunday night and am turning around and heading back on Friday. Also, between the 5:30 p.m. darkness due to the time change and the four days of cold rain that [...]
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Day in the Life at 5 Months
October 18, 2018 { 16 comments }Finn is five months old today and I’m having all the feels. I am going to write a more in-depth post about motherhood soon…I think for five months but maybe I’ll hold off until six. I have so much to say about this incredible journey that I’m on with Finn. <3 Today I have a [...]
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Catching Up
September 27, 2018 { 18 comments }This week passed in a flash and I feel like I haven’t really had a chance to catch up with you guys. My days have been busy with Finn but also with my return to teaching yoga, blog projects and putting the finishing touches on the materials for the first weekend of my 200-hour yoga [...]
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Friday Photos
August 24, 2018 { 19 comments }Happy Friday. I didn’t mean to check-out on you guys yesterday but when I opened my laptop last night and navigated to the new post page, I just didn’t have any words to share. So I closed it and watched Netflix instead. ;) I keep intending to write my final fourth trimester recap post but [...]
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Our Thursday at 13 Weeks + A Visitor
August 17, 2018 { 17 comments }It’s a happy Friday here because my mom is here to spend a week with me and Finn. :) Speaking of Mr. Finn…he’s 13 weeks old today! Craziness. I think now seems the time to transition to saying he’s “3 months” instead of the number of weeks when people ask how old he is? Here’s [...]
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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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A Rainy Day Inside + Out
August 2, 2018 { 29 comments }I awoke to very rainy skies in Florida. The last few days have been on and off rain and storms. While I felt bad for all of the vacationers who were getting a rainy week at the beach, I somewhat enjoyed the storms for their beauty and how much they cooled things off. The rain [...]
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Life with Finn at 10 Weeks
July 27, 2018 { 26 comments }Happy Friday! My boy is 10 weeks old today! This might be my favorite photo of him yet. Look at that lip! I thought I’d mark this milestone by sharing some of my favorite moments from the last week. Life with Finn at 10 Weeks Sunday morning outside time with his fur sisters. I’m cracking [...]
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A Day in the Life at 9 Weeks
July 20, 2018 { 15 comments }Finn is 9 weeks old today! I haven’t documented a day in the (baby/new mom) life since he was 4 weeks old so I thought today was a great day to capture for my memories and your entertainment. :) A DAY IN THE LIFE AT 9 WEEKS 1 a.m. (because the day has started at [...]
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Day in the Life at 4 Weeks
June 15, 2018 { 44 comments }Finn is 4 weeks old today! Since the newborn days are flying by in a blur of feedings, snuggling, broken sleep and finding my way as a new mother, I thought it would be a good time to document a day in the life. Plus, as I mentioned last week…you guys seem to love these [...]
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Waiting Wednesday
May 16, 2018 { 10 comments }No baby! :) Just a “day in the life” kind of post this evening to check-in with you guys. I slept eight hours last night. That was magical. Granted, I did get up no fewer than five times to go to the bathroom but I was able to fall back asleep quickly. It was a [...]
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Thursday in the Life
March 2, 2018 { 26 comments }Happy Friday. It’s been forever since I’ve done a day in the life style post. They’re always surprisingly well-received (what is it about these posts that you guys like so much!?) and yesterday was a bit of different kind of day for me so I thought I’d go with that style of post to wrap [...]
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Wednesday in the Life + Officially on Board with Collagen + Brows
June 28, 2017 { 28 comments }I think the highlight of my Wednesday was my grandmother commenting on my blog for the first time. She wrote, “thanks for the memories” on yesterday’s trip recap post. I talked to her today and she said the photos brought back so many memories for her and she’s anxious to see the remaining recaps. :) [...]
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Day In the Life Wednesday
May 3, 2017 { 27 comments }You guys always seem to love day in the life style posts so I made an effort to take more photos than usual to document my Wednesday. It was a good day. :) 7:30 a.m. – wake up naturally but decide to close my eyes and snooze a bit longer. I am still feeling wiped [...]
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Day in the Life 1.11.17
January 11, 2017 { 25 comments }I got sucked into admin stuff today so I didn’t get to “creating” anything when it came to content for my blog or for the studio. I actually thought it would be a great day to show you in a “day in the life” format because it wasn’t so go/go, rush/rush like my normal DITL [...]
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Day in the Life + 5 Trader Joe’s Finds
November 3, 2016 { 36 comments }Hey, hey! I hope you guys had a nice Thursday. It’s temporarily become a pretty busy day for me due to a couple classes I’m subbing and a workshop. I haven’t written a “day in the life” post lately so here goes! Also, keep reading for five new Trader Joe’s finds at the end of [...]
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Day in the Life Thursday + Costco Trip
August 11, 2016 { 9 comments }5:38 a.m. – alarm goes off to teach my 6 a.m. hot yoga class. I was thrilled to wake up and discover that I’d slept through the night without waking up one single time. Note, my late wake up time is thanks to living 3 minutes from the studio. Win, win for early classes! 6 [...]
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The Best Salmon Recipe + The Baddest Dog
August 3, 2016 { 10 comments }Holy half marathon commitment! We are at 140 strong and the emails keep rolling in about training together for a fall half. THANK YOU! I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am to connect with all of you and to share this experience. It’s going to be amazing! I especially love the [...]
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Weekend in the Life: Yoga Teacher Training Weekend #5 + Weekly Workouts
March 13, 2016 { 3 comments }I’m assisting in leading our studio’s 200-hour teacher training this winter/spring. Our training takes place over the course of 8 weekends where we meet Friday evenings, all day Saturday and all day Sunday. Here is a “weekend in the life” look at what those are like for me. Friday 3:40 p.m. – meet my fiance for a quick [...]
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Friday From My iPhone
February 5, 2016 { 26 comments }Happiest of Fridays! First, can I just say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you for being so supportive and awesome during my Whole30? I know many of you are waiting for my program recap and I promise it is coming on Monday. The most important thing is that my eyes are clear for the [...]