Happy Tuesday. I hope your week is off to a great start. I walked downstairs this morning wearing my UGA hoodie with the hood up so Finn decided he was going to wear his the same way to preschool. He got out of carpool with his backpack on and hood up and it was the [...]
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Baby, It’s Dark Outside
November 8, 2021 { 3 comments }I hope that this new week is off to a good start for all of you. Finn and I just came in from playing in the backyard and are now sitting at the kitchen table with the full Play-Doh set up going. It’s not even 5p and I’m already feeling like this… I will like [...]
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Halloweekend
November 1, 2021 { 5 comments }Hello, hello. Halloween weekend was just the best. Finn had so much fun, the weather was great and the Dawgs beat Florida to keep our #1 spot. Finn was all over the place when it came to what he wanted to be for Halloween. We ended up taking a trip to a local costume store [...]
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Durham Visit + Finn’s First Fair
October 20, 2021 { 9 comments }Hi friends. I’m sitting outside with my laptop on a gorgeous fall afternoon – the leaves are starting to change, the air is cool enough to have a light sweatshirt on and the bugs aren’t biting me – it’s blissful. I just made a cup of turmeric ginger tea and I am looking forward to [...]
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Weekend + What I Bought at Trader Joe’s
October 12, 2021 { 3 comments }Hi friends. Last you heard from me I had just arrived home from a week in Florida. My weekend took a bit of a wrong turn when my lawn crew somehow cut my buried fiber internet line when they were aerating and seeding the lawn on Saturday morning. Perplexingly, my neighborhood is a dead zone [...]
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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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First Day of Preschool + The BEST Labor Day Weekend!
September 7, 2021 { 5 comments }Hey guys! I hope that you had a great Labor Day weekend and that your short week is off to a good start. FIRST DAY OF PRESCHOOL! It’s a big day over here! Finn started preschool this morning! I don’t have one of those fancy signs and his clothes are a bit wrinkled but my [...]
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Fun Days with Finn
August 24, 2021 { 0 comments }Morning and happy Tuesday. I am enjoying my first cup of coffee and eating a smoothie bowl while Finn watches his morning show and eats his breakfast (Dave’s Killer Bagel with cream cheese, scrambled eggs, fruit and a little bit of my smoothie in a cup). I’ll be heading out in a bit to teach [...]
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Team Weekend + Hello Monday
August 9, 2021 { 2 comments }Hi! I hope that y’all had a nice weekend. I spent my weekend hanging out with Finn and my Monday working away. Here are some photo highlights! SATURDAY Finn slept until almost 8:30a on Saturday morning and it was MAGICAL! I go through cycles where I don’t sleep well and I’m in one now so [...]
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Low-Key Weekending
July 31, 2021 { 4 comments }Happy weekend friends! I’m enjoying a rare weekend in Charlotte while Finn is with his dad and it’s been nice and low-key…and full of yoga! I took my friend Rian’s class at 5:30p on Friday at Charlotte Yoga and it was everything I needed it to be and so much more. It was hot, hard, [...]
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Sharing Time + A Great Weekend
July 12, 2021 { 15 comments }Hi friends. I have been enjoying all the Finn time since I scooped him up last Wednesday from his long weekend with his dad. It was so wonderful to have an extended weekend with him at home and we made the most of it! I don’t talk a lot about co-parenting on my blog/social media [...]
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A Workout + My Weekend + What I Bought at Whole Foods
June 20, 2021 { 8 comments }Hi, hi! I am getting settled back at home after a quick weekend trip back up to Winston-Salem. Finn was with his dad this weekend so I hopped in the car on Friday after he left to head back to Winston. I worked by the pool for a couple of hours before squeezing in a [...]
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MDW 2021
May 31, 2021 { 12 comments }Hello. My Memorial Day Weekend was pretty low-key and close to home…like most of my holidays over the last few years if I’m not in Florida with my family. I did get to spend some wonderful quality time with Finn and my friends which is something that I’m very grateful for. Overall, I was feeling [...]
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Spring Weekend Perfection
May 2, 2021 { 3 comments }This weekend was exactly what I needed. I am sitting here at 9p on Sunday evening feeling content, relaxed and ready to tackle the week ahead. I had Finn with me this weekend and I just soaked him up. We had so much fun together. I think this is the only weekend out of 6-8 [...]
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Habit Stacking + Weekend in Winston
April 19, 2021 { 15 comments }Happy, happy Monday! I’ve been listening to the book Atomic Habits on Audible and this morning on my run I realized that I was putting the principles of the book in action. I slept hard last night and when I woke up this morning I felt tired and thought to myself, “there is no way [...]
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Saturday Randomness: Spring, Running, Hair, A Birthday + More
April 10, 2021 { 31 comments }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 [...]
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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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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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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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Recent Eats: Sourdough Pizza + Pesto Panko Salmon
February 23, 2020 { 7 comments }We are having a super chill weekend. Finn and I were supposed to travel to Florida on Thursday to spend the weekend with my family but a combination of my dad having the flu + our flight getting canceled due to the non-winter storm that we had on Thursday meant that we rescheduled for a [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
