21Dec
Homemade Chex Mix – The perfect holiday crunch
If I think of Christmas or the holiday season, I instantly think of gingerbread cookies and homemade Chex mix. I am telling you this Chex Mix is actual food crack. You want this recipe.
15Dec
Last Minute Gift Ideas
I am super salty that I am not an influencer getting paid to do free Christmas #ads because I KNOW I would influence you to buy these last minute gifts ;).
13Dec
My 4 major lessons from this pregnancy…
Let’s just start with this, pregnancy is wild. You are growing a living human in your stomach that one day you will have to take care of. Your body changes, your mindset changes, and you know inevitably, your world will turn upside down in 9 months or less.
I never really appreciated what other moms went through or knew how life-altering it was until I started to go through it myself. It really is one of those things you can’t fathom or truly understand until you are experiencing it in real-time.
Throughout this pregnancy, I have had high highs, low lows, and there were times I completely forgot I was even pregnant. I have kept wanting to blog about my experience, but I couldn’t find a topic that felt right.
04Dec
The Final Push
We are FINALLY finally, thank baby Jesus, finally, in the last month, weeks, and days of 2020.
I found myself earlier this week thinking “okay, how much time do I actually have left in the year to close things out, and what can I actually accomplish in this time frame.”
I wanted to get ready to give that final push to get across the finish line.
25Nov
My favorite Thanksgiving Side Dish
Hey hey hey! We are SO close to Turkey Day!! 🙂
In case you need a last minute side dish to bring to Thanksgiving, or if you are home making yourself a bomb a** meal this year THIS dish is my absolute favorite of all time.
25Nov
How to find gratitude in the midst of chaos
The year of 2020, was a bit of a cluster f***. Kobe Bryant died, there was a worldwide pandemic that killed hundreds of thousands, wrecked the economy, and left so many without food, jobs, and questioning how to pay their bills. Racial injustices were surfaced and exploited, businesses closed down forever, a wild presidential election occurred, and hate and fear were thrown around like confetti.
I know I am not even remembering half of the shit that happened, but that pretty much hits the high points.
This is the week of Thanksgiving. The one time of year we all come together and give thanks and praise for all that we have and all the good that has happened.
Looking back on this dumpster fire of a year, one might think, “what went right?”. But something always went right. There is always a silver lining in the clouds, we just need to find it.
20Nov
What my baby wants me to know
Those who know me well are aware of how much I try to fit into my schedule on a daily and weekly basis. I am very regimented and I wake up between 5 and 5:30AM so that I can get as many things done as I possibly can in a day. I hold myself up to really high standards for my health, work, and workout habits. I set myself really high goals and give myself very little wiggle room for error.
Sleeping in, naps, and resting, accepting help from others have never even been a consideration let alone a habit I have ever gotten into.
13Nov
Believe in your dreams
I am writing this to you while I am in the middle of some really big things happening at work, some major things happening in my personal life (aka new house, new baby, new dog).
The combination of lots of big things happening all at once can be a bit overwhelming at times.
The other day I was talking to my business/life coach about everything that was happening to me, and I was in a state of complete overwhelm. I was crying and questioning how I was going to do it all and get through it. She stopped me to remind me that this was just one moment in time and that this feeling and these fears would pass, and that of course I would get through this and end up on the other side, and that this is what I had been asking for all along.
06Nov
My Top 4 Weekly Health Goals
I truly believe that to set yourself up for success every week and every day, in anything that you do, you need to have your health in order first.
If you don’t feel good, you won’t perform well.
I can’t tell you how many times that I have woken up too tired, groggy, lethargic, with no energy and how it’s completely ruined my day.
29Oct
Say “Yikes” and move on
I totally stole this from a meme, but it’s so perfectly accurate so I had to steal it for the title.
This is my life mantra. When something doesn’t go your way, when you try and fail, just say “yikes” and move on.