Hello! I have fallen out of my usual blog routine due to moving last week! At least I have a good excuse, right? I’m obsessed with my new home — the high ceilings, bright natural light, and that everything NEW feeling is very exciting. I’ve been really busy organizing cabinets, closets, and rooms, and really love how clean, neat, and functional it all is! With all of this natural light, I really should amp up my sharing of my meals. Not sure that will happen, but here’s a picture of the first salad I made in my new home: Can we talk a few Friday Favorites? Watch for the spring launch tomorro ..read more

Well, last week was quite a busy week and it’s looking like the next couple of weeks are insane too because I’m moving! I kinda knew I might be moving (within the same area) but wasn’t sure how fast it would happen and well, it happens at the end of next week! This means I’m scrambling to organize, pack, order some new things, and then move into my new bigger, brighter home with lots of storage space and a pretty balcony. I’m very excited but very busy which means the blog will be lacking until I’m settled. I haven’t moved in 14 years so although I’m super organized and often clean things out ..read more

I’m totally back to running after that brief week with my hamstring bothering me. I mean it when I say that I never run with any sort of aches or pains so for me to have said my hamstring didn’t feel right, means it really didn’t feel right. But I’m all better now and hey, that didn’t take long! Last Week’s Workouts I was really in the mood to run after testing out running last weekend to realize my hamstring was better! I am, however, being really careful not to push my pace too quickly and risk my hamstring feeling tight again. 4 Runs 2 Barre Classes 2 Pilates Classes 1 Yoga Class 1 Walk Cl ..read more

This week totally got away from me but I wanted to pop in today with some favorites worth discussing! Glossier at Sephora! Glossier is now available at Sephora! I’ve been writing about my favorites from Glossier for a few years now so it’s really nice to have it available in-person at Sephora. If you are new to Glossier, here are my top picks: Lash Slick – Best everyday mascara! Cloud Paint – A really pretty cream blush, a little goes a long way so it lasts a long time! Balm Dot Com – My holy grail lip balm, get the unscented and then try one of the other varieties. Haloscope – A natural, eas ..read more

The last week feels like a really long blur but I’m happy to report that my hamstring is much better! It turned out to be a full week without running for me, which is really fine – I’m grateful that I gave my hamstring a chance to heal from whatever was bothering it, and that it didn’t take too long because I stopped running immediately the week before when I noticed it didn’t feel “right”. I did try to run on Wednesday, but when I felt my hamstring in the first two steps, I quickly decided to give it more time. By Saturday’s run attempt, I felt fine! I will say though, I did the elliptical fo ..read more

My hamstring feels so much better! I may try running outside today OR I may not. I don’t mind not running, but the weather is so nice for this time of year and I already did barre and pilates so far this week. I’m just so proud of myself for realizing that my hamstring hurt during Saturday’s run and that I was smart enough to back off immediately, rest it for a few days from running/walking, and feel like myself again. I just don’t understand why people push themselves into injuries. Recent Meals I eat oatmeal every day for breakfast but never take a picture of it. However, I had the baked oat ..read more

I’m so glad that I’m the type of runner who knows when to stop running. In Saturday’s run class, the instructor suggested I start the first speed section at 8.0 — that’s fast for me at the start of a workout and I should have known that. However, I went with what he said because I had already run a one-mile warm-up. I also figured that running is mostly mental and for sure the 8.0 speed range is within my abilities, I just don’t push myself very often anymore. The first couple of minutes into the intervals I was fine but by the third or fourth round as we increased the speed, I felt my hamstri ..read more

I don’t know how it’s Friday already but I will take it! All week I was on call for jurty duty but each day at 5:00 PM when I called in, I was told by the recording to call back the next day. Well here we are at the end of the week and I didn’t have to appear and have been released from “duty” — I’m a very happy person! I have a few favorites to share from the week, let’s take a look… Glow Bar I had my monthly 30-minute facial at GlowBar a few days ago — I these appointments so much! It’s just 30 minutes during which the esthetician decides which treatments your skin needs at that moment. Ever ..read more

I figured out the image loading issue with my blog that I mentioned last week. What I haven’t figured out is why my blog emails stopped sending a few weeks ago! My initial approach of pretending there wasn’t a problem and that the issue would fix itself didn’t in fact fix it. I’m hopeful that whatever I managed to tweak in the system yesterday will have the emails start sending again after today’s post. Recent Meals I have a few dinners and an excellent dessert to discuss for this week! I wish I had a few lunches to share but I didn’t stop to take pictures of them — I will do a better job for ..read more

Another solid week of workouts at Equinox is in the books for me which included a little more focus on/interest in running. I’m finding it exciting to switch up my runs with the Precision Run class, and the Equinox+ App which I remembered to finally try using for running workouts. At this point in my “running career,” I’m really just looking for variety and different ways to make running fun. I’m not training for a race or even planning to run a race ever again (never say never) so it’s all about what keeps me running happily on a leisurely basis. I knew eventually I would take the Precision R ..read more