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Busy As a Badge of Honor

Hi, guys!  As a (pseudo) entrepreneur, healthy living blogger, and mom, I often receive questions about how I “do it all.” The answer you would expect might include things like: “I have an assistant!” “I work on the weekends!” “I meditate for 10 minutes!” But the truth is, my response doesn’t include any of the above (although I’m not saying those things don’t work). In fact, when asked how I do it all, all of the time, my answer is: “I don’t.” Actually… “I don’t at all.” There was a time, however, when I tried to, and I was miserable. Miserable . I was running around like a chicken with its head cut off, splitting hours between CNC, DTFN, and NHS – all while trying to fit in time with family and friends, being a mom, and, you know… sleeping. I was certifiably “busy,” perhaps the busiest I’ve ever been – but despite how “important” I felt, I definitely wasn’t happy. In fact, I was stressed out, anxious, and experiencing adverse health effects, like eczema . WTF?  Despite kno

Day Date to Abby Park + Trillium Brewing Company

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Hi, guys! Mal and I had quite the fun afternoon together. Hooray for summer day dates! 🙂 The nice folks from Abby Park in East Milton Square (the same owners as Novara , which we LOVE) invited us for lunch, so we were more than happy to take them up on their offer! Back in the day, when Mal and I lived right near East Milton Square, we used to walk to Abby Park for their “Appy Hour,” which is half priced appetizers (Monday – Thursday, 3-6pm), which we were glad to see that they still have today. If we lived closer, we would definitely frequent Abby Park. The bar area is so fun! Before we walked into the restaurant, I asked Mal to snap a photo “for the blog” (#bloghusband). It was super sunny outside, and I forgot my sunglasses, so we just could not get a good photo. The whole situation was funny and ridiculous (blog life is so weird), so I just had to share – and, hey, OOTD! 🙂 Drinks to start – cheers! Then, we shared the Mediterranean Plate, which was served with hummus,

New Metal Cups + Straws (So Long Plastic Sippy Cups)

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So, I was NOT up and at ’em this morning. Meh. I usually set my Fitbit Versa for 5:01 during the week to wake up before my boys to get some work done, but I slept through my silent (vibrating) alarm. Ugh, sleeping through an alarm is so not like me, but I guess I really needed the sleep. Even Murphy was surprised that I slept so late. Usually, he has his breakfast promptly at 5:05 AM, but it was past 7:00 AM by the time I fed him. Doesn’t he look like he was wasting away? Poor pug. Once I fed Murphy, it was iced coffee time. Woohoo! I really look forward to this part of my morning! 🙂 Recently, I’m mixing my morning tumbler with vanilla Ripple milk and collagen . I like the Ripple because it tastes delicious, mixes well with iced coffee and collagen, has 8g plant-based protein per serving, Omega-3s, and more calcium and iron than dairy milk. Fancy, right? LOVE! Latest Videos I worked for a little while and then heard Quinn’s bedroom door open. The tiny human was awake

Birth 2.0

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Word on the street is that first time moms are nervous about giving birth because they don’t know what to expect, and second time moms are equally as nervous because they DO know what to expect! After my water broke with Mazen…waiting for contractions to start with acupuncture I am reaching the point of pregnancy where I am starting to realize that my baby is going to have to come out one way or another. It’s kind of a paralyzing feeling because there is no easy way out. I felt a heel or knee the other day – some kind of limb – from the outside and it was HUGE! (I also know that when I am *hopefully* 39.9 weeks along I will laugh that I thought the limb I felt at the end of the second trimester was “huge.”) MY OTHER RECIPES I would say in general I am much less nervous about labor this time around. That is partly because I know what to expect (although this birth could go in a completely different direction, I am aware.) But also because I am convinced that it will be short

20 Clean Eating Zucchini Harvest Recipes

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Today I’ve got 20 clean eating zucchini harvest recipes for you. It’s that time of year where zucchini is prolific! And if you’re not careful, it’s easy to have some of them go bad if you don’t… Read more → from The Gracious Pantry https://ift.tt/2mGhy62