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24 Days of Togetherness PDF

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I am so excited to share this fun project with you: 24 Days of Togetherness PDF! I was inspired to make it after almost buying a neat advent calendar from Starbucks several years ago. Each day of the calendar was filled with chocolate or another fun surprise, so it was a lot more festive than the cheap-y ones I usually buy from Walgreens or CVS, but it came at a price. The Starbucks advent calendar cost $29.95, which was a lot more than I wanted to pay, so I didn’t buy it. I was a little bummed, but I started to think about how I could make my own super-awesome advent calendar and what I would want to include inside it. My thoughts led me to chocolate, of course, but then to all of the holiday activities I wanted to do before Christmas Day – and soon the idea for “24 Days of Togetherness” came to life. 24 Days of Togetherness is basically a holiday bucket list that I do together with my family. The holiday season always flies by, so I wanted to find a way to really enjoy it togethe

Join Me For January Keto Month!

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Good morning, folks. So, is it too soon to start looking ahead to 2020? I’m joking. I’m on social media, I’ve seen all the posts urging, “There’s only ____ days left in this decade. What will you do to make it epic?!” (Feels like a little too much pressure, but maybe that’s just me.) Still, the countdown to 2020 has begun, and I have a proposition for you…. How about this January, instead of the typical New Year’s Resolution to lose 20 pounds, go to the gym every single day, and give up wine cold turkey, you resolve to learn something? Specifically, what if you resolve to learn how to go keto and why I think the Primal approach is the healthiest, most well-rounded, and least stressful way? And what if you resolved to do it with my help and with the support of the keto+Primal community? Did I mention I have a video—and a meal plan for it? If your interest is piqued, I invite you to join my FREE January Keto Month , kicking off on January 6, 2020. It’s four weeks of daily emails

Apple Watch Versus Fitbit 2

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Hey friends! Happy Monday! Just popping in real quick to share some Monday things with you! 🙂 First up, we had our 7th annual Friendsgiving celebration on Saturday. I did a terrible job snapping photos, but, hey, I promise I had an amazing time. I was busy eating, drinking, and being merry with friends, which, of course, is what Friendsgiving is all about! 🙂 Highlights: Bringing a couple of bottles of Mal’s birth year wine . A case of it had been sitting in his dad’s basement for years (decades!) now, so we decided it was time to enjoy them! We brought Oreos to enjoy with the wine. It’s a long story, but it’s a long-time favorite pairing for some of our friends! 😉 The Chocolate Chip Cookie Pie that I made was gobbled right up! We served it with vanilla ice cream at Friendsgiving, and the parents of kids with nut and egg allergies were especially thankful for it! 🙂 If you want the recipe, just leave your email address , and I’ll email it to you! The other exciting news

Our Little Tree + Other Weekend Merriment

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Thomas and I have been debating if we should get a full size Christmas tree this year. I told him that the year Mazen was one and into everything I got a tabletop tree. Two days later, this cute little guy appeared in the kitchen! While it felt too early for a Christmas tree, I also reasoned that if Thanksgiving were its normal week we’d be decking the halls, so a tree without ornaments didn’t seem too premature. Friday Report Card Dinner When we were younger my parents took us out for a special dinner if we brought home good report cards. (We always did!) I’ve been trying to do the same for Mazen (although with a little less consistency!) So Friday night we let him choose a restaurant to celebrate his good marks. He picked Three Notch’d! We actually almost left for a moment because we forgot Birch’s strap on high chair and they didn’t have any space at the low top tables that paired with the normal high chairs. He was wiggling out of our arms one minute in. But Thomas managed t