Everything You Need to Work Out at Home!

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Happy almost Thanksgiving! We’re so looking forward to our first Thanksgiving where Sawyer can eat the food! I can’t wait to see what he likes the most.

Speaking of all that food, let’s talk about working it off! As most of you know I work for Orangetheory Fitness (the Parker, CO location), and that is, of course, my all-time favorite way to work out! However, since I’m a mom, I can usually only take an OTF class before or after my shift, and since I’m only working 1 or 2 days a week, that’s not cutting it!

So, on days when I can’t make it in to the studio for a workout, I try my best to workout at home! I stocked up on a few simple, inexpensive items, to make up my home workout equipment. Here’s what I suggest:

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How Do I Love Thee, bObsweep? Let Me Count the Ways…

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We are overjoyed to announce the arrival of a new member of our family.

Bob.

Or, more specifically, bObsweep. Bob is my best friend. My right hand man. I don’t know how I would live without him. And I know you probably think I’m being dramatic, but I’m really not! As a busy working at home mom, Bob has become essential to my housekeeping routine.

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Keeping my house in order, is a priority of mine. No matter how much work I have to do that day, or how little sleep I got, I still want the house to be in order. I still want the dishes to be done, the floor to be swept, and the toys put away. My mind is a lot more at ease and I’m a lot less stressed when there aren’t chores hanging in the back of my mind.

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Jazz Loves Disney and So Do We!

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored on behalf of Verve Records and One2One Network. All opinions are my own. Read more about this on my disclaimer page.

Disney has been such a huge part of my life, for my whole life!

I grew up loving the movies and going to the parks often. Some of my favorite childhood memories are at Disneyland! I was obsessed with The Lion King (I have a Simba tattoo on my ankle) and princesses. Trips to the park as child are my favorite memories. The Disney blood runs deep in our family, and I’ve been passing it on to Sawyer as soon as he was old enough to watch the movies!

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As an adult, I continued my love of Disney, going on a trip to Disney World with my sorority sisters, and then getting engaged at Disneyland not long after!

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Chic Fall Looks

Happy Wednesday!

It’s been a while since I’ve done an installment of Operation: Get Dressed, but don’t worry! I’m still doing my best to spend less time in yoga pants, and more time feeling good about myself. I started Operation: Get Dressed because I loved style. I loved getting dressed up and feeling cute and put together. And, for some reason, once I became a Mom, I lost sight of that. It was yoga pants, no make up, and messy hair every day, with a baby on my hip.

And you know what? I still have those days. And that’s okay. But I’ve made it a point, to get ready every day. To value myself. And it makes me so happy when I do!

A few weeks ago, A brand called Lily Road and I decided to collaborate, and I’m so glad we did! Lily Road has such adorable clothes! Everything in their current collection is just perfect for fall.

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An Office Space When You Have No Space!


As a working at home Mom, I needed a place that was mine where I could sit down and get work done.  However, in our little townhome, we were kind of maxed out on space!

Before Sawyer was born, our second bedroom was our designated office/guest bedroom. At the time, I was doing  lot of work at home for OTF Parker, because the studio hadn’t opened yet. I had a great big desk and lots of space for files. After the studio opened and I started working in house, our little home office space sort of went to waste. How I wish I could have it back now! After I got pregnant, we obviously turned it into a nursery. So, when I started blogging professionally and working for OTF at home again, that meant a lot of time with my laptop on the couch.

And the busier I got, the more we realized that wasn’t going to fly! I needed a designated space to work. On the couch, it was too easy to turn on the tv and get distracted, or wander into the kitchen and make myself a snack.

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Grove Collaborative November Picks + Freebies!

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You guys know how I love Grove Collaborative for natural products for your home. I love using their services to have all natural, chemical free, safe products delivered to my door every month! I wanted to share with you what I got for November, and what their current deals are!

If you missed my October post, here’s a little bit about Grove Collaborative:

Grove Collaborative is a service that ships you all natural household products every month. You can pick whatever products you want, and opt out of any month you need. They have household cleaners, essential oils, beauty products, baby products and more! Since I’ve been on my journey to rid our house of chemicals, Grove Collaborative has helped immensely. I’m busier than ever now, and while I loved making my own cleaners, I just don’t have the time anymore. Grove Collaborative has helped me continue to make my home a safe place.

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Friday Favorites (Suja, WrennPolish, LipSense)

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It’s almost Halloween weekend!  We’re so excited because Sawyer is old enough to really enjoy it this year (I mean, if the clowns don’t ruin it). And since he walking, we’re going to take him trick or treating up and down the block. I can’t wait, he’s going to be so adorable.

I have so many fun things to share today. We had such a fun week and tried so many goodies! Let’s get started.

Suja Juice

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I can’t even explain the level of excitement I felt when I opened my front door and found a GIANT box of Suja Juices sitting there.

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Kurtis and I love juice. When we were first married, one of our favorite wedding gifts was our juicer. We made fresh squeezed juices almost weekly. We were obsessed!

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Natural Remedies for Teething and the Common Cold

Okay, teething is the worst.

I honestly didn’t even really know until now. Before, it had been kind of a chill experience. He would only get 1 tooth at a time and they came in slowly. Sure he was uncomfortable but we would give him the necessary oils, and, on the bad nights, tylenol. And he would be fine. Then, the tooth would pop through and we would resume our normal lives.

But last week, oh man, last week was killer.

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An Aviation Nursery

So Sawyer is over 1 year old now. I spend a ton of time designing his nursery, it came out so adorable, I’m a blogger, and yet I’ve never shared his nursery! That’s weird, right? It never dawned on me until now that I should share it. I worked hard on it and it came out great!

(after finishing this post, I remembered why I never shared before. The lighting in his room is not that great and the pictures never came out very good. Oh, well!)

When I was pregnant with Sawyer, I couldn’t wait to get started on the nursery. It’s the only room in our house I truly decorated from start to finish (I’m making up for that now by redoing the living room and master bedroom), and I had so much fun with it!

The first thing we needed was a theme. I originally wanted to do a nautical theme, but every single friend I had who was pregnant with a boy (and I was coincidentally pregnant at the same time as a lot of my friends and acquaintances), was doing a nautical theme! And I wanted to be original, but still do something fun.

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The Work at Home Mom Schedule featured by popular Denver life and style blogger, All Things Lovely

The Work at Home Mom Schedule (+ free printables!)

Motherhood is not easy.

Homemaking is not easy.

Making time to take care of yourself is not easy.

Working is not easy.

Blogging is not easy.

Now, imagine trying to do all 5? Seems impossible.

But it’s not! And the secret is a really, really, great and tight schedule.

Not everyone is a schedule person. I totally get that. But with everything going on in my life right now, I would be totally lost without it. I also know that keeping the house spick n’ span, and making a home cooked meal every night is not everyone’s cup of tea. That’s totally cool! But it is mine and so I thought I’d share how I accomplish it with this work at home mom schedule.

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