Lots of randomness to catch you up on...

Much needed espresso for baking prep! 

 haha oh no! big bird! - Happy Thanksgiving week! I hope you all have lots of eating and family activities planned this week? I'm excited for all the baking I get to do! On my baking agenda is...

These browned butter sea salt chocolate chip cookies 
Monster Cookies from Sally's Cookie Cookbook (as seen below)
​and I'm thinking THIS CHEESECAKE has to happen!

how is it the weekend already? here is a weekly recap in few words per picture

 (iBrrrrrr.... made it home to B's parents' house this past weekend - him and his dad did some deer hunting! I did venture out Sunday morning and sat with him for a few hours..but it was cold! Manageable but cold. 

Favorite part? being with him. sitting in nature. drinking my coffee. and eating my apparently way too loud snack. oops!? - But seriously...have you tried the rx maple sea salt bars? (i'll post a link below...)

That afternoon I decided to make a trip to Trader Joe's! His parents live about 40 minutes from one...and it's about 3.5 hours from our place so it's like a treat to be able to go! I know many of you have your own favorites from there (as do I) so I thought it would be fun to share what I brought home! - Part one will feature some pantry items...and part TWO will be my freezer things!

You know those days when you realize you haven't showered in a few days...or your hair is like 90% dry shampoo... um... me either. but just in case that should ever happen to you for some reason...cough...you should try this!

Its a great way to keep your hair OUT of your face - especially for going for a run, fitness event, or just mom life or nurse life! (which we know is a "fitness event" on it's own...

Happy Friday! Here are a few pics from the past week! Hope you all have a great weekend!

Time to for another real and raw post! I've been getting asked quite a bit this week what I'm doing for workouts and where I'm "headed" in my blog/business - and personal goals too - so thought I would share. My mind has been a CLUSTER eff this week so since I have a quiet weekend planned I'm determined to get my head on straight (more).