tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36149279411970435702024-03-12T21:08:08.359-07:00Far From LovelessLauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-9084274537971415142020-05-07T12:24:00.001-07:002020-05-07T12:24:27.165-07:00STAYING HOME IS KILLING YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="text-align: left; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><img src="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1NkLGzuqF9VgxYx_MInz8Ny-ZYxKtlyvm" alt="https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=1NkLGzuqF9VgxYx_MInz8Ny-ZYxKtlyvm" style="max-height: 80%; max-width: 80%; height: auto; width: auto;"><br></span></font></p><p class="p2"><span class="s2"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I know it isn’t what the mainstream media is telling you. I get it! I got fearful for a second too and even though I know better, I briefly threw what I know out the window. But, that is the thing about FEAR it causes you to throw out rational thinking. </span></font></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">When you take human beings and you say, ‘go into your house, clean all your counters—Lysol them down you're gonna kill 99% of viruses and bacteria; wear a mask; don't go outside,’ what does it do to our immune system? </span></font></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The immune system is built by exposure to antigens: viruses, bacteria. When you're a little child crawling on the ground, putting stuff in your mouth, viruses and bacteria come in. You form an antigen antibody complex. </span></font></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">This is how your immune system is built. You don't take a small child put them in bubble wrap in a room and say, ‘go have a healthy immune system.</span></font></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> I was trying to be a good citizen, “flatten the curve” do my part as a healthy person and protect my mom who is going through Chemo. I know we are all gonna come out of this pandemic stronger and more resilient! But our immune systems won’t unless we do something about it! </span></font></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">What can we do for our immune systems right now that we have been living in a bubble?! </span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Sunlight! Get some Vitamin D. Vitamin D helps prevent autoimmune issues. Just 10 minutes can give you your daily dose directly through your skin. Full-spectrum light stimulates production of Vitamin D and serotonin. It also regulates the production of melatonin, helping you get a good night’s sleep.</span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Go to the beach! The media may have been portraying all those crazy beach goers as irresponsible but they are onto something! We were there and now that it is reopening, we are heading back this weekend! Between the magnesium rich seawater and other salt minerals like sodium, chloride, sulphate, magnesium and calcium the best thing you could do is to go take a swim in the ocean! Even the salty sea air charged with negative ions with increase oxygen absorption into the lungs.</span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Play in the dirt! Have you ever heard of the Farm Effect?! Dirt is good for us. Amish children who live on farms have about a 50% reduction in asthma, allergies, and gut-related disorders compared to children who grow up in more sterile environments.This is known as “the Farm-Effect.” Routine exposure to harmless microorganisms in the environment, such as soil bacteria, trains her immune system to ignore benign molecules, such as pollen. (By the way, the Farm Effect works the same way for children who grow up with a dog or other pets in the house.)</span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stop using antibacterial soaps and detergents. These kill healthy bugs off and can actually produce a breeding ground for antibiotic-resistant and disease-causing bacteria. Try using natural cleaning solutions! </span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Clean up your diet!</span></font></span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It sounds counterintuitive when I am talking about getting dirty, but getting clean in your diet means getting rid of the harmful chemicals and additives (including sugar!)</span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Purchase organic, seasonal fruits and vegetables. Rinse your food, but don’t scrub off all of the healthy dirt. We want to avoid glyphosate (the active ingredient of Roundup,) it depletes serotonin and dopamine levels in mammals. Glyphosate and other Roundup ingredients stay in the environment, including our soil and water, the plants we eat, and ultimately in our cells. Glyphosate residues have even been found in clothes made from Roundup-ready GM cotton. This can absorb directly into your skin, nervous and circulatory systems!</span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Eat Fermented Foods and Take a Daily Probiotic.</span></font></span><span class="s3"> </span><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Even if you are eating food from healthy soil, in today’s hyper-hygienic and chemically-ridden world it’s important to continually restore beneficial gut bacteria. For our family the reality is supplementation has changed everything for us.</span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> As much as we would like to be consistent and do ALL the things above our busy lifestyle doesn’t make room for that in everyday normal daily life. So we have found an amazing gut health system that helps us fill in the gaps. Tools to help us restore balance to our gut flora, kill off the bad, feed the good, reduce inflammation, curb cravings so we aren’t looking for the junk foods, and fill in where our soil is depleted and we just can’t eat enough of certain foods on our own. But trust me not all supplements are created equal! </span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Before you toss the soap and stop washing your hands. Remember it is a balance. We should properly wash our hands, and people in the food or health care industry should practice good hygiene, but we don’t want to put our immune systems in bubbles. Over sanitizing and never leaving your home as a healthy person can create a whole new set of issues! Similar to overusing antibiotics that kill the good bacteria and change the immune system. </span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></p>
<p class="p2"><span class="s1"><font color="#000000" face="sans-serif" size="3"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I’d love to share more about what system we specifically use and why I weeded it out from all the rest out there! Don’t hesitate to reach out! Let’s be friends! @far.from.loveles on Insta and Lauren Loveless on FB! </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Stay Healthy and Well Friend </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Much Love,</span><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.301961); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Lauren💗</span></font></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"></span><br></p>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-1688565669915853592017-02-09T03:30:00.002-08:002017-02-09T03:30:36.864-08:00A Puddle of Tears<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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know the Super Bowl is over now and many people have already moved on. For our
family though, football season ended in the second round of the playoffs. We
are HUGE Cowboys fans! Did you see the game against the Packers?!? Did
you see the Cowboys amazing comeback, to then lose in the last 3 seconds of the
game? Ahhh, it was heart wrenching! Well, this family did. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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watched, we paced, we yelled, we jumped up and down hysterically, we threw high
fives till our hands hurt, and we bit off all our nails. Yet, in the end all
our good vibes, superstitions and yelling like they could actually hear us,
didn't work. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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whole family was here, even my parents who claim to be Seahawks fans. We know
they are closet Cowboys fans though. We grilled wings, made mules, the kids
swam, and we watched hard! It was a gut wrenching game but it was also a blast!</span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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8 year old daughter, Taylor, held down a chair front and center of the TV the
entire game. Wearing her favorite Cowboy hat she barely left her chair. Taylor
loves Cowboys football. She is like she is with most things in life- ALL
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the end of the game when we lost and realized that was the end of our road for
this season. Some of the adults got quiet. Some said things like "heck of
a season, we'll be back next year!" You know, the things you say as a
mature adult. But, Tay, our sweet Tay was standing there with her head hung low
in a puddle of tears- absolutely devastated! She ran to her Gdaddy, probably
because he looked as distraught as she was. He scooped her up and just held her! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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her mom, my first instinct was to immediately console her and explain and teach
her it's just a game. To give her the lesson that in the grand scheme of the
world it doesn't really matter and it isn't that big of a deal. It is really
just for entertainment and fun. Ideas that come with a certain level of
maturity- but then I stopped. Does she need to learn those things...yes,
absolutely she does! However, in that moment it dawned on me the more important
lesson is that she needs to be allowed to feel exactly what she is feeling and
trust that was she is feeling is real and true to her. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the adults around her are telling her it isn't a big deal yet she feels so much, she will learn to ignore and push aside those very real feelings. She won't
trust that what she is feeling has validity. If the grown ups around her
tell she is overreacting or that her emotions aren't the socially appropriate
response, she won't feel it is ok to be honest with how she feels. I don't want
her to numb out her emotions. I want her to listen to herself and trust how she
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cannot selectively numb emotions, when we numb the painful emotions, we also
numb the positive emotions" - Brene Brown. </i></span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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little 8 year feels big and loves hard and is so sensitive! She feels all the
feel and my husband and I can both attest that it can sometimes be
really exhausting to parent.</span></div>
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happens if we squelch that? To me that seems detrimental. I don't want anyone- especially me- telling her whether her emotions are good or bad. They just
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would much rather teach my kids to get curious about what their emotions are
telling them. My job is show them that emotions aren't directions they are just
data. Tune into what they are really saying. If I don't let them feel it all and express it then I will miss out on real
authentic conversations with both of them. I won't ever get the chance to learn what
really matters to them. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">So
on this night of Cowboys loss, Jon and I decided to let her be exactly where
she was. In a big puddle of tears. We refused to make her see the bright side,
the silver lining, or scooting her along to positivity so everyone around her
felt more comfortable. Instead, we chose to hold her up and listen and what we
learned in the days that followed as we processed how she was feeling was the
real depth of those tears and emotions. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">For
Taylor the loss of that game meant the end of the season of gathering our family every Sunday night. She expressed how much she loved our whole
family being together and how happy that makes her. She expressed how she loved that we were all cheering for the same thing and even wearing all our Cowboys gear at the same time. She was showing us her
heart! What really matters to her! What is important to her! </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">This
kind of emotional intelligence is something I am still working really hard at.
Trusting what I am truly feeling without pushing it aside or saying the
socially acceptable thing and really acknowledging what the depths of me is saying
is a daily practice for me. If I can teach our precious 8 year old to tune in,
get curious and keep feeling all the feels I think maybe, just maybe, she will
be really ok in this life. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 9.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-3219938524351538022016-08-19T07:22:00.002-07:002016-08-19T15:04:11.563-07:00Tequila...You may have tried Mezcal...but do you know Sotol?!?!<div>
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The two bottles we ordered arrived just in time for this weekend! We kick off my favorite person on the entire planet heading into his birthday week and our kids are back in school! With all the feels and prep we are cheersin' this weekend with sotol! </div>
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Sotol <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> is a distilled spirit made from the Dasylirion wheeleri, Asparagaceae (commonly known as Desert Spoon or, in Spanish, sotol), a plant that grows in northern Mexico, New Mexico, west Texas, and the Texas Hill Country. It is known as the state drink of Chihuahua, Durango and Coahuila.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255 , 255 , 255 , 0); color: #222222;">It's not actually agave.</span><strong style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;">Though dasylirion was first classified as an </span><a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://talesofthecocktail.com/products/will-raicilla-be-next-top-agave-spirit&source=gmail&ust=1471700551601000&usg=AFQjCNHnDEMHen_LFLeXVQYEm3rz2lcmvw" href="https://talesofthecocktail.com/products/will-raicilla-be-next-top-agave-spirit" style="font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black;">agave</span></a><span style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal;"> by John Hutchinson in 1934, it took another sixty years for an American Ph.D. student named David Bogler to conduct DNA tests that revealed it should properly be classed in the Nolinaceae family. Sotol takes its name from the Nahuatl word “Tzotolin,” meaning “palm with long and thin leaves.”</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: normal;">Dasylirion grows wild in desert regions, requiring up to 20 years to mature, at which </span></strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">point the plant is harvested, the heart is cooked and the juice is fermented and distilled, with some sotol going into oak barrels for aging. Like tequila, young plata sotol is clear, while the golden reposado is aged several months, and the light amber anejo may have up to two years of age.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It’s one of the most transparent plants out there, because it gives you what it feeds on, Forest-grown sotols tend to be pinier, with notes of mint and eucalyptus, while desert ones have mineral, leather and earthy notes.</span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-weight: normal;">Because the </span></strong><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">plant can take so many years to mature before it can be harvested for sotol and an entire plant is needed for a single bottle of sotol, scaling</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> beyond small-batch levels is sotol producers' biggest challenge. So it isn't easy to get your hands on. However, with a little determination we have tried a few. Ordering online (<a href="http://www.sotol.cl/" target="_blank">Hacienda de Chihuahua)</a> this is the one we got first! We found another one which our incredibly awesome friends helped us find and order:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Flavorwise, there's a distinct family resemblance between tequila and sotol: both have an herbaceous brightness and a gentle, fruity sweetness. But while tequila (especially younger styles) has a distinctive peppery snap, sotol is more grassy, with gentle layers of floral notes in lieu of tequila's spicy bang. We liked it sipped on its own, its gentle, savory vegetal flavor makes clear it deserves to be tasted on its own merits. </span></div>
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We had it neat in Mexico and I had it with some orange slices and warming salts on the side but Jon didn't bother with the accoutrements. He didn't feel it necessary. We have experimented with some fun drink recipes as well:</div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Hope you have something good to celebrate this weekend... If you don't... Find the good in today... Find something to celebrate! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">To which I well with all sorts of other emotions. I have immeasurable love and pride for my city and these big hearted people. I feel honored and humbled and the tears flow for a whole slew of other reasons. I feel so much hope and so proud of the evolution taking place. The outpouring of love in my city and I do think for many it is probably their first real public outpouring of love to the LGBT community. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">It moves something deep in me when I see images like this:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Knowing only hours ago Orlando wasn't even on their minds and now they are taking time to stop and mourn with us. To gather in masses and say we are with you. Your pain is our pain. Even from so far away they are not distant observers but fully participating in this horrific tragedy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Mostly, I have heard love and support and a feeling of- I just want to help. What can I do so these families know I am with them in their grief? I know there are hateful people out there but the overarching feeling I have witnessed in my immediate community is that of I just want to be useful and compassionate. I just want to support and love my neighbors who are hurting and do it well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">I did however hear a few mentions of people who were tired of hearing it in the news constantly and they needed to feel light again, they were worn down. They were ready to laugh again. It was all too much for them. My immediate thought was there are 53 people still fighting for life in the hospital and 49 dead with countless numbers of family, partners, friends feeling what we are feeling thousands of times over. It's only been 72 hours. Aren't we all still in shock?!? I am not saying that to shame these people ... I get it...I understand the feeling. You may have thought the same thing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">My instinct is to want life to get back to "normal" to not have to see such pain and suffering. To go back 72 hours earlier where we were sitting with friends eating fish tacos, drinking margaritas, laughing, and literally having a conversation about how to raise children who love and respect all people in this world. Truly that was our conversation over watermelon margaritas on Saturday night.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">That is my instinct as well, just like you, I don't want to feel the deep sorrow either. It hurts! However, I feel that my greatest act of love is to feel it all. There is a reason we are weary and exhausted and we feel like we want it to all end. Because what happened was evil, and horrible and fills us with fear and anger and questions and sadness and despair and yet, I want to tune into what that really is. I want to call it what it is. I don't want to run. I don't want to gloss over it. I think it is appropriate to feel the horrible feelings and exhaustion and sadness. Can we slow down and sit with the victims and their families and their friends and partners and Aunts, Uncles, and their siblings, and your neighbors and friends? Can we sit with them and mourn and grieve and not try to find the silver lining for them but just be in it with them. In our human solidarity it is all our loss, all our pain.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Our society is fast, we want instant gratification and lightning fast results, quick fixes and the media and our lives move so rapidly, it's scary. Before we have finished one thing we are already on to the next. I feel scared to allow these things in this space here. I feel we have to fight hard against this tendency so engrained in our culture. I feel that if we turn away because we can only handle so much we are missing the whole human experience... we need to be here and now in this terrible gut wrenching place and carry it all together. So we care for and honor the victims well. So they feel love and support like never before. So we evolve.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Yes, down the road do we need to speak up and change things and fight for our future. Yes! Eventually we need solutions. Yes, we are going to move forward and our lives will go on and we will celebrate Father's Day and I am so thrilled to celebrate new life at a baby shower this weekend. But, we need to feel all the feels. We need to be in solidarity. Solidarity and solutions are not the same. We need to sit in the pain and tune into it together. We need to enter into the full experience of such loss. There is no "fixing" the lives already taken. This was unspeakable and we see this evil, we feel this evil. We are with you in this pain. Let us carry each other, let us sit with each other, let us love each other well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The task of comforter is hard and it is so much easier to tune out, numb, distract ourselves, and try and move on. I have decided that I refuse to let this just brush over me. I will sit with you on the mourning bench Orlando. Orlando, our neighborhood, our city, our state, our country, our nation, our world, our universe. I will sit.</span><br />
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<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;" />Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-74898752578915560112016-05-05T06:37:00.001-07:002016-05-06T13:14:50.967-07:00These are the women who have carried me....these are my Mothers!One morning recently and I had fallen asleep unusually early from the exhaustion of the day and so I woke up at 3am and my mind started looping so many thoughts. One of the thoughts was about a conversation I had overheard the day before. I had been at the car wash and I overheard two women talking, they were talking about a mom they must have both known. One women says to the other " it just isn't natural for her I guess, mothering." Obviously, I know nothing about what they are talking about or the circumstances and that is all I heard so I can't judge really in any way. But, something about that sentence literally stopped me listening and my thoughts started going in a million directions. I felt something well up inside of me- MOTHERING- NATURAL do those two words go together?!? Natural for who?!?! Is it really natural for any of us... Aren't we all just doing the best we know how based on our own stories, life circumstances, personal strengths and challenges. There have been so many days I have gone to bed at night wondering if I could have handled the hard situation better or I think yep, today is the day they will mention in counseling when they are older (don't worry we are saving for counseling and college😉) and then there are some days I think maybe just maybe I have this whole thing figured out and then bam, something changes. This ever evolving, ever changing thing that has so humbled me, natural?!? It is growing me and challenging me, and changing me as a person and I am loving that, but nothing about it feels natural to me. Am I alone in this feeling?! <br /><br />With the approach of Mother's Day I started thinking about the moms I know and interact with on a daily/weekly basis others not always because of distance etc. However, they all in some way have inspired me, moved me or challenged me to be more of my truest self. They have been kind when my "natural" response was a super sucky one. They have mothered me in a way simply by just being who they are. Not intentionally, but by observing or doing life along side them I have felt carried. Not one of them alone would stand and claim to be a perfect mother or have it all together, in fact so far from it and I love them for that. They have been honest and vulnerable with me in the shortcomings and victories and getting to witness that is a beautiful thing. All of them collectively have shown up in strength and wisdom and all sorts of inspiration in my life. They aren't famous or being written about or even out impacting millions of people..nor are they trying to. They are just trying to do them and live life and love their families well. Because of that they are impacting me, and their families and their children and by simply being who they are, probably impacting more people than they even realize. <br /><br />I wanted them to know how they have impacted me and how grateful I am for their presence and vulnerability and advice and compassion and love in my life. So I sent each of them a text over the course of this week leading up to Mother's Day and asked them if I could share the text I sent to give you a small glimpse of who these ordinary, extraordinary women are. Of course the types of mothers in this world are countless and the things they do is expansive but these women are my mothers and this is how they have been with me on my journey this far. Who are yours?!?!<br /><br />These are mine:<br /><br />With their permission I asked if I could share. I started each text the same...<br /><br />With Mother's Day approaching I have been doing a lot of thinking about the Mom's in my life who inspire me I wanted you to know how you have impacted me!<br /><br />Diana-<br />Mom, I say so often to my children "I love you no matter what!" I can say that fully and wholeheartedly and know the gift that is to them because that is what you have done for me. In my hardest and darkest and most joyous and happy times in my life you have without a doubt loved me no matter what! <br /><br />Caron-<br />The gift of loving my husband, your son, for exactly who he is and allowing him to be his truest self with you. From the very beginning and even now for continuing to ask him who he is and discovering him and loving him versus telling him who he is, is a precious gift to us both and something I have watched and will do my best to gift to my own children. <br /><br />Catie-<br />Your intentionality with your boys inspires me and your endurance to keep seeking to hear and understand them in the moments when it would just be easier to move quickly past the circumstance moves me to be in the moment with my children and seek to listen and understand more and "tell" less. <br /><br />Sarah-<br />Your go with the flow, laid back attitude in allowing your kids to be kids has taught me to let go a little. Even when you guys are walking through hard times as adults your boys just get to be kids and there is such a light hearted joy about them because of that! <br /><br />Rachel-<br />Your vulnerability and honesty in parenting is refreshing. Hearing you say you apologized to your daughter, now that she is an adult, for mistakes you made early on and your humbleness has taught me that it isn't about getting it right or perfect but being honest and humble in the journey and seeking to love yourself and your children well through that journey. What a gift to your kids to get to witness that firsthand! <br /><br />Joy- <br />I know you didn't have the mom you needed and hoped she could have been to you and I know that is so hard and painful and I know the fear is real as you bring this precious new baby boy into the world! But, I can tell you the work you have done on yourself and the care and love you have already have for your baby before he has even entered the world is breathtaking. You are already and amazing mom! <br /><br />Lindsey- <br />I have watched you in the most chaotic and stressful moments have this calm about you and communicate with your children in such a peaceful state even when they are losing it and I am just in awe of that. It is absolutely inspiring to watch and everytime I see you do it, it reminds me to keep working at it. <br /><br />Sarah- <br />You will always me a mom of two and your honesty in the unimaginable pain of losing your baby boy and then such a juxtaposition of the joy in raising your precious daughter makes me awestuck. Your vulnerability in being able to share the emotions and go through grief and yet share and be so present and available and loving with your daughter is something to behold. Allowing yourself to feel ALL the emotions and getting to be witness to that has taught me so much! <br /><br />Leah-<br />Your continued effort to grown in who you are as a person and evolve and the way you have taken your kids on that journey alongside you in the last couple years has given me incredible relief to the panic that I need to have it all figured out, that I need to know exactly who I am and instead be in the constant ever evolving process and teach my kids along the way. <br /><br />Rebecca- <br />Watching you tell your own truth no matter what and continually trying to find tools to improve the quality of life for your family and as of recently knowing the next right step for your family was to pick up and move across the country! Knowing there was risk involved but trusting that it was the next right step and following your dream and embracing the adventure to be in a new place has been so fun to watch. To go knowing it wouldn't all be easy, and may be hard in moments and sad for you and the people you were leaving behind but the bravery in going and following a dream and doing the hard thing because you knew it was the right thing for you guys is so cool to witness and has taught me so much just from watching at a distance... more that you probably realize! <br /><br />Franki- <br />I have loved our time and conversations and I feel like we could talk for hours and hours and we usually do! But, every time I leave refreshed and having learned something I never knew before! You are a wealth of knowledge and inspiration to me and I never feel judged! I know that your journey to motherhood has been a rough rough road and I know that what Mother's Day means today is so joyful but so different then it was years ago and I am so thrilled to celebrate that with you. Your heart and outspoken love to women who you know are still waiting is so touching. I am grateful to bear witness to your amazing love for your children. Your whatever it takes attitude in loving and providing a life where they can truly flourish and right along side that your heart for women who desperately want to be called "mom". <br /><br />Corinne-<br />So many days I think of you when I am having a tough day and I think of the amazing capacity you have to do it all as a single mom, business owner, sister, friend, daughter, aunt, boss and it all falls on your shoulders and so many people count on you and while you are literally doing it ALL you are still so intentional, loving and constantly growing and evolving. Your energy astounds me! To me you are my vision of the fiercest warrior mama! <br /><br />Debbie-<br />I know you are not a mom yourself.... But the way you have counseled me and taught me and challenged me and often times saw better in me than I even saw in myself. You are teaching me to look inward, dig deeper, and connect with myself in ways I never thought possible. To get to know and love myself has been a gift to me, my kids, and my husband and has given me a drive and passion to be ever evolving and connected to my emotions like never before. You may have been counseling me, mothering me, whatever you want to call it but I would not be where I am today with out your guidance and nurture for my soul! <br /><br />Kristin- <br />I tell people all the time how much I admire you as a mom and as a woman and so often think how incredible it would be if we didn't live at opposite ends of the country. But, I love watching you mother even from a distance and because of you have found freedom to seek to better understand my deepest self in order to be a more connected mom. Your highly sensitive nature, the thing you felt held you back as a younger person, yet now have a greater understanding of it, is truly your super power as a mom. I love that you make choices for your family and yourself because they are best for you guys and are often contrary to the rest of the worlds ideas. I have sometimes felt isolated in making decisions that go against the norm and watching you has given me strength to go against the grain. <br /><br />Britni-<br />Something Jon and I say to the kids and each other is that there is enough room in this family for everyones dreams! I think watching you be an amazing mom and and so powerful in business is where that belief came from! I know that there is constant struggle in balancing the two and a give and take on a daily basis and I know it is not easy but I know that this has always been a dream for you! I love that your family has made space for your dream! The lesson you are teaching your babies to make space in this world for the people they care about is priceless. You inspire me to work to achieve the exact life I desire, whatever that may be for whatever season that may be! <br /><br />Sonja- <br />You are such a fun mom and when I am around you in allows me to lessen the control freak nature in me and reminds me to be more fun! Recently when I called you in a panic your first words to me were "you are an amazing mom and this is no reflection on you as a mom" I mean seriously, what an amazing generous gift! You have no idea what that meant and how that made me feel! <br /><br />Laura- <br />I am so excited to get to be a small part of your big journey toward motherhood and talking and laughing and sharing worries and excitement for all that motherhood has in store for you has reminded me of the precious time when my babies were small and I loved so much and I wanted to cherish every thing in the moment, yet, I was tired and just surviving. Getting to go back and remember and talk about that time with you as you prepare for that has given me the opportunity to cherish those moments all over again in a whole new way. You are going to be an amazing mom and I can't wait to meet your sweet baby girl! <br /><br />Thank you to these women and so many others who have moved me, inspired me, and kept me moving forward! <br /><br />Happiest of Mother's Days to you all!<br /><br />Much Love,<br /><br />Lauren <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone<br /><br /><br /><br />Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-12467126612483002102015-08-21T13:35:00.001-07:002015-08-21T13:38:47.865-07:00Blender Oat Pancakes<div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">School starts on Monday! If you are like me you insist your kids eat breakfast and you want it to be healthy so there little brains can function all day! Of course you do, you are a parent. I have a great pancake recipe for you that will do just the trick. But, you don't have to be a parent to enjoy these amazing blender oat pancakes and I promise you once you have them you will never go back to the box powder that gives you slim to nilch in the way of nutritional value. </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Here is the list of ingredients copied directly from the <a href="http://AuntJemima.com" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0">AuntJemima.com</a></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Aunt Jemima Pancake Mix </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUGAR, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), DEXTROSE, NONFAT DRY MILK, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, WHEAT GLUTEN, CALCIUM CARBONATE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTIC ACID.</span></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Why would you eat this...when you can eat this! 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I make it the night before for convenience and pour it right into the pan in the morning! I always make extra and reheat them for the following days!</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">I use coconut oil to cook pancakes on medium to medium low heat.</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">I don't like syrup so I smash up a few raspberries on top. But, my kids do like syrup, so I use real maple syrup. Just a drizzle though! A drizzle of honey works great too. For added bonus you can add a few of your favorite things...walnuts, blueberries, flax, chia are just a few ideas. </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">I promise your family will function so much better and you will too if you eat this and not Aunt Jemima! </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Happy First Day of School!</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Much Pancake Love, </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Lauren </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-90018822403765596762015-05-26T16:12:00.001-07:002015-05-26T16:35:23.697-07:00Prosecco Margaritas<span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Prosecco Margaritas </span><div><font color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7019607843137254)" face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color="rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.7019607843137254)" face="UICTFontTextStyleBody"><span style="-webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7V2zZQXIhrA8IsCW16XdwOHH3I23-rqEfKaMR0BeiIZFChvIahGUXGrGiqRVAnj9D-ijNSfKznUAL8tgYaw8aMr1TfO3VBj_dVg9z4_Ta0di-Yp6_Sqi_neOBaApLWKUAQBT8gPIB-0/s640/blogger-image-1408631961.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE7V2zZQXIhrA8IsCW16XdwOHH3I23-rqEfKaMR0BeiIZFChvIahGUXGrGiqRVAnj9D-ijNSfKznUAL8tgYaw8aMr1TfO3VBj_dVg9z4_Ta0di-Yp6_Sqi_neOBaApLWKUAQBT8gPIB-0/s640/blogger-image-1408631961.jpg"></a></div><br></span></font><div><span style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress; font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">It's Tuesday at noon and I all want to do is take a nap! We had a super fun jam packed three day weekend but, I am really worn out and we may or may not have made quite a few pitchers of these Prosecco Margaritas over the long weekend!!</span></div><div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">We were at a wedding in Birmingham and our friends made a comment in passing about Prosecco Margaritas and I swear, I couldn't stop thinking about them! So a three day weekend felt like the perfect time to try them out!</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"> I love making drinks like this in a big batch or pitcher so I don't have to run back to the kitchen and mix all the ingredients every time you need a refill or two! We love a good drink with lots of layers of flavors and Jon always says a two part drink is only for emergencies... But, it does require a little extra work so we found a big pitcher is just the answer! </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">I hope you get to try this out on a hot day and share it with family or friends! Enjoy! </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">3 ounces Patron Silver or your favorite Blanco Tequila ( or a little more depending on how strong you like it!)</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">3 ounces Cointreau </div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">4 ounces Simple Syrup</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">8 ounces lime juice ( you gotta go fresh real lime...it makes all the difference)</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">1 750ml bottle of your favorite dry Prosecco</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Lime wedges for garnish</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Salt to rim the glass</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Much Margarita Love,</div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;"><br></div><div style="color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.701961); font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(130, 98, 83, 0.0980392); text-decoration: -webkit-letterpress;">Lauren </div><div><br></div></div></div>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-89044347480593485732015-03-22T08:36:00.002-07:002015-03-23T04:02:36.608-07:00Healthy Habits<div>
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So, I am sure you have heard of this trend by now and many people have cringed at the thought but, tons have jumped on board for good reason. I have to tell you it is delicious and I love it! </div>
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I overhauled the way I was eating and feeding my family a couple years back and I am continuing to make small changes as I learn new things. One of my last bad vices that I just couldn't let go of was putting coffee creamer in my morning coffee. When I heard about the bulletproof coffee way I knew I should try it but, I literally go to bed at night dreaming about my morning cup of coffee WITH my creamer - chock full of sugar and artificial flavors and chemicals. The thought of giving that up, that one last thing, even though I knew it was bad. I didn't know if I really wanted to! </div>
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After I had kids I wanted to lose the baby weight, I strictly counted calories and sure I lost weight but, I was starving and malnutritioned because the integrity of the calories I was eating wasn't there. I used to eat fruit and it didn't even taste sweet to me because I drank things like diet soda because the calorie count was zero. My other trick was 100 calorie packs of cookies to satisfy my sugar addiction. I later switched to eating real food, healthy fats, cutting out processed foods and sugars. I feel better than ever and I am never starving and my weight stays steady. I feel satisfied. Now that I know better, I feel a thousand times better. </div>
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I know I will keep learning and researching on this topic of food, natural health, and supplements because I am so passionate about it and I want my family to feel good and stay well! I will keep you updated as I learn new things because I know I don't have it all figured out for sure but I have certainly learned so much! I just started a new book called Whole, Rethinking the Science of Nutrition by T. Colin Cambell, PhD and Howard Jacobson, PhD. It is all about the fact that modern nutritionists focus on single nutrients has led to mass confusion and tragic health consequences. It is about changing the way you think about food and, in doing so, improve our lives and save massive amounts of money in health care costs. So I will share more info as I learn!<br>
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Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-33288558510046035102014-09-24T06:59:00.001-07:002014-09-24T08:45:00.490-07:00Fall Wardrobe Updates<div>I always feel very confused on how to dress this time of year because I was laying out by my pool yesterday in a bathing suit drinking coconut water. Then I log into Fb and everyone else in the country is apple picking and drinking pumpkin spiced lattes in Uggs and yoga pants! So it is <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">still 100 degrees here in Florida and I am still wearing tanks and shorts. But, when you want to head out to shop here, it is Fall in all the stores!</span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> </span></div><div><br></div><div>Even though I haven't been able to wear them quite yet, I have added a few pieces to my Fall/Winter wardrobe which in Florida is basically the same thing. I needed some really basic things that fit well and were easily mixed and matched. I am working hard on thinning my closet to only pieces I really love and fit well! <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Here is what I picked up!</span></div><div><br></div><div>White Box Skirt- this Banana Republic skirt is so flattering and has pockets! I love a dress or skirt with pockets.</div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWiSgqHhVAjN6qRQakQxlFQTzHWvntXlxOyl_CjZXAhPhE6321uRJX_m77Q1mWun5ncIByA1S7jlbze_aAZ55L0nqMWCRy-8wABFJIn36fIeXMHv_g-HLsWSJfjML69lvFo_zoZJIsDE/s640/blogger-image--2059212551.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikWiSgqHhVAjN6qRQakQxlFQTzHWvntXlxOyl_CjZXAhPhE6321uRJX_m77Q1mWun5ncIByA1S7jlbze_aAZ55L0nqMWCRy-8wABFJIn36fIeXMHv_g-HLsWSJfjML69lvFo_zoZJIsDE/s640/blogger-image--2059212551.jpg"></a></div></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGzYlKFggEBscJpuWbgOuz2r9rFmt2K3M4GTQS9U7aBnFi6hWKn4XLBgXHXIExOnOf7QD4zgCq6AHHRiDJluNQtr7H0cfsFMdPBw5ac0ko3274kc8pg7TbmRRrIbV2cv2IypMM2NBrG0/s640/blogger-image--708827609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUGzYlKFggEBscJpuWbgOuz2r9rFmt2K3M4GTQS9U7aBnFi6hWKn4XLBgXHXIExOnOf7QD4zgCq6AHHRiDJluNQtr7H0cfsFMdPBw5ac0ko3274kc8pg7TbmRRrIbV2cv2IypMM2NBrG0/s640/blogger-image--708827609.jpg"></a></div> </div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Blue Button Down- this piece is so basic but I plan on wearing it as well as tying it around my waist. </span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8fS_24qoY3C9qr0X-rUJ0W_gcaf8aLadaycckSvfH1xH1OGLQBMfk-8JW9b-WnQVLgmgEdec0O1o7l69WotmibI_oKsuRkDbQUx9EIi-Q5nEwm-4GSvpwXMOuj1lFXVwKD0Mgs58X4M/s640/blogger-image--34213106.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS8fS_24qoY3C9qr0X-rUJ0W_gcaf8aLadaycckSvfH1xH1OGLQBMfk-8JW9b-WnQVLgmgEdec0O1o7l69WotmibI_oKsuRkDbQUx9EIi-Q5nEwm-4GSvpwXMOuj1lFXVwKD0Mgs58X4M/s640/blogger-image--34213106.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMVlhikyytZhUOpa8BIEglK2j3Q9ePkQbCHrxaGBPsSRGf7D6g3_u8HeiY_T5uwcmhDdxsL9inUiRUziTM7Ll0b8g7UKKdJVxrps1SPTEWafc2iSOvejtfm-VOGvVNIZMQuJYdPubw8M/s640/blogger-image-1153266480.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVMVlhikyytZhUOpa8BIEglK2j3Q9ePkQbCHrxaGBPsSRGf7D6g3_u8HeiY_T5uwcmhDdxsL9inUiRUziTM7Ll0b8g7UKKdJVxrps1SPTEWafc2iSOvejtfm-VOGvVNIZMQuJYdPubw8M/s640/blogger-image-1153266480.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Leather Skirt- leather is everywhere this fall and I love it! This Zara skirt has a little flare at the back which I love because it makes it a little more feminine!</span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKWV_OLzzWa2v-HHxAhybANj6vAQH5OkHgdhYemvAZZFxKRMkLeK65mTaqqIEOTG3ElywuhTz1hopAxCaEsPlSApILQYcLrDjU8fE0P_fgJM_3J51uBQTvv1KHCFB2Vyz_L7Y-KC_tsk/s640/blogger-image-1808105579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKWV_OLzzWa2v-HHxAhybANj6vAQH5OkHgdhYemvAZZFxKRMkLeK65mTaqqIEOTG3ElywuhTz1hopAxCaEsPlSApILQYcLrDjU8fE0P_fgJM_3J51uBQTvv1KHCFB2Vyz_L7Y-KC_tsk/s640/blogger-image-1808105579.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9jMJQiO26wvginS64YzeX42TQAXDmG-VvIQlsDFluzZTriecsu7gnrscpPgNU75XHHfVudQO9FJHcNJp4mlpeULhSns7aIJ6Y2S2hrZg0XVEO5Fb3EjhS9xMTNByF3Yhb_uZRRuDH5U/s640/blogger-image-649078651.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-9jMJQiO26wvginS64YzeX42TQAXDmG-VvIQlsDFluzZTriecsu7gnrscpPgNU75XHHfVudQO9FJHcNJp4mlpeULhSns7aIJ6Y2S2hrZg0XVEO5Fb3EjhS9xMTNByF3Yhb_uZRRuDH5U/s640/blogger-image-649078651.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Ankle Strap Pump- I saw these and figured they could go with so many different outfits! 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I plan on pairing navy and black so this shirt, skinny jeans, a black classic pump and black clutch is perfection! </div></span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4L1-jQ-m2BSUGn_UgwnIaw_4Ulhk6LTaTb4YqyjZq2KeFeZZxML_x9PpL25Am7Wiivx0sMWN-nq37OUvOoSKUxBVUfKO99EtyzQnT1uIcB_vn88FjjBnAbPwz33hr6ucU5n3ELBg-eU/s640/blogger-image--766232923.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-4L1-jQ-m2BSUGn_UgwnIaw_4Ulhk6LTaTb4YqyjZq2KeFeZZxML_x9PpL25Am7Wiivx0sMWN-nq37OUvOoSKUxBVUfKO99EtyzQnT1uIcB_vn88FjjBnAbPwz33hr6ucU5n3ELBg-eU/s640/blogger-image--766232923.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Black Pump- just because they are so classic and wearable! I needed them to go with my plaid shirt and skinny jeans above! </span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaNsMyfk6AwDnpkHT77-xUo1xoWQqF4-5HpSo0_qMnHHRGczqgn6h0XW5PpNmrelKUbTSACdUz0biXHjHZOlRjCTVz0kfevM7eubvIZCpdEh_cTAM8iV4KK-72uLTqOy7F__Gtj5idN8/s640/blogger-image-618013565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaNsMyfk6AwDnpkHT77-xUo1xoWQqF4-5HpSo0_qMnHHRGczqgn6h0XW5PpNmrelKUbTSACdUz0biXHjHZOlRjCTVz0kfevM7eubvIZCpdEh_cTAM8iV4KK-72uLTqOy7F__Gtj5idN8/s640/blogger-image-618013565.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Blush Leather Jacket- I actually found this at Marshall's last year and it's Free People and I never wore it! This year I am making sure I do! </span></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHpMrmuKAusPX-fxSHtrV9Ckz9jEEKII5LBwl6kj-7t59F4QHzQBv51rLlOvUc8DCInpDn7YYjlB86scp5OhxekDI-jjHmm8XKWJAF5mi25KsLz9wDVtb0oeOKVxS4cNoclzpavSHT5I/s640/blogger-image-692318889.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHpMrmuKAusPX-fxSHtrV9Ckz9jEEKII5LBwl6kj-7t59F4QHzQBv51rLlOvUc8DCInpDn7YYjlB86scp5OhxekDI-jjHmm8XKWJAF5mi25KsLz9wDVtb0oeOKVxS4cNoclzpavSHT5I/s640/blogger-image-692318889.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>I loved all these pieces and felt like they were super interchangeable!</div><div><br></div><div>So, Happy Fall and here is to wishing for some cooler weather here in Florida so we can wear this fun stuff! I hope you found something to inspire your Fall wardrobe! </div><div><br></div><div>Much Fall Fashion Love,</div><div><br></div><div>Lauren</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-42582100128511105812014-09-09T19:54:00.002-07:002014-09-13T02:36:58.076-07:00Let's be Adventurers!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">have always been up for a good adventure ever since I was young! I think it was a part of growing up in my family! My Dad was truly the first adventurer I ever knew. He taught me it is way more fun to jump in and participate in life rather than sit on the sidelines. 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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">It was such a fun day and reminded us both that yes, we are moms with a lot of responsibility, but we also are so much more than that! One of the many things that we are is adventurers! We feel fully alive when we are doing something like this! We felt completely recharged! </span></div>
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Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-60001619613969589272014-08-08T13:19:00.001-07:002014-08-11T14:26:01.308-07:00Kale Yeah!<div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">So I have two salads that I have been making over and over again and my family and friends are loving them so I thought I would share!</span></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Lemon Pecorino Kale Salad</b></div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBZakrcG6P4yUtjKZI6zQJfyNs5LMiE1M741_RxUrfCfEN1Z_e2cmz-uijusnSGet9kBZgBiU32VhaceyvldNjwn3RISD2eQm0BVVEPpB7Pj1rNYwGNvdytFCowVLDxnFLb7Elu3roj4/s640/blogger-image-297730835.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizBZakrcG6P4yUtjKZI6zQJfyNs5LMiE1M741_RxUrfCfEN1Z_e2cmz-uijusnSGet9kBZgBiU32VhaceyvldNjwn3RISD2eQm0BVVEPpB7Pj1rNYwGNvdytFCowVLDxnFLb7Elu3roj4/s640/blogger-image-297730835.jpg"></a></div><br></b></div><div><br></div><div>Ingredients you'll need:</div><div><br></div><div>1 big bunch of Kale</div><div>1 shallot</div><div>4 tbsp of fresh squeezed lemon juice </div><div>Salt and pepper</div><div>2 tbsp. champagne vinegar</div><div>4 tbsp. olive oil</div><div>1/2 cup sliced almonds</div><div>1 cup Pecorino cheese</div><div><br></div><div>To make this salad here is what you need to know:</div><div><br></div><div>Finely shave the kale avoiding the ribs and stems into a large bowl. The finer the better! <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Add the slivered almonds in the bowl as well. </span></div><div><br></div><div>Then in a small separate bowl combine minced shallots, lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil and salt and pepper to taste.</div><div><br></div><div>Massage the kale and almonds with the dressing then add the cheese! I use a micro plane to shred the cheese finely. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8ugmvG9UO2kTWOr6LJRjNFdF-uIfqbeE3CfTjwpHvTRO1Ga8mTok34Az6MLyBuwSK75nwjuu2sez7boXot_J1u6Wth439c7AUeP_OZ3VQCMpf2u83qh4Figm0IXaHd58YQLb15JD2u8/s640/blogger-image--203400912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp8ugmvG9UO2kTWOr6LJRjNFdF-uIfqbeE3CfTjwpHvTRO1Ga8mTok34Az6MLyBuwSK75nwjuu2sez7boXot_J1u6Wth439c7AUeP_OZ3VQCMpf2u83qh4Figm0IXaHd58YQLb15JD2u8/s640/blogger-image--203400912.jpg"></a></div><div><br></div>Any Pecorino will work! This is just the one I chose! </div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The key I have learned is to get your hands messy and massage the salad! It softens the kale and blends the flavors really well! I hope you enjoy! </span></div><div><br></div><div>I have another one that is great too! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>Kale, Apple, Walnut Salad</b></div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQhpwwKF1RlF-pZWsMbVld7LEXEJs2CcQ-dCXveQbBeVNdymuTVYrJ_iLrPCfP7bLuDHrPFlrsGh4EkKmfpkeytvw4Ukc-IqkRTO4QpIdd0h9BIueSSMWaJ0J25dnqxwbvhKNwQL6Wio/s640/blogger-image--768321540.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVQhpwwKF1RlF-pZWsMbVld7LEXEJs2CcQ-dCXveQbBeVNdymuTVYrJ_iLrPCfP7bLuDHrPFlrsGh4EkKmfpkeytvw4Ukc-IqkRTO4QpIdd0h9BIueSSMWaJ0J25dnqxwbvhKNwQL6Wio/s640/blogger-image--768321540.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Here what you'll need:</div><div><br></div><div>1 big bunch of Kale leaves</div><div>1 apple</div><div>1/2 cup walnuts, chopped and lightly toasted</div><div>3 to 4 tbsp. crumbled blue cheese</div><div>2 tbsp. olive oil</div><div>1/8 tsp. Salt</div><div>2 tsp. Apple cider vinegar</div><div>1 tsp. fresh squeezed lemon juice </div><div><br></div><div>You can use curly kale like I did on the one in the pic but, I like the Lacinato kale too. It pulls easily off the ribs making it super easy to ribbon. I alternate between the two!</div><div><br></div><div>Combine olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice, and salt in a separate bowl. </div><div>Get your hands dirty again and massage the mixture into the kale leaves. </div><div>Throw in apples, blue cheese and walnuts and toss. </div><div><br></div><div>I love MayTag blue cheese for this salad. It is my favorite but it is really strong so I use a Danish blue as well that is a little softer, less intense. </div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAp3KAUS2aAMuDeyIikkbhrpJlAoUC2YRATQEpaw3gXnfZZ1XGyf2QZCbDfgnnFc5pXquTlzZ2XUXIFXVN_Ud3CBoVfwb5n1_2d6BAIQ2pKnNk7uNkeNhyphenhyphen4O39QuKi_9hPUV_BAxfzj4/s640/blogger-image-1803166152.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGAp3KAUS2aAMuDeyIikkbhrpJlAoUC2YRATQEpaw3gXnfZZ1XGyf2QZCbDfgnnFc5pXquTlzZ2XUXIFXVN_Ud3CBoVfwb5n1_2d6BAIQ2pKnNk7uNkeNhyphenhyphen4O39QuKi_9hPUV_BAxfzj4/s640/blogger-image-1803166152.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPqAghmArHVWELs6QCtXuBN5L6nKscifYcVTDAcJOu8el9EcHXx4fKsyflYOxjA5I1XG3EfNHuYWyYnD04hiKkqeN66o2l69Vp2JPEIYTjg-QkbEm9l1JqmNIgZBJwWuQGQHBGH8GL8I/s640/blogger-image-850969527.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhPqAghmArHVWELs6QCtXuBN5L6nKscifYcVTDAcJOu8el9EcHXx4fKsyflYOxjA5I1XG3EfNHuYWyYnD04hiKkqeN66o2l69Vp2JPEIYTjg-QkbEm9l1JqmNIgZBJwWuQGQHBGH8GL8I/s640/blogger-image-850969527.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">The nice thing about both of these salads is that they can keep in the fridge and taste even better the next day because the dressing softens the kale but doesn't make it soggy like a traditional salad! I usually make it as a side for dinner then throw leftovers into a mason jar and have it for lunch the next day with a protein! I don't eat much dairy but I love these two salads and the cheese definitely makes them so I can't give that up! I hope you love them as much as I do! </span></div><div><br></div><div>Kale Love, </div><div><br></div><div>Lauren </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-20365526145885582972014-05-27T05:44:00.001-07:002014-06-19T08:50:03.519-07:00Workout Around Town Series<div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhwPfp_2ZkmhwyHMuYmsPH-7HPZO7bSupqNEDv6KJJxRiQ_Zen-Rlx7nSOi2M-05FvsyyA3FRY8OYms9WFJYKRbHtRNFA1qP0_tM9tKPuPTVhQuh-eekIx5H6NUNpdt90M7eejzMxu3Q/s640/blogger-image--955540766.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEhwPfp_2ZkmhwyHMuYmsPH-7HPZO7bSupqNEDv6KJJxRiQ_Zen-Rlx7nSOi2M-05FvsyyA3FRY8OYms9WFJYKRbHtRNFA1qP0_tM9tKPuPTVhQuh-eekIx5H6NUNpdt90M7eejzMxu3Q/s640/blogger-image--955540766.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I have always been physically active my whole life. When I was young I danced, was on swim team, played basketball, soccer, ran track, was a cheerleader. Then I started wake boarding and competed for 10 years. I never thought too hard about what all the physical activity was doing for my mind and body. I just did it because I liked it. It was fun and pushing myself to be better was exciting to me! It was just my lifestyle. </div><div><br></div><div>Then I got married, started coaching wake boarding, and had two kids back to back. I barely worked out during that time. For two years I was pregnant and teaching wake boarding so by the time I got out of the boat everyday I was too tired to put in a good workout for myself. I didn't realize what it was doing to my mind and body until after I had JD. I didn't realize what I was missing. </div><div><br></div><div>That was when I decided I needed a gym membership. I had two kids under two years old and I had recently decided to go full blown stay at home mom status. I was struggling with how I looked, I was struggling being home all day with two kids. I needed adult interaction and I needed take care of myself. I also really needed to not feel guilty about it! </div><div><br></div><div> I started at one gym which was ok but they didn't have great kid care so I switched to my local YMCA because I had heard great things about their kid program and in particular there kid care director Tara. I also had some good friends that were members as well. So it seemed like a good fit. </div><div><br></div><div>I started going everyday. The kids would go to their classes and I would go to mine. At our Y they have a new activity for the kids every 15 minutes like play dough, crafts, songs, etc. and they have cardio kids classes for them so I would work out guilt free knowing they were getting something out of that time as well. </div><div><br></div><div>In the beginning I would check the kids in for one hour even though they allow you two hours. I was way out of shape and there was no way I could work out that long. One day, I was on my way to pick up the kids when my friend who has 8 children and runs marathons, she grabs me and says, where are you going?!? I tell her to pick up the kids. She lets me know I have another hour left until I have to go get them. I was dripping sweat and exhausted and was like there is no way I can work out any longer. She hands me a magazine and says there is a comfy couch in the locker room go sit and read a magazine. "This is your time! You need this time. You will be a better mom! I promise you!" I took her advice, I mean I would be a fool to not to listen to the marathon mom of 8! Side note, her kids are mostly grown. Two of her kids have sweet babies of their own and she is a mom I totally respect and love. So I took her advice and made it part of my regular everyday! </div><div><br></div><div>About that same time my friend Leah and I started working out together. We never really officially said it but we basically became workout partners. We started showing up together and holding each other accountable and have now for 4 years. </div><div><br></div><div> Leah and I show up most days. If we can't be there for some reason we text each other. We aren't perfect. Some days we work harder than others. We still indulge in margaritas, wine, and Donut King! Only Donut King sometimes, right Leah!! </div><div><br></div><div>There have been days where one of us is going through something and we just walk next to each other on the treadmill and talk it out, encourage each other, be with each other in hard stuff. Parenting, marriage, illness, life is just hard sometimes. We have laughed and cried together countless times in the middle of that gym! </div><div><br></div><div>Our goal was originally to change our bodies, which has totally happened. I think it has been so much more than that. We could go to a nicer, fancier gym but we have made really great relationships. </div><div><br></div><div>It has changed now. I no longer check my kids into the kid care unless it is summer because they are now both in school in the mornings. Although I still go by and say hello to Ms. Tara. I feel like I wouldn't have survived the young years of my kids lives without her! She saved me so many days! I hope she knows what she does everyday really does change peoples lives for the better! My kids still run to hug her every time they see her and always ask if I think Ms. Tara misses them!! </div><div><br></div><div>Leah and I take classes together and run. But we have friends we have made in those classes too! We take a strength class, a high intensity interval class, and Zumba. We used to spin a lot and haven't as much recently. We have changed and adapted our workouts as we have changed or the schedules have changed but we haven't stopped showing up! </div><div><br></div><div>I think the thing about working out is you have to find a workout you enjoy or someone you enjoy working out with. I think if you do that it can make all the difference and you are much more likely to stick in through! </div><div><br></div><div>I feel the same way about working out as my husband does about tattoos. He says it is nice for someone to like or appreciate the art you put on your body but at the end of the day it doesn't really matter what they think because the tattoo is for you. He says I love it and enjoy it so I don't really care if they like the tattoo or not. To me working out is similar. It is really admirable to run a marathon but if you hate every step and never want to run again after then was it really for you?!? At the end of the day, it is for you, so you need to really love and enjoy what you are doing regardless if anyone else does or not! If you want to prove to yourself you can run a marathon do it, but don't prove it to anyone else. </div><div><br></div><div> For me, I feel best in lots of areas of my life when I am moving in some way. Sometimes I get tired of working out indoors...so I have started surfing when I can, I run outside, or ride bikes with my kids outside. You just gotta find what works for you. I don't think their is really a cookie cutter way to do it, this is just what has worked for me! </div><div><br></div><div>So in light of that I thought it would be fun to give you a glimpse of the classes I usually take as well as check out different ways to workout around town and let you know what I thought of it. Let you know what to wear. What is the time investment? What is it gonna cost you?? Then you can decide for yourself if you wanna try it! </div><div><br></div><div>I am calling it Workout Around Town! </div><div><br></div><div>Stay posted!</div><div><br></div><div>Much Workout Love,</div><div>Lauren </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-17375605095263617792014-05-08T18:30:00.001-07:002014-05-09T05:51:46.855-07:00Splurge vs. Save<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we may have skipped school today to go blueberry picking! I felt we needed a fun day, a reset, a break in the monotony of schedules, and the weekend just didn't feel long enough. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to say it was absolutely 100% worth it!</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We woke up when we wanted, had breakfast and headed to<a href="http://www.lakecatherineblueberries.com/" target="_blank"> Lake Catherine</a> blueberry farm.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We have been going and doing this for the past three years but this year the kids actually were really into picking. They were on the hunt for the biggest and bluest and every other one was "the best one so far!"</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> We eat it by itself a lot, but we also have it on top of our plain Greek yogurt in the morning or with a scoop of Greenwise vanilla organic ice cream for a special treat!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">4 cups blueberries </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Crisp topping:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">1 cup old fashioned oats</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">½ cup pecans</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">½ cup almond meal (available at Publix, Whole Foods, health food stores, or made by putting almonds in food processor until fine, but before they turn to almond butter)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">¼ cup maple syrup</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">¼ cup olive oil</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">½ tsp salt</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Instructions</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Pour four cups fruit into 8×8 pan. Spread crisp topping over the fruit. Bake at 350 degrees 35-40 minutes, or longer if topping and fruit are frozen, until fruit is bubbling and topping is crisp and golden.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Serves 4</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I promised here is the grapefruit mojito I made for the adults at Taylor's birthday dinner! I picked grapefruit because the color matched her decor but they turned out great! </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It felt right to post this today because it is my sweet friend Sarah's birthday and we are celebrating her with friends, soaking up the Florida sun by our pool! Adults only! Sarah is preggers so we will all be having cocktails on her behalf. It is a tough job but we just love her so much, so we are more than willing to do that for her. Anyways, here it is!</span><br>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Our smart, beautiful, spirited, loud, loving, full of life baby girl turned 6! Our hearts are so full because of her! We spent the whole weekend celebrating with our girl. It was so much fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Much Birthday Love!</span></span>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-86707587904699767032014-04-02T20:02:00.000-07:002014-04-03T07:30:55.720-07:00Spring Photos by Michelle Morris<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Every once in a while I meet someone who inspires me like crazy because the minute you meet them you feel like they are doing exactly what they are supposed to be doing in life! They are inspiring because they are so so good at what they do. They are so natural they make it look effortless and fun that you almost for a second you think it could be easy.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Months ago I started stalking photographer Michelle Morris on Facebook and Instagram. She went to high school with my husband but moved to Savannah, GA with her high school sweetheart and three out of this world cutie patootie boys! I had never met her but I just loved her work. She catches the simple moments of life in a way that is so beautiful and raw. I couldn't wait for her to photograph my kids!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Jon and I opted out of being part of the session this time because we have done many before and we both end up hating how we look. We always feel like awkward family photos. We love how the kids look and get super critical of ourselves. I always feel way to uptight and unnatural. However, I wish we would have thrown back a few shots of Patron and jumped in! Next time we most definitely will!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I let her take the reigns and I am glad I did! She has a way of engaging with the kids and keeps them having fun all the while getting great moments of them! I couldn't believe how well she manages the whole thing!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #222222;">I could really go on and on but I will let the photos speak for themselves! I was going to only select a few to share but I really couldn't pick so here they ALL are!</span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> last years (the one I own) <a href="http://www.juicycouture.com/Silk-Floral-Print-Romper/JG009270.html" target="_blank">this years version here</a></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">Last but certainly not least because this one has already gotten tons of use! The shorts romper! Splendid makes it so the fabric is super comfy! It feels like your wearing pajamas but you most certainly don't look like you are. I wear it most with flat sandals, a pair of tan Tory Burch ones, during the day but you could dress it up if you wanted! I love it with the booties like the model has on. I will definitely be wearing it like this!</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">As my 4 year old nephew Kingston would say, "it's the freakin weekend people!" To King that means he gets to play video games to me that means let's have a fun drink!</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">My parents are coming over tonight for dinner and this is what I am making them. My dad is a total foodie and restaurant consultant with impeccable taste! I call him for drink recipes most of the time so my favorite thing is to make him something I discovered.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">If you saw my last post I shared those gorgeous copper mugs we ordered. I figured I could not show you those mugs and not share what to fill them with! So here it is:</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Gentleman's Mule</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">1.5 oz. Gentleman's Jack Whiskey</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">1oz. Tuaca Vanilla Citrus Liqueur</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">4.5 oz Gosling's Ginger Beer</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Couple dashes of Orange Bitters</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Lime wedge to garnish</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Served over ice</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lauren</span>Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-64955741250412834042014-03-12T18:44:00.001-07:002014-03-12T18:44:27.095-07:00Products I LOVE...things that make me SMILE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: center;">I have avoided this space for well, too long. The truth is I was steering clear because I have been working through some things in my own life that felt too personal to share. I tend to over share, so in order to avoid a vulnerability hangover, I just stayed away. I have been on a personal journey and it feels great. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I saw this months ago but really needed another lipstick like a hole in my head but after a couple months of resisting, I finally broke down and bought it and I am obsessed. Ohh and I can't help sing the Jay-Z song every time I wear it because the lipstick is the only Tom Ford thing I own! I don't pop Molly, I rock Tom Ford. Ohh come on you know you would too! It is totally creamy and dreamy!! I almost need a new one because I keep telling all my friends to try it and I wear it everyday!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">This is so relevant in so many situations however the first image that came to my head was a new born baby swaddled in this. First night home from the hospital maybe?!? An incredible friend of mine gave this to me as a gift and when my cousin and dear friend found out she was pregnant with her 3rd I couldn't order it fast enough! It is just so good! <a href="http://covetedthings.com/" target="_blank">Covetedthings.com</a> if you want one. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It started a couple months back. I dropped the kids at school, met up with some girls I used to wakeboard with, and we headed to the beach for a fun little session. Most of us have young kids and haven't surfed as much since having them. We were hilarious hooting, hollering, and cheering each other on. It was such a fun day! In January I decided to make it a priority to get to the ocean this year. The fun thing about making this resolution in January is that I needed a new wetsuit! <a href="http://perfski.com/">Perfski.com</a> always hooks me up!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">If you know me at all you know, I love good food and I care a lot about what is in the food I feed my family. I have always cared but we are really making an effort to eat as much real, whole food as we can. The fewer the ingredients the better. I got started by just reading the labels and ingredients in the products that I buy all the time and replacing them with real foods. Pancake mix was the first item I tackled in my pantry. This new market is incredible! It is basically like a permanent local farmers market with incredible vendors and such fun finds! We love SkyeBird for a juice or salad in a mason jar. These kids love green juice!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">On of my very best friends owns Alchemy the hair salon ( if you want amazing hair this is where you go- </span><a href="http://alchemyorlando.com/">alchemyorlando.com</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">) and I have literally sat in her chair since I was 12 years old. She gave this to me as a gift and it is my favorite hair product in years! It gives my hair great volume! Paired with the thickening mousse this has been my got to for an evening out.</span><br />
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<br />Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-62381603198250229122013-02-10T18:29:00.001-08:002013-02-10T18:30:18.486-08:00What Kids Love<br />
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Taylor was asked a few months ago to wakeboard for a video for the Family Fun magazine website! It was her first ever photoshoot as a very new rider. She did awesome and had a blast doing it. Ryan Marshall did and incredible job with her and the video turned out darling. A couple of our favorite little friends made a debut as well. <br />
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This week I had to email Taylor's ballet teacher to let her know she is not going to be taking class anymore. She has started swimming and wakeboarding and really wants to try gymnastics as well. In an attempt not to crazy over schedule her life we decided she had to give up ballet for now. I couldn't believe how sad I was. It seems like just yesterday this precious little thing was getting ready for her first dance class ever! </div>
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We were both giddy with excitement as it was her first thing ever doing away from me! She was only 2 and half. I remember being so excited to get her all ready for class. My mom, Taylor, and I went and pick out tap shoes and ballet shoes. My Nana used to buy my dance shoes for me so my mom wanted to pass on that tradition! The day of her first class I was so excited putting her hair in a bun, getting her into tights and a little leotard and of course taking pictures. I was so caught up in all the excitement that I totally goofed up the time of class. I thought it started at 4:45pm. It was really from 4:00 to 4:45pm. Whoops! So we show up for her very first class right as it is ending. Tay stood looking through the glass her eyes welling up with tears. I felt horrible. I couldn't believe we missed it. Seriously, I felt like the biggest failure as a mom. I had no way to fix it except try not to cry with her, promise her we would be extra early the following week, and take her cute little pink butt home to tap dance and twirl in her new shoes with me on the tile in our kitchen.</div>
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Every Wednesday for the next two years she would be overjoyed when I would tell her she had dance that day. She loves dancing and she made the most darling little friends.</div>
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I hope she will continue dancing long after any classes. I hope she will dance in the kitchen when no one is watching or everybody is watching just because it makes her happy! I hope one day she will take a formal dance class again but I mostly feel sad because I can't believe how fast the time has flown and to think she is moving onto something else makes her feel so grown up. We have had such a monumental step in her going to preschool and I feel like everyday I pick her up, thankfully at noon! She seems older and wiser. Part of it makes me so happy because I love seeing her develop, but truthfully another part of me feels scared. Have I cherished the moments enough?? Have I been present enough? Have I enjoyed it enough?!? This is a good reminder to do just that!</div>
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Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-86938218036628008622013-01-08T18:45:00.000-08:002013-01-08T18:59:39.590-08:00Catching upSo, I don't normally make New Year's resolutions but I did make one this year...to catch up on my blog. I have been writing posts on my phone for months and life has felt too crazy to actually get it up on my blog. So I am commiting to get these posts up in the next couple weeks. I'm ok if the only people who ever read it is my mom and my hubs. I think its therapeutic and I hope I will look back years from now and cherish these little memories. Here's to catching up!<br />
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Lots of LoveLauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-2531776146097931512012-07-08T17:47:00.001-07:002012-07-08T17:47:52.130-07:00Hero<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We have had a wonderful June full of vacation, our 8th wedding anniversary, and JD's 3rd birthday! I will catch up on all those posts, eventually.<br />
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We also had a sad sad day when we lost our sweet dog Hero.<br />
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Tears our pouring down my face as I write this. If you have a dog you know how much they become a part of your family and our house feels really empty without him.<br />
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He started out as Jon's dog! Just him and Jon. Jon actually rescued him from a shelter just in time. I truly believe in so many ways Hero rescued Jon. Jon and Hero faced some of Jon's darkest days together and Hero was a faithful and loyal friend. He was there licking Jon's tears and listening intently. You know the way, with their head cocked sideways and ears perked, hanging on every word!<br />
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When Jon and I got married, I totally cramped Hero's style. He suddenly had to sleep on the floor on a dog bed instead of in bed with Jon. He took a while to come around and forgive me.<br />
I used to tell him to do something or call him and he would just stare at me with that look like who do you think you are?!?! He eventually decided I was here to stay and truly became our family dog.<br />
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Hero was the first to greet our babies when they came home from the hospital. I will admit when Taylor was born I had huge anxiety all the way home about how he would react to the new baby. He jumped up on our bed gave her one good sniff and that was that. They were instant friends! He used to sit by her pack in play when she was a newborn and alert me to every noise she made.<br />
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When JD came home we had given him 14 months to get used to babies being around so when JD came home Hero just gave him one solid wet lick on his newborn head. I guess that sealed the deal. They were buds from that point on. Plus, he finally figured out by now that babies drop tons of food all over the floor, so he decided they weren't so bad after all.<br />
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Hero really did have a full full life and he was up to his regular sandwich stealing antics right up to a couple weeks ago.<br />
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I will miss his million nudges a day to go in and out the back door and he always seemed to be laying right in your path where we would always trip over him. I will miss the way he would sit at the top of he stairs waiting for Jon to get home. He would sleep there all night if Jon was out of town protecting me and the kids. He was so loyal. He made me feel safe.<br />
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It is hard to say out loud and admit but we did feel like we failed him the last few years. We were so wrapped up in the kids we took him for granted. Our hearts are heavier because of this. <br />
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Hero developed bone cancer and it was deteriorating his spine causing him to no longer walk and causing him to be in tons of pain. Jon pretty much carried him everywhere the last week of his life. Once we realized how bad off he was and how much he was hurting we felt the best thing for him was to let him go. It was the hardest decision and we still feel unsure about it. Of course we wanted Hero to be with us as long as possible but we also loved him so much and never wanted him to experience so much pain. It feels gut wrenching because as animals they have no say. You make every decision for them and they can't tell you how they are feeling.<br />
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Taylor walked in from a nap in the midst of us having to make a horrible decision and we were pretty wrecked. We talked the kids through what was happening. Taylor being four totally grasped it right away and was pretty devastated. She made him a sweet picture of our family which of course included both Hero and JR ( our Jack Russell Terrier) and laid it on his paws telling him how much she loved him and what a sweet boy he was. A couple times throughout the day she would warn us saying "I think I am going to get really sad again". We talked lots about how it's ok to be sad and it just means we loved Hero so much. We told her we could reminisce about funny stories and mischievous things Hero did whenever we missed him. She clarified before she went to bed that "Hero won't be here in the morning ever again, right mom??" We assured her his back wasn't hurting anymore and that made her feel better.<br />
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JD did not understand until we got to the car and Hero wasn't with us. JD kissed him lots and told him goodbye at the vet so we thought he got it. But, we got in the car and Jon came back without Hero he sobbed the whole way home because Hero wasn't with him and he needed to give him more kisses.<br />
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JR our little Jack Russell is a lost little soul. He spent the first couple days looking for Hero. They were a mismatched couple but they were best buddies. JR has never known life without Hero and we are just hoping he is ok. For now he is sticking really close to us. Pretty much following us everywhere.<br />
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This experience has been such a heartache and I am so thankful we have our little family to love on each other as we go through this. I keep thinking it will start to feel normal at some point. But, even this morning quite a few days later our house feels off. Eerily quiet. It makes me sad.<br />
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We are going to miss our big red dog, our grumpy old man, our rut row. So glad we loved him and he loved us!<br />
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Thank you God for teaching us things we could have only experienced through our loyal, faithful, furry friend.<br />
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Much Puppy LoveLauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614927941197043570.post-83876527307057711372012-05-17T19:29:00.000-07:002012-05-17T19:29:53.277-07:00Happy 4th Sweet Tay Tay<br />
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I don't even really know how we got here. It is baffling to Jon and I that Taylor is already 4! There is such joy in watching her mature but Jon and I both get a little sad when she acts and looks so grown up.<br />
She is so much fun right now and often on the weekends when Jon and I run separate errands we "fight" over who gets to take Tay. Her heart is so sweet and she loves taking care of her brother, younger cousins, younger friends, and thankfully still baby dolls. <br />
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She is so smart and cracks us up pretty much daily. She really is a daddy's girl which I LOVE beyond measure. She often goes through the day pointing out things Daddy would like or appreciate and anytime she hears the beep of the door goes running full speed to greet him with wide open arms. I tell her almost daily the only boys she can love for a very long time are Daddy and brother. <br />
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She pretty much just loves life!<br />
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We decided when our kids were born 14 months apart that we would alternate years they get to have a birthday party. So on odd years 1,3, 5... They get a party with friends and family. On even years we have family dinner and they get to spend the day alone with Jon and I doing whatever they would like. It has worked out great so far.<br />
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This year Taylor decided she wanted her family dinner to be yellow. I don't think she really understands themes yet. So I went full force looking for yellow and pink party/dinner ideas.<br />
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I think we did pretty good!<br />
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She was over the moon and was so sweet to thank us all day for each detail of her dinner. It really made all the work so WORTH it. She was precious as we were setting up and buying things. She really did love it all and exuberantly expressed it.<br />
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I found a lemonade cake on Pinterest. It is up on my recipe board and it is delicious if you wanna try it!<br />
Jon was skeptical about me making the cake because I am not the best baker. I actually don't even have a mixer. I had to borrow one from my sister in law. Thankfully she lives super close!!<br />
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For Taylor's 2nd birthday I tried to make a monkey shaped cake. I was up till 4am. I had to trash two cakes because the kept collapsing and I spent way too much money failing. I ended up going to Publix the next morning as soon as they opened. They made me a perfect monkey in 30 minutes for $20 bucks. So that day I vowed I would cook and keep the baking to the professionals...until this year!<br />
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I really wanted her cake to be homemade. It ended up turning out great and I was so proud of it. When Tay woke up from her nap I opened up the fridge to present her cake and she was ecstatic. Her face and excitement was too cute.<br />
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When the family arrived Tay had a lemonade stand set up to greet them and give them a drink of lemonade with raspberry ice cubes. She has been asking to have a lemonade stand for awhile and I didn't really want her passing out lemonade to strangers so this seemed like the next best option. She took her job very seriously.<br />
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We all hung in the back yard. Jon grilled. We ate, talked, laughed. Well, the family did! Jon and I always feel like we end up barely talking to anyone because we are running around keeping things moving. We are a good team that way though!<br />
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Tay got so many fun presents! Our family was overly generous. <br />
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Jon and I were super excited to get her a big girl bike. She was so excited to get it!!<br />
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Of course Jon couldn't have her cruising the neighborhood on any old bike. She got a custom paint job and he had her name pinstriped on it!<br />
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The next day JD stayed with Nana and PawPop while Tay, Jon, and I headed to the beach with her new Paddleboard my parents got for her. My dad actually hand carved her a paddle just her size!<br />
We ate lunch at a marina and just enjoyed one on one time with our very big girl! It is amazing how different our kids are when they are on their own. It is a nice change of pace sometimes.<br />
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All in all I think birthday number 4 was a big success! Caron, Jon's mom, said she had never seen any one enjoy their own party as much as Tay did. That made us feel really great.<br />
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Lots of Birthday Love!Lauren Lovelesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11770244275902489611noreply@blogger.com1