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8 miles on the schedule for today. Sunny and a real feel of 95° means that happened in the lovely mountains of Argentina. 😅

That long of a treadmill run is...not fun. But it got done and I'm only mostly dead.

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Local greenhouse had a sale this morning - all remaining veggie plants were just $1! So now I have two more hot peppers and a mini watermelon in my lil garden. ☺️

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Good to know one of the U.S. President's main influencers on national security policy is calling for actual genocide (65 mil is the total Latino population of the U.S.)

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The photographer we used last year (and loved!) moved to Florida this month (☹️) and I was not looking forward to searching all over again. But! She's coming back for a few weekends of mini sessions in the fall! You best bet I booked that shit right away - it even worked out with our travel/football schedules. I'm so excited. 😁

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Had an impromptu date night adventure including some fancy-ass (and tasty) cocktails and a slice of pizza the size of my face (not pictured).

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At the beginning of this year I started going to a weekly BodyPump class, following several years of precious little strength training. I could watch parts of the class when id run on the track at my gym - it looked like fun, usually has good music, and seemed like a good way to add some variety.

I did not realize how much of a difference it would make. (Slight weight talk under the cut, mostly just a novel)

Ive done a few 7 mile runs this summer. Historically, a 90+ minute run would leave me dead for the day and probably at least one after, hobbling around the house, etc. Yesterday, we went out to dinner right after I finished my run, and I did a couple more miles this morning. Like, obviously there's some fatigue and I'm not feeling fresh, but it feels less like I've damaged my muscles?

Losing weight is not a primary goal right now, but through 2024 there had been a slight upward trajectory on the scale for...quite some time. Like, several years. In 2025 it's been consistently trending downward, albeit Very gradually. (There are a couple of variables i can blame that on, but i have to imagine the training is one of them)(my doctor will be so proud 🙄)

And I just feel stronger. Which, duh, but it's cool.

I have never been good at writing or really even following lifting routines, and if I'm in the weight room by myself I'll go lighter than I probably should, and it just seems kinda boring so it just doesn't happen. This has me on a schedule, calls for lighter weight (with a Ton of reps), I just have to follow along with the instructor and it changes every few weeks.

Which is all to say, loving my BodyPump routine, highly recommend.

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Adulting 1 - scheduled an inspection/quote for trimming the trees in our yard

Adulting 2 - saw they were running a promo, reached out to see if it applied to existing quotes (it did! Saved like $400!)

Adulting 3 - had trees trimmed

Adulting 4 - realized branch was uncomfortably close to power line still, so ACTUALLY CALLED THE PEOPLE! So they're gonna have someone come look at it and do some more pruning as needed.

I need you to know this whole process started in October so I have dragged my feet on every step of the adulting process, but it's getting done and that's what really counts.

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I just had a successful round of Swimsuit Shopping 🤯 Just in time for a 90° cabin weekend.

I have a handful of bottoms that I like the fit of, but tops with decent coverage and even moderate support (for less than like $70) has proven to be a struggle. Last summer I used a sports bra, but the pool water isn't nice to that elastic.

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Skin cancer screening complete - no concerning moles! ✌️

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Now dealing with these oh so useful gutter guards. ✌️

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Messed up the timing on my longest run for 2025 so far, such that I finished it at like 11:30. Summer sun is summering. 😅

Rinsed off my head with the garden hose when I got home and that felt way better than it should have.

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girl help they are making me do my job at work

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Anniversary dinner - 13 years. ❤️

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aioli is such a fabulous word it's not every day you see vowels doing so much legwork

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Spent a couple hours this morning at a trash pick up event with friends - we were assigned a site on the bay shore so we had beach/bog/rocks. And in just under 2 hours picked up 17(!) Pounds of trash! Plus a bunch of lumber that wasn't supposed to be out there!