4.24 Friday Faves

Hiiii! Glad Friday! What are you as much as this weekend? We’ve got a enjoyable NCL occasion after which we’re headed off to Vegas for an evening! The final time we took the women, P was a child and Liv was a preschooler, so that they don’t actually keep in mind it. Whereas it’s not precisely a *child place,* there’s a whole lot of enjoyable stuff for teenagers to do. I’m excited to take them to Omega Mart, see a present, and introduce them to the glory of the Wynn buffet. I’d love to listen to what you’ve happening!

(a rat within the backyard)

It’s time for the weekly Friday Faves roundup! That is the place I share a few of my favourite finds from the week and across the internet. I at all times love listening to about your faves, too, so please shout out one thing you’re loving within the feedback part beneath.

Style, magnificence, random:

The most recent Vivrelle delivery is heeere and she or he’s a magnificence. I needed to decide it up from a UPS level as a result of I used to be on a name once they tried to ship it, but it surely was definitely worth the wait. If you’ve been wanting to try it, it’s a tremendous alternative to borrow luxurious purses and jewellery, attempt new manufacturers, and benefit from the expertise. Simply fill out a short application here and use GINAHARNEY on your first month free. I hope you like it as a lot as I do!

Special delivery from OneSkin. I exploit OneSkin merchandise daily and may’t wait to attempt their new tinted lip protect (it has SPF in addition to their OS-01 peptide) and their overnight mask is one in every of my staples. Check it out here!

Pool day with the Pilot. When he’s dwelling, we’re often attempting to get issues carried out round the home and simply make it via the weekly college/sports activities/homework scramble. I had an open block in my schedule and was like let’s simply ditch tasks and hang around on the pool for a few hours. It was EVERYTHING. We shared some fruit with Tajin and chamoy, and simply loved the recent air and solar (the climate was good) and a while hanging out.

On a private be aware, I had some form of tough information this week. I’ve been celebrating three years since my huge autoimmune flares and two years symptom-free and detrimental Lupus markers. I went in for my annual bodily and bloodwork a few week in the past, and this week I bought the outcomes again. My Lupus markers (ANA and dsDNA) are optimistic once more. *cries in autoimmune curler coaster*

My PCP and I are each perplexed as a result of I don’t have any of the signs I inititally had, and I labored SO exhausting to detox, rebalance, and heal my physique. She mentioned she desires to retest in 6 months, and from there we’ll resolve the subsequent steps. She doesn’t really feel prefer it’s an pressing factor as a result of I’m not having signs and she or he additionally mentioned it’s doable for wholesome individuals to have optimistic ANA.

One thing is setting off my immune system, and I feel it’s the mould we discovered within the rest room. It’s fairly unhealthy and our rest room is hooked up to our bed room and not using a door. :/ We’ve got a name with the mould firm to go over our outcomes – the mould within the rest room is probably the most hazardous sort of mould on the mould scale – after which determine a plan.

I feel I dealt with all of it fairly properly, though I used to be fairly irritated with the outcomes. The Pilot introduced dwelling a bouquet of flowers and a stunning succulent association to cheer me up.

I got myself to negative markers once, I simply need to do it once more. I do know the mould is an impediment eand whereas it’s going to be extraordinarily costly to eliminate all of it, it is going to be price it. I’ll write a full put up quickly and share extra particulars and my motion plan, however I in all probability gained’t do a ton till the mould is gone. (Additionally price mentioning right here that I haven’t carried out the Shark tutorial but as a result of I hate being our rest room longer than I have to! I’ll take it with me to a resort so I can lastly movie it as a result of I’m nonetheless obsessive about it and actually wish to put up an amazing tutorial right here.)

Finding out with Maisey for symphony re-auditions:

Learn, watch, pay attention:

I’m still reading this and may already inform I’ll have an enormous guide hangover when it’s over. What are you studying proper now? Please share the products!

New Oh She Glows cookbook! I used to be launched to Angela via the weblog world – we began our blogs aroung the identical time – and it’s been so cool to see every part she’s achieved together with her weblog and exquisite plant-based recipes. We had dinner as soon as in the course of the early days, and she or he’s completely pretty; every part you’ll anticipate. I’m so excited so as to add some of these to our meal plan next week.

Health, well being, and good eats:

These salmon bowls had been so good and simple: I simply cooked rice within the Immediate Pot, salmon within the air fryer (with paprika, garlic, salt, pepper, and chili flakes, squeezed lemon on it when it was carried out cooking), a Greek salad (simply cucumber, tomato, avocado, purple onion, feta, seasoned with lemon juice, purple wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper), and a few dairy-free tzatziki from Dealer Joe’s.