4.24 Friday Faves

Hiiii! Completely happy Friday! What are you as much as this weekend? We now have 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, in order that they don’t actually bear in mind it. Whereas it’s not precisely a *child place,* there’s a number 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 could have occurring!

(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 net. I all the time love listening to about your faves, too, so please shout out one thing you’re loving within the feedback part under.

Trend, magnificence, random:

The newest Vivrelle delivery is heeere and she or he’s a magnificence. I needed to choose it up from a UPS level as a result of I used to be on a name after they tried to ship it, however it was well 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 to your first month free. I hope you find it irresistible as a lot as I do!

Special delivery from OneSkin. I take advantage of OneSkin merchandise day-after-day and might’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 executed round the home and simply make it by way of the weekly faculty/sports activities/homework scramble. I had an open block in my schedule and was like let’s simply ditch obligations 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 contemporary air and solar (the climate was excellent) and a while hanging out.

On a private notice, I had some type of tough information this week. I’ve been celebrating three years since my large autoimmune flares and two years symptom-free and unfavorable Lupus markers. I went in for my annual bodily and bloodwork a couple of week in the past, and this week I received 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 arduous to detox, rebalance, and heal my physique. She mentioned she needs 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 folks to have optimistic ANA.

One thing is setting off my immune system, and I believe it’s the mould we discovered within the rest room. It’s fairly unhealthy and our rest room is connected to our bed room with no door. :/ We now have a name with the mould firm to go over our outcomes – the mould within the rest room is essentially the most hazardous sort of mould on the mould scale – after which work out a plan.

I believe 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 beautiful succulent association to cheer me up.

I got myself to negative markers once, I simply should do it once more. I do know the mould is an impediment eand whereas it’s going to be extraordinarily costly to do away with all of it, it will likely be value it. I’ll write a full put up quickly and share extra particulars and my motion plan, however I most likely gained’t do a ton till the mould is gone. (Additionally value mentioning right here that I haven’t executed the Shark tutorial but as a result of I hate being our rest room longer than I must! 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 might 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 by way of the weblog world – we began our blogs aroung the identical time – and it’s been so cool to see all the pieces she’s completed together with her weblog and delightful plant-based recipes. We had dinner as soon as in the course of the early days, and she or he’s completely beautiful; all the pieces 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 have been so good and simple: I simply cooked rice within the On the spot Pot, salmon within the air fryer (with paprika, garlic, salt, pepper, and chili flakes, squeezed lemon on it when it was executed 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.