Hiii! Happy Friday! What are you doing this weekend? We have a fun NCL event and then we’re off to Vegas for a night! Last time we picked up the girls, P was a baby and Liv was preschool, so they don’t really remember it. While not exactly a *kids place*, there are plenty of fun things for kids to do. I’m excited to take them to Omega Mart, see a show, and introduce them to the glory of the Wynn buffet. I’d love to hear what’s going on!
(a rat in the garden)
It’s time for our weekly Friday Faves roundup! Here I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love to hear about your favorites too, so please shout out something you like in the comments section below.
4.24 Friday’s Faves
Fashion, Beauty, Random:
The latest Vivrelle delivery it’s heeere and it’s a beauty. I had to pick it up at a UPS location because I was on call when they tried to deliver it, but it was worth the wait. If you wanted to try itit’s an amazing opportunity to borrow luxury handbags and jewelry, try new brands and enjoy the experience. Just complete a short application here and use GINAHARNEY for your first month free. I hope you love it as much as I do!
Special delivery from OneSkin. I use OneSkin products every day and can’t wait to try their new ones tinted lip protection (has SPF as well as their OS-01 peptide) and their overnight mask it’s one of my staples. Check it out here!
Pool day with the pilot. When he’s home, we usually try to get things done around the house and just get through the weekly school/sports/home juggernaut. I had an open block on my schedule and wanted to ditch the responsibilities and hang out at the pool for a few hours. It was EVERYTHING. We shared some fruit with Tajin and chamoy, and just enjoyed the fresh air and sunshine (the weather was perfect) and some time hanging out.
On a personal note, I had some rough news this week. I am celebrating three years since my major autoimmune flare-ups and two years symptom-free and negative Lupus markers. I went for my annual physical and blood work about a week ago, and this week I got the results back. My lupus markers (ANA and dsDNA) are positive again. *cries on the autoimmune roller coaster*
My PCP and I are both confused because I have none of the symptoms I had originally and I have worked SO hard to detox, repair and heal my body. He said he wants to try again in 6 months and we will decide the next steps from there. He doesn’t feel it’s urgent because I have no symptoms and he also said it’s possible for healthy people to have a positive ANA.
Something is triggering my immune system and I think it’s the mold we found in the bathroom. It is very bad and our bathroom is connected to our bedroom without a door. :/ We have a call with the mold company to go over our results – bathroom mold is the most dangerous type of mold on the mold scale – and then come up with a plan.
I think I handled it all pretty well, even though I was pretty annoyed with the results. The pilot brought home a bouquet of flowers and a lovely arrangement of succulents to cheer me up.
I’ve gone negative once, I just have to do it again. I know mold is an obstacle and while it will be extremely expensive to get rid of, it will be worth it. I’ll write a full post soon and share more details and my plan of action, but probably won’t do a ton until the mold is gone. (Also, it’s worth mentioning here that I haven’t done the Shark tutorial yet because I hate being in our bathroom more than I need to! I’m going to take it with me to a hotel so I can finally film it because I’m still obsessed with it and I really want to post a great tutorial here.)
Study with Maisey for chord re-auditions:
Read, watch, listen:
I’m still reading this and I can already tell I’ll have a huge book when it’s finished. What are you reading right now? Please share the goods!
New Oh She Glows Cookbook! I met Angela through the blogging world – we started our blogs at the same time – and it’s been so cool to see all she’s accomplished with her blog and beautiful plant-based recipes. We had dinner once in the first few days, and it was absolutely wonderful. everything you would expect. I am so excited to add some of them in our meal plan next week.
Fitness, health and good nutrition:
These salmon bowls were so good and easy: I just cooked rice in the Instant Pot, salmon in the air fryer (with paprika, garlic, salt, pepper and chili flakes, a squeeze of lemon when it was done cooking), a Greek salad (just cucumber, tomato, avocado, red onion, scallion, feveolita oil, salt and pepper) and some dairy-free tzatziki from Trader Joe’s.
High quantity recipes with few calories.
He did a Sculpt Society training earlier this week it was perfection. It wasn’t cardio and just a lot of strength work.
Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! Have a great weekend and see you soon!
xoxo
Gina
