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August 23, 2016 ·

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STAY HOME!

I don’t know how many times or ways it needs to be said or people need to be told.

Is it going to take someone close to you to be infected for you to get it?

If you just got back from vacation you should have gone straight home and not leave for 14 days for anything unless to a hospital if needed!

My worst fears of my family working the front lines have come to reality.

Today my mother who is 60 had to be tested for COVID-19.

She has been nowhere but work and home. If her test comes back positive this is because someone infected came into her work!

Her symptoms started on Thursday when she had to leave work due to a severe headache. That lasted for a few days. Then came the body aches. Then the cough. Then a fever was 103 this morning and she is sweating so much and shaking.

We just left the hospital where she was treated so well and was tested all in under 30 minutes.

Our whole house now has to quarantine and not leave for anything until her results come back.

In an instant we have lost all income to our home, our sense of security and now sit and worry about our health.

So if you think this won’t get you or someone you know think again.

STAY HOME!

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10 YEARS TOGETHER!

120 Months.
574 Weeks.
4018 Days.
96,432 Hours.
5,785,920 Minutes.
347,155,200 Seconds.

That is how long I have had my best friend by my side and I wouldn't change a single second of this time with you.

While this is not how either of us pictured our 10 year anniversary would be spent (in a state of emergency), it truly doesn’t matter how or where we celebrate as long as we are together.

I wouldn’t want to be stuck at home with anyone other than you babe!

I never knew I could love someone so deeply, and yet I love you more with each day that passes.

Thank you for showing me what true love is.

For showing our children how a man should treat a woman.

For being the best dad (and step-dad) to our kids.

I couldn't have asked for a better person to spend my life with, and I can't wait to make more memories with you and our family.

Today, tomorrow and always, I love you.

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Love & Chocolate Chip Cookies are helping me get through these days!

Today I created a loose printable schedule for Bella and I to help keep some sort of normalcy and keep me from drowning in the news.

If you need a little love in your life, look to your children. They are bursting with pure love every day!

If you don’t have children, looks to your spouse or call family and friends to just talk.

It is SO IMPORTANT during these rough days that we care for our mental health.

If you need some sweetness in your life, bake a batch of these chocolate chip cookies. This recipe made 60 cookies for me!

CHEWY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES RECIPE:

1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
1 1/4 cups packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
3 eggs
4 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 cups chocolate chips

Heat oven to 375°F.

In large bowl with electric mixer, beat granulated sugar, brown sugar and butter until light and fluffy.

Beat in vanilla and eggs until well blended.

Beat in flour, baking soda and salt.

Stir in chocolate chips.

On cookie sheets lined with parchment paper, drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls 2 inches apart.

Bake for 8 minutes or until light golden brown.

Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks.

Don’t forget to hit the SAVE button to have easy access to this recipe & feel free to share to your stories!

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🎉GIVEAWAY🎉

Before you all start commenting/messaging, NO I am not expecting!

I have partnered with Bump Boxes to share with you their amazing monthly pregnancy subscription box, and I thought it would be awesome to host giveaways for some of the boxes they send me!

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Please listen to our government and stop the mass panic buying and shelf clearing.

It isn’t doing any good and isn’t helping anyone but yourself.

Remember, other families need to eat too. You don’t need months supplies of food and toiletries.

Some families don’t have the privilege to shop whenever or stock up. They rely on payday to shop for food for their children and when they walk into grocery stores on Friday after work to empty shelves their kids will go hungry.

Not everyone has “extra” and many families only buy what they can afford each week to eat. When you clear shelves they are left with nothing.

The most vulnerable, the elderly, who can’t always get out whenever to shop, or have to wait until they get money, have to eat too to keep their immune systems up.

ALL BABIES need and deserve access to diapers, wipes, and formula if they are not breastfed. Do NOT buy baby wipes as an alternative to toilet paper as you are taking away from BABIES! You’re an adult, wipe your ass with a cloth if it comes down to it. Babies skin is much more sensitive to not so soft cloths!

PLEASE stop panic shopping. Let the grocery stores restock.

Also, packing into grocery stores like a can of sardines is no way to stop the spread of ANY illness. You are putting yourself (and others) at a greater risk by overpacking stores.

So for the last time, please practice NORMAL shopping habits!

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This time next week I will be waking up in my little slice of paradise - Cancun Mexico!

Every year Steve and I pack our bags for a week away from work, the kids and our regular lives.

We both work really hard all year long to be able to enjoy (and deserve) time away for just the two of us.

It’s a week for us to connect without all the normal daily distractions and is so healthy for our relationship.

We relax, go on new adventures and venture into the city to immerse ourselves in less touristy spots ... like last year when I hunted down the Olive Garden in Cancun which was inside a local mall. We were 2 of maybe 6 tourists in the whole mall.

This year we are switching things up a bit!

Since 2009 we always went to the same resort, but we felt we maxed it out. Last year we were the only ones with our level of bracelets, we had a butler and the works.

This year we will be staying at @paradisuscancun just a few doors down from our usual resort.

When we went to NYC in May/June we stayed at @innside_by_melia and really enjoyed our stay and decided we would look for a @meliahtlresorts in Cancun.

As always I will be sharing some of our vacation with y’all so stay tuned ... we fly out on Thursday!

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MOTIVATION MONDAY

That first picture was me three weeks ago.

I was always exhausted, extremely bloated, unhappy, depressed and dealing with daily migraines and body aches.

Three weeks ago I decided to take back my health, my sanity and my body.

I jumped full force into Keto with hopes of reducing me bulging belly, chubby face, constant migraines, body aches and my unhappiness.

One week into my Keto Journey I decided to implement intermittent fasting with the 16:8 method.

I eat my last meal of the day around 7:30 and fast from 8pm until noon the next day, only drinking water during my fasting hours.

Swipe for second picture.

That second picture is me two weeks into my Keto Journey.

Belly bloat had reduced a lot, my face was slimming, I was no longer napping 3-4 hours per day aka I had more energy, I was sleeping better, was happier and I hadn’t had a migraine since day 3.

Swipe for third photo.

That third photo is me this morning, week three on my Keto Journey.

The physical results speak for themselves. My body is slimming down!

I don’t know how much weight I’ve lost, as I said many times, this isn’t about a number on a scale for me, it’s about feeling better and being happy when I look in the mirror.

I haven’t had a migraine in weeks.

I haven’t napped in weeks.

I’m sleeping better.

I’m happier.

I have more energy.

My appetite has lessened - I no longer am overeating or binging.

And above all else, I feel happier when I look in the mirror.

I’ve had hundreds of DM’s asking so many questions and I’m spending time this week writing some blog posts about my journey and all the things I’m doing/eating in detail so stay tuned for those!

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If there’s one thing I love doing, it is experimenting with recipes.

Even before I started Keto I made Keto recipes, but since committing myself to Keto two weeks ago I’ve really been experimenting because now I am eating Keto daily.

My DM’s have been flooded with messages of encouragement and questions, and for those wondering what I’m eating and doing stay tuned as I’m planning a blog post with all the details!

Today my mom is off work and decided to bake COOKIES.

I decided to jump in before my mom started with her cookies to make myself some Keto peanut butter cookies and man are they good!

KETO PB COOKIE RECIPE

Ingredients:

2 cups natural PB
1 1/3 cup erythritol sweetener
2 large eggs

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 325.

Place all ingredients into a medium sized bowl and mix well.

Roll 1 TBSP into balls and push down with fork.

Bake for 20 minutes, then remove and let cool fully before enjoying!

You can also add in 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract if you’d like.

Each cookie is 2 net carbs.

Use the SAVE flag (right side under photo) to put it in your saved area for easy access!

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