4.24 Friday Faves

Hiiii! Comfortable 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 ladies, 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 lots 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 will 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 internet. I all the time 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 newest Vivrelle delivery is heeere and he or she’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 an incredible 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 like it as a lot as I do!

Special delivery from OneSkin. I take advantage of OneSkin merchandise day by 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 normally making an attempt to get issues performed 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 duties 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 excellent) and a while hanging out.

On a private be aware, 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 adverse 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 constructive 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 onerous to detox, rebalance, and heal my physique. She mentioned she desires to retest in 6 months, and from there we’ll determine the following steps. She doesn’t really feel prefer it’s an pressing factor as a result of I’m not having signs and he or she additionally mentioned it’s potential for wholesome folks to have constructive ANA.

One thing is setting off my immune system, and I feel it’s the mildew we discovered within the toilet. It’s fairly dangerous and our toilet is hooked up to our bed room with out a door. :/ We’ve got a name with the mildew firm to go over our outcomes – the mildew within the toilet is probably the most hazardous sort of mildew on the mildew scale – after which determine a plan.

I feel I dealt with all of it fairly properly, despite the fact that 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 should do it once more. I do know the mildew is an impediment eand whereas it’s going to be extraordinarily costly to eliminate all of it, it will likely be value it. I’ll write a full submit quickly and share extra particulars and my motion plan, however I in all probability gained’t do a ton till the mildew is gone. (Additionally value mentioning right here that I haven’t performed the Shark tutorial but as a result of I hate being our toilet 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 need to submit 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 e-book 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 every little thing she’s achieved together with her weblog and delightful plant-based recipes. We had dinner as soon as in the course of the early days, and he or she’s completely pretty; every little thing you’d count on. 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 Prompt Pot, salmon within the air fryer (with paprika, garlic, salt, pepper, and chili flakes, squeezed lemon on it when it was performed cooking), a Greek salad (simply cucumber, tomato, avocado, crimson onion, feta, seasoned with lemon juice, crimson wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper), and a few dairy-free tzatziki from Dealer Joe’s.