Just Because

Finally, a non-skanky, clever music video. Motivational, funny, and good for most ages....from a pop-star....who'd of thunk!? Props to Katy Perry for not succumbing to trash that other stars have become.

Happy Friday!

Valentine's Day Workout: #8

Is it just me, or is 2013 already flying by? I really don't want March to come around... cause I really don't want to turn another year older....the older I get, the faster time seems to go!

In any rate, since I don't control time, I put together a kick a** workout for you, just in time for Valentine's Day. I taught it last night, and even had a participant ask if she could take a picture of the work out so she could do it again - so I've posted here for you, in case you want to get some BLT in your diet ;) 

*PS, on Superset #4, do the flutter kicks/supermans 5X each, alternating from the flutter kicks, to the superman to really make your cheeks burn :)

Do you have any exercises or workouts that really kick your rear that you'd like to share? I'm always looking for something new and exciting! Leave a comment!

InstaFriday - Snow Edition

The week has flown by once again! I'm not sure how it's possible that work can feel like each second takes a whole minute to pass, but the rest of the week flies by so fast!

I'm linking up with Life Rearranged again for InstaFriday, because Instagram seems to be the only way that I can document my week these days. How about a REAL camera, you ask? Way too much work ;) 

So here we go. Starting with 20+ inches of snow over the weekend. Sometimes this California Girl doesn't want to shovel snow all day long. But Kona sure likes it. 

PS - pretend like you don't see pumpkins on the front porch, I promise they aren't from Halloween ;) And no, I didn't carve them so they aren't soggy. 

Tilt your head to the left for this one. It's our pretty icicles! 

The rest of the weekend was spent snuggling by the fire, watching movies, and staying warm.

I also got around to making some new ornaments for our tree! Which didn't turn out as cute as I hoped they would, but at least there is something homemade on the tree now.

And I finally finished adding our names to our stockings! (which, are for sale on Etsy! purple, red, multi colored like this one, and green!)

We had our super fun work Christmas party on Wednesday, so I baked some of the world's best chocolate chip cookies (with dark chocolate mmmm!) 

After getting frustrated with not having enough scarves that I liked, I finally whipped out the sewing machine and turned some of them into infinity scarves, and I like them SO much better now! I feel like back in the day, the cool thing was to have a really SUPER long scarf, and now that's so not the cool thing. So boom. New scarves, for free.

And finally, where would I be without Pinterest to spark some outfit ideas? I love when I end up with an outfit that's super cute, and then the only place I go during the day is to work, where no one cares. Boo. But I'm sharing it here today, because most of you will obviously think OMG what a cute outfit! Just humor me. And sorry for the poor quality picture.  

And last, but certainly not least in my book, are some ah-freakin-dorable pictures of Kona. Cause she's cute. 

My parents and their puppies are coming out to AZ tomorrow! We're celebrating Christmas on Sunday with my In-law's and my parents at our house - which is going to be a blast. So, I probably won't be posting anything next week, but I'll be sure to update you on the Christmas festivities as soon as we return. 

Merry Christmas, ya'll! 

InstaFriday - Fall Edition

What's been going on around here...? A LOT.

Hunting is over... for the most part, I'm so excited to have my Hubby home on the weekends!

Fall has officially fallen upon us in the form of a chance of snow...WHAT? We'll see if that happens.

So here goes, a week of Instagramed photos, and some non-Instagrammed photos.

Enjoy!

Linking up with:

It was literally, that exciting!

 Kona's idea of camping.

Death to a necklace via being strangled by the emergency break handle in the car. 

Kona's first Pup Cup from Dairy Queen - take your puppy, they will thank you!

Kona and Sam cuddling on the couch, it's been cold here lately, so cuddling is a must. 

This is the view from our front porch, we have...11 aspen trees, I think, and they are all turning beautiful shades of gold, yellow, and orange.

Our lone pumpkin. He needs friends. 

Sam and I went out to our fav bar in town... actually, it's the place that we were first introduced - Thanks Bethany! We were asked to help teach some of our friends how to country two-step, so we went out at 7:00pm, ouch that's late, and boot-scoot-n-boogied!

And tonight we had our first fire in our first fireplace in our first home! It was romantic, we drank tea, and made iced pumpkin spice cookies - yum!

Happy Friday ya'll!

If you're in the Flagstaff area, check out the NAU Ice Jacks play against ASU tonight at 8:00pm at the Jay Lively Sports Arena! 

And if you're interested in hearing more about Sam's big hunt, click HERE.

InstaFriday - Kona Style

Welcome to InstaFriday! It's a collection of cell phone pictures from the week!

This morning Kona was all sorts of cuddly, wanting to be right in my lap while I was eating my oatmeal. So we had a little photo session - obviously she was very excited about it.

Last weekend, Sam was hunting, so Kona and I took a date together down to the Route 66 Car Show! 

It was super hot, so we shared a yummy, fresh squeezed lemonade!  

And since Sam was gone, and we had nothing better to do, I created this pretty wreath! Click the picture to see the original idea.

Here's how mine turned out! I really like it! It's now for sale too! So stop by the Etsy store if you're interested!

And if you've been reading Floral + Ivory for the last week, you've seen the whole post dedicated to this picture. I'm pretty proud how it turned out. And I'll be trying to rearrange the mantel this weekend to make it more cohesive rather than a compilation of every single vase and candle stick I own.

A super duper gift from Hubby! It's a 1950's (+/- 3 years) White Rotary sewing machine that can handle sewing through canvas and other tough materials! Yay! It's exciting to try my hand at new things, and this will be definitely be a challenge!

Cold weather is upon us here in Flagstaff!.... I'm not sure how excited I am about this. But I did get to bust out a super cute sweater vest for work yesterday!

And because it's so chilly in my house, I whipped up some yummy warm oatmeal for breakfast this morning to keep the chill away. A little bit of brown sugar, cinnamon, maple syrup, and chopped apples!

I'm linking Floral + Ivory up with Jeanette from Life Rearranged, so hop over to her blog after you check out the rest of our week!

InstaFriday

1. Kona hard at work.

2. New pillow made by yours truly - for sale on Floral and Ivory @Etsy (Starting tomorrow!)

3. Devil's Bridge with the lovely Miss Ashley.

4. Pretty new shirt.

5. My first BirchBox!

6. The inside of the BirchBox!

Don't forget! Tomorrow is the Grand Opening of Floral and Ivory on Etsy, so come check it out:

www.etsy.com/floralandivory 

I'm linking Floral and Ivory with Life Rearranged today!