Happy Friday! I hope everyone’s made it safely through this week. Highlights included a Hurricane Day, thanks to Idalia, a great game by the UCF Knights at their season opener, lots of things checked off the to-do list and a house project underway (more to come!). I’m so excited for the nice long weekend and looking forward to hanging with family. This week has absolutely flown by and it’s time for this week’s Fab Five Friday!
1. Rylee’s Dance Team Fundraiser
Ok, shameless plug here, because how dang cute is my girl, Rylee? She’s all in on dance this year, and is loving being a part of the prep competition team at her studio. She’s really doing amazing and loving it, and it’s making my heart so full and happy, because that was my sport as a kid. Her dance team is doing a fundraiser, starting today, through the weekend, to help raise money for competitions, choreographers and other awesome opportunities for her and her team. Check out her store today! We’d love and appreciate your support so much!
2. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
I’m still loving this book that the ladies and I reviewed at our book club meeting last Friday. If you saw my post from earlier this week, I talked about the book club I started, and our latest meeting to review The Nightingale. Such a powerful novel and Kristin Hannah is a great writer. Check out the post to learn more about the book and snag a downloadable copy of the questions we reviewed during book club.
3. This Hilarious Fantasy Football Draft Report Card from Yahoo
Did you know AI was funny? These recaps of our family fantasy football draft this past weekend were absolutely hilarious. They used our team names to tear our drafting skills to shreds and it was spot on. My Dad’s team name is The Beavers, and it said “The Beavers are better off gnawing wood than playing football this season.” We were dying laughing. So, so good!
4. Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones
The new gym that I recently joined is so loud, my apple airpods were just not cutting it. I’ve been training for my upcoming half marathon and using the treadmill a lot, and the acoustics up there with the music and HIIT classes going on is terrible. Especially when I like to zone out during long runs and listen to an audio book, it was so hard to focus and get in the zone. I brought these Bose headphones to the gym and it was like magic! And apparently, these over the ear headphones are super trendy. Everyone wears them to the gym now! And I know why. It really helps me focus on my workout instead of all the distractions. Highly recommend!
5. Gatorade Electrolyte Powder Packets
I think adding electrolytes to my day is going to be a routine for me now. We had these Gatorade powder packets in our pantry, left over from one of Brett’s work trips and he swears by them to keep him hydrated in the heat. I used one this am in my first 16oz glass for the day, in hopes to boost my hydration and replenish from the night. I’ve been getting terrible cramps when I run during this training, and was really desperate to try things to help. This was one of the things I wanted to introduce to my routine and for the first time since I started training, I had a great 45 min run with zero cramps. This plus a solid 10 minute stretch session before the run I think really helped. I’m going to keep going this route and hopefully have a great training season ahead of me!
Thanks for stopping by for this week’s recap of my top five fab highlights from the week. Enjoy the long weekend, you deserve it!
