Wow!

This week has kind of felt like a whirlwind because I feel like I was trying to fit 5 days of work into 3 days so that I could work longer hours yesterday and most importantly because my mom is coming to visit…TODAY!

I am beyond excited to show her my new home 🙂

Here is what our agenda looks like so far:

• Get coffee at Thump
• Check out the 16th Street Mall and REI
• Visit the Botanical Gardens to see the Chihuly exhibit
• Hike the Flatirons
• Walk through Cheesman Park
• Watch some movies and maybe eat ice cream 🙂

I can’t believe that we have been living here for over two months now.  Crazy.  But I think it’s the perfect time for Mom to come check things out.

I hope you all have wonderful plans this weekend too!!

Now, onto some Five Things Friday thanks to the fabulous Clare at Fitting it All In:

Five Things I Ate:

• I roasted my first acorn squash of the season!  SO yummy 🙂

I filled it with a little quinoa, organic chicken, black beans, cumin, salt, pepper, and garlic and I enjoyed every bite!! Served with roasted veggies on the side 🙂

• This amazing lunch salad of greens, beets, celery, carrot, organic chicken, leftover roasted vegetables, avocado, and microgreens all topped with a dijon and vinegar mixture.  I want another 🙂

• Love Grown Hot Oats…such an easy on-the-go breakfast.

• A new recipe I just perfected…Butternut Squash Vegetarian Chili.  It’s so good and I can’t wait to share the recipe with you!

• Sweet potato soup.  Seriously the easiest thing ever! Just sweet potatoes, vegetable broth, and almond milk with a little chipotle, salt, and pepper 🙂 So fally tasting!

Five Workouts I Did:

• Barre
• Taught Boot Camp

That would be my “group fitness selfie” 🙂  haha!

• Taught Cardio HIIT
• Yoga
• An at-home barre workout Gina (the Fitnessista) and from Popsugar! Definitely check these workouts out if you are short on time!

Five Things Making Me Happy:

• My mom being in town! I am SO excited 🙂
• Being done with my midterm! Seriously, it feels like a weight lifted off my shoulders.
• Our first rehearsal for Holiday Party Singers is this coming Monday, so in my spare time when I’m not studying, creating a workout, cooking, or hanging out with Brian I have holiday tunes on the brain.
• Kitchen success!  I feel like recently I’ve had a lot of success in the kitchen, which is always a good feeling.  I’m loving the new season and palette of ingredients I can work with, so I’m just kind of going with it!
• Halloween! I was kind of worried Brian and I wouldn’t have any plans, but he just told me that we are invited to a friend’s Halloween party…now we kind of need to scramble for costume ideas!  Suggestions anyone!?

Posts I Have Loved:

• Favorite No-Equipment, At-Home Workouts via Housewife Glamour
• Quinoa Cakes with Tuna via The Lean Green Bean
• Slow Cooker Greek Chicken Soup via The Fitnessista
• Le Tote the Netflix of Fashion via Skinny Sometimes
• Candy Corn White Chocolate Blondies via Averie Cooks
• 15 Min CardYoga Sequence via Live and Diet in LA
• Chocolate Chip Coconut Pumpkin Bread via Cotter Crunch
• Charred Green Beans with Garlic and Pomegranate via The Healthy Maven
• Cranberry Apple Cinnamon Oats via Peanut Butter Runner
• 10 Plant Based Proteins You Should Be Eating via Nutrition Stripped
• Should You Eat When You’re Not Hungry? via The Real Life RD
• Dear Jennifer Lawrence:  Eating Disorders are not a Choice via Fitting it all In

Have a great weekend!!

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• Share something about your week 🙂  Can’t wait to read!