{"id":135377,"date":"2026-04-24T14:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/?p=135377"},"modified":"2026-04-25T00:44:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:44:58","slug":"4-24-friday-faves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yorbestlife.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/4-24-friday-faves\/","title":{"rendered":"4.24 Friday Faves"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hiiii! Happy Friday! What are you up to this weekend? We have a fun NCL event and then we\u2019re headed off to Vegas for a night! The last time we took the girls, P was a baby and Liv was a preschooler, so they don\u2019t really remember it. While it\u2019s not exactly a *kid place,* there is a lot of fun stuff for kids to do. I\u2019m excited to take them to Omega Mart, see a show, and introduce them to the glory of the Wynn buffet. I\u2019d love to hear what you have going on!<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s time for the weekly Friday Faves roundup! This is where I share some of my favorite finds from the week and around the web. I always love hearing about your faves, too, so please shout out something you\u2019re loving in the comments section below.<\/p>\n

4.24 Friday Faves<\/h2>\n

Fashion, beauty, random:<\/h3>\n

The latest Vivrelle delivery<\/a> is heeere and she\u2019s a beauty. I had to pick it up from a UPS point because I was on a call when they tried to deliver it, but it was worth the wait. If you\u2019ve been wanting to try it<\/a>, it\u2019s an amazing opportunity to borrow luxury handbags and jewelry, try new brands, and enjoy the experience. Just fill out a short application here<\/a> and use GINAHARNEY for your first month free. I hope you love it as much as I do!<\/p>\n

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Special delivery from OneSkin<\/a>. I use OneSkin products every day and can\u2019t wait to try their new tinted lip protect<\/a> (it has SPF as well as their OS-01 peptide) and their overnight mask<\/a> is one of my staples. Check it out here!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Pool day with the Pilot. When he\u2019s home, we\u2019re usually trying to get things done around the house and just make it through the weekly school\/sports\/homework scramble. I had an open block in my schedule and was like let\u2019s just ditch responsibilities and hang out at the pool for a couple of hours. It was EVERYTHING. We shared some fruit with Tajin and chamoy, and just enjoyed the fresh air and sun (the weather was perfect) and some time hanging out.<\/p>\n

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On a personal note, I had some kind of rough news this week.<\/strong> I\u2019ve been celebrating three years since my big autoimmune flares and two years symptom-free and negative Lupus markers. I went in for my annual physical and bloodwork about a week ago, and this week I got the results back. My Lupus markers (ANA and dsDNA) are positive again. *cries in autoimmune roller coaster*<\/p>\n

My PCP and I are both perplexed because I don\u2019t have any of the symptoms I inititally had, and I worked SO hard to detox, rebalance, and heal my body. She said she wants to retest in 6 months, and from there we\u2019ll decide the next steps. She doesn\u2019t feel like it\u2019s an urgent thing because I\u2019m not having symptoms and she also said it is possible for healthy people to have positive ANA.<\/p>\n

Something is setting off my immune system, and I think it\u2019s the mold we found in the bathroom<\/strong>. It\u2019s pretty bad and our bathroom is attached to our bedroom without a door. :\/ We have a call with the mold company to go over our results \u2013 the mold in the bathroom is the most hazardous type of mold on the mold scale \u2013 and then figure out a plan.<\/p>\n

I think I handled it all pretty well, even though I was pretty annoyed with the results. The Pilot brought home a bouquet of flowers and a gorgeous succulent arrangement to cheer me up.<\/p>\n

I got myself to negative markers once<\/a>, I just have to do it again.<\/strong> I know the mold is an obstacle eand while it\u2019s going to be extremely expensive to get rid of it all, it will be worth it. I\u2019ll write a full post soon and share more details and my action plan, but I probably won\u2019t do a ton until the mold is gone. (Also worth mentioning here that I haven\u2019t done the Shark tutorial yet because I hate being our bathroom longer than I need to! I\u2019ll take it with me to a hotel so I can finally film it because I\u2019m still obsessed with it and really want to post a great tutorial here.)<\/p>\n

Studying with Maisey for symphony re-auditions:<\/p>\n

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Read, watch, listen:<\/h3>\n

I\u2019m still reading this<\/a> and can already tell I\u2019ll have a huge book hangover when it\u2019s over. What are you reading right now? Please share the goods!<\/p>\n

New Oh She Glows cookbook!<\/a> I was introduced to Angela through the blog world \u2013 we started our blogs aroung the same time \u2013 and it\u2019s been so cool to see everything she\u2019s accomplished with her blog and beautiful plant-based recipes. We had dinner once during the early days, and she\u2019s absolutely lovely; everything you would expect. I\u2019m so excited to add some of these to our meal plan next week.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Fitness, health, and good eats:<\/h3>\n

These salmon bowls were so good and easy: I just cooked rice in the Instant Pot, salmon in the air fryer (with paprika, garlic, salt, pepper, and chili flakes, squeezed lemon on it when it was done cooking), a Greek salad (just cucumber, tomato, avocado, red onion, feta, seasoned with lemon juice, red wine vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper), and some dairy-free tzatziki from Trader Joe\u2019s.<\/p>\n

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High volume low calorie recipes.<\/a><\/p>\n

Did a Sculpt Society workout<\/a> earlier this week that was perfection. It was no cardio and just lots of burn-y barre-esque strength work.<\/p>\n

Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today! Have an amazing weekend and I\u2019ll see ya soon!<\/p>\n

xoxo<\/p>\n

Gina<\/p>\n

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