Happy Memorial Day long weekend to those in the U.S.! I always love the long Labor Day/ Memorial Day weekends because it's 3 days off without actual "holiday plans", i.e. it's just 3 days OFF. Yay! I wrapped up work just a little early on Friday; I think I logged off around 4:15-4:30. I noticed… Continue reading Friday cleaning, teens + messy rooms, long weekend, CLOTHES
First of all, we officially have a SENIOR in high school now. Ethan just finished his junior year on Wednesday and I can't believe it. I didn't manage to snag a pic of him on Wednesday to commemorate his "last day" (which was actually just a make-up AP test from the week before, because he… Continue reading On to senior year and moving update
*This post is part of my “passion project” travel series where I’m slowly going back to recap our family trips from pre-blog days.* Day 4- Monday, June 19, 2017: Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore On Monday we had a big day ahead of us- both Crazy Horse AND Mount Rushmore, two of the Black Hills'… Continue reading South Dakota Part 2: Crazy Horse, Mt. Rushmore, Custer State Park + Deadwood
Hi, sorry to drop off for 3 days in the middle of my own blogging challenge! 😆 These last few days ended up being quite a whirlwind of activities, highs and lows, and an emotional rollercoaster. My mom was here since last Tuesday, and my dad arrived Friday. Ethan had Conference tennis both Friday and… Continue reading Fall 7 times, stand up 8: more soda talk
I listed as a "fun goal" for May to walk to the new(ish) coffee shop by my house on a nice day and work there for a while. It's literally a <10 minute walk! Well, today was the day. My mom wanted to go for a walk and I had about 1 hour 15 minutes… Continue reading A May fun goal ✅
I'm a bit preoccupied this week because my mom is here! She got here last night. First though, I had a fun work lunch out yesterday at Forage Kitchen with my boss + our whole RN team (so in my department, that's me + 4 other nurses + my boss, who is also a nurse).… Continue reading Mom visit + a big disappointment
One of my goals for 2026 was to go to church a bit more often. I think my official goal was 26x in 2026 (average twice a month). As one does, I started out the year pretty strong with several church visits in the first month or so. Then, as one also does, I petered… Continue reading I made a new friend/ divine intervention? 🙂
Darn it, broke my blogging streak yesterday. I have no excuse besides that I was just doing other things and kept saying "I'll do it later". But then later kept getting later and then we ended up watching a movie last night - Remarkably Bright Creatures!!, on Netflix- and, well, clearly, I never posted. I… Continue reading Oops, okay, this time I did forget to post
9:30 p.m. still counts! 🙂 I just sat down for the first time since I finished working at 5:30. I had a very thrilling Friday night around here. Ivan is away tonight with a friend, Ethan is away overnight for tennis, and Asher had golf, then work. He should be home soon. I decided to… Continue reading I didn’t forget to post 🙂
*This post is part of my "passion project" series where I'm slowly going back to recap our old family trips (pre-blog). I never made photo books or anything so this is my way of going back and documenting these fun times! I also just really enjoy doing this, as a hobby. 🙂 Also, blog friend… Continue reading South Dakota! Part 1: Mitchell Corn Palace, the Badlands, Wall Drug and arrival to the Black Hills
GRATEFUL KAE 