We made it to the beach! Our family’s “recurring” destination (though not always every single year), Panama City Beach, Florida. We drove, per our usual tradition, even though it’s far from Wisconsin- about 16 hours plus stops! We left home Friday morning about 10 am. My sister, her family and my parents had headed out… Continue reading Dispatch from the beach 🙂
Hello! Things have been a little crazy hence the radio silence on the blog. 🙂 This summer has been full of so many great and fun things and ALSO has been a lot! big family vacation several weekends and days full of helping my parents move/ move-related activities a spontaneous (amazing!) long weekend to see… Continue reading Catch up + household calamity edition
Yay yay yay, I’m so happy right now!! 😍 I’m sitting at the airport in Fort Lauderdale waiting to board my flight home after the BEST weekend! I didn’t share about this ahead of time really, but I snuck away early Saturday morning for a long weekend to see Sarah. As many of who know… Continue reading My Florida visit to see SHU!
June!! Is long over now. As you can see by the (many) pics I selected above, the main focus of June was our trip to Zion National Park + Las Vegas. (See all the recaps here.) However, we were home for the whole beginning of the month. The focus of that half was Sectionals and… Continue reading June 2026 Recap
Today is day 84 with no soda. Not one single sip! I'm truly very proud of myself. Overall, it's going well. I can't tell if I actually miss IT, or I just miss the dopamine hit that came along with it. I believe that I mostly miss having that thing to really look forward to,… Continue reading Quitting soda update #5
Just popping in to say a quick hello. The last couple of days have been BUSY - my parents "officially" moved in yesterday!! I cut out of work early by around 3 on Thursday and drove to their old house and we spent the whole evening packing and carting things out of the basement. I… Continue reading They’re here!
I’ve been feeling a teeny bit twitchy lately because this “extroverted introvert” has been camped pretty solidly on the “slightly too much togetherness time” side of the aisle for weeks now. NOT actually complaining, because obviously on our wonderful vacation, there was naturally a lot of togetherness time! And that’s a great thing. It’s just… Continue reading Lately
It feels good to be home. I already told you how I launched myself right from vacation -> back into work mode. Ivan and I both felt pretty sleep deprived for a few days due to the red eye flight, obviously, but also I'm sure just the time change (2 hours earlier on Vegas time)… Continue reading Some good things + resuming a skincare routine….
Sunday, June 28, 2026 Well, we got home a few days ago and it's been the usual chaos 🤪, so sorry for delay in my final post. (I am sure you all needed a break from me in your feed, anyway.) Our flight home Sunday night was LATE. Like, 11:45 p.m. late! Ugh. For whatever… Continue reading Zion/ Vegas Trip Day 10: Hoover Dam, Pinball Hall of Fame and HOME
Saturday, June 27, 2026 Okay, for anyone following along in real time, we’re almost done! Saturday was technically our last full day, though we had a very late (11:45 pm 🥴) flight on Sunday night, so Sunday was basically another full day, too. But Saturday was our last full day at our Vegas hotel. Started… Continue reading Zion/Vegas Trip Day 9: final Strip exploration, Portugal, Ká show, High Roller
GRATEFUL KAE 