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
Just read SHU's post about her May goals, so, I will be a copycat and share mine! 😁 THIS IS A RIDICULOUS LIST, fyi. My "goals" always start morphing into a huge task list. lol. I am generally okay with this? As I work through my monthly planning doc, it tends to generate lots of… Continue reading May 2026 Goals
Currently sitting in my car waiting for Ethan’s 4:15 tennis match to start: I ducked out of work early to get here. Tennis matches are tough! They always start at 4:15 and seems so many are “away” (and FAR away). This one is a “home” match but the courts are still almost 30 minutes away… Continue reading Tuesday
In the spirit of (trying) to keep my posts shorter, I'm going to do a slightly less thorough April recap. (*everyone cheers*) The month kicked off with the first ~5 days spent in the Virgin Islands. We returned late Sunday April 5th, then dove into a new workweek. I struggled to get my footing a… Continue reading A sort-of abbreviated April 2026 Monthly Recap
GRATEFUL KAE 