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
Eek, guess what?! Last night I impulsively bought a ticket to see Garth Brooks at Summerfest (aka "The World's Largest Music Festival) in Milwaukee on June 16! BY MYSELF! haha. I am a huge 90s country fan and I love love love Garth Brooks' music. I listened to it so much in high school. Unfortunately,… Continue reading On friends (in low places)
Jenny's post today was a little summary of 2 of my recent posts that she enjoyed, so I'm going to pay it forward to another blogger and share about 2 blog posts that I have enjoyed this week! Both are from Laura Vanderkam (actually one was from her Substack). #1. Get the pebble out of… Continue reading Recent posts I liked
Last night I had just enough time in between work and the swim team meeting at 6:30 to take Charlie on a walk on our "longer" loop. I usually listen to podcasts (or nothing) while I walk, but it was already dark out and yet I felt in an oddly peppy mood, so I decided… Continue reading Standing outside the fire
This weekend, we celebrated my mom!! She turned 75 on Friday!! a little blurry but I love this pic! 75 feels "big". Not gonna lie, 75 also sounds... kinda old. I remember when my parents turned 60, and I thought that while 60 was "older", it definitely wasn't old yet. In my mind, I guess… Continue reading A celebratory weekend (*with an unexpected darker turn in the post…*)
I was cleaning up my Google Keep a little over the weekend (Google's notes app, like Apple Notes) and I noticed I have accumulated a small collection of quotes and ideas that I've never shared. (Side note: If you use either Google Calendar or Gmail, you already have Google Keep - it's built into the… Continue reading Monday: quotes catch up, on skipping “perfect”, and a recipe!
We had a pretty low key weekend. Since I was away for the swim meet all last weekend, and this upcoming weekend we'll be traveling, I was happy to just be mostly around home. I'll admit I sometimes have thoughts that we are not doing a good enough job of "enjoying summer" or "seizing the… Continue reading Weekends + on NOT YOLO’ing…
Recently, in either her newsletter or daily Substack, Laura was talking about the passage of time and ways we can attempt to slow it down a bit. She said that one thing we can do is to reflect on what made today different. Part of what makes time blur together is when we have too… Continue reading A fun journal prompt
Sigh, it's been a bit of a deep week over here. Without getting too crazy in the "sharing of personal details" department, there's just been a lot of sad or challenging medical stuff going on in my extended circle right now. First of all, my aunt and godmother passed away yesterday, at the age of… Continue reading Deep thoughts/ not an uplifting post
I'm a little cranky today. I wish I had the rest of the week off now, but I don't yet. Why am I cranky? No particular reason really, but here are some musings that have been rolling around in my head. Reason #1: In general, I think I'm just feeling drained. Things are fine, and… Continue reading A-not-at-all-festive post
GRATEFUL KAE 