I had the fleeting thought yesterday, while looking around my decorated house, of, "Awww, the Christmas season here at home is basically over now!" CHRISTMAS is obviously not over yet, but we leave for Ireland tonight (!) and return after Christmas. We will certainly leave our decorations up for a while- always through New Year's… Continue reading A pre-holiday gratitude list
I need to acknowledge what happened to my dear, dear friend Sarah (SHU) the other day! For anyone who doesn't know yet (she posted about it here, so I know it's okay to share), she ran a half marathon on Sunday (in her very healthy, 44-year-old, 50+ mpw runner body) and went into Ventricular Tachycardia… Continue reading A scare + gratitude
Yesterday I had the extreme privilege of being a guest poster (for the 2nd time!) on Elisabeth's amazing blog!!! As many of you know, Elisabeth has been running a F.I.G. Challenge this month (F.I.G.= Finding Joy in Gratitude), where people all over the blogosphere are collecting "figs", or little moments of joy, happiness, or gratitude… Continue reading My gratitude backstory guest-post, complaining vs negativity and Piglet
As I suspected and forecasted, this is a BUSY season for us right now. Side note- It annoys me that I just said that. Because I kind of feel like I, or the collective "we", have all taken to calling every season "busy". Have you noticed that? This current season (April-May) is the busy spring… Continue reading “Busy seasons” + good stuff list
A couple of positive tidbits from my week! I've had two "small wins" that involved me noticing an opportunity for improvement, saying something, and then change actually happening. #1: At work We use EPIC for our electronic medical records, and I basically live in there all day long for my job. Without getting too detailed/… Continue reading Speaking up + small positive changes
I woke up feeling "edgy' today. Probably just the cumulative effect of the busy week + the swim meet kicks off tonight + I am so tired of looking at my email inbox and dealing with stuff and people. My mood/ state is one where everything is just irritating me this morning, and I need… Continue reading An irritable Friday morning but working to re-frame 🙂
Yesterday I recorded something I was grateful for, every hour, on the hour. Sharing today in honor of Thanksgiving! I'm grateful..... 06:00..... That our main grocery store is open 24 hours/day, allowing me to go during Asher's 5:30 a.m. swim practice and miss the rush later. 07:00.... for Asher's swim coaches, and the strange hours… Continue reading 24 Hour Gratitude Challenge 2022
I wanted to share a short You Tube clip I ran across yesterday. It's from Joshua Becker, of the Becoming Minimalist page. I know he's pretty popular, to the tune of millions of followers. I think he has some books out, in addition to his social media pages and blog. Looks like he also has… Continue reading Training gratitude/ minimalism
"If you live complaining, life will give you more things to complain about. If you live giving thanks, life will give you more reasons to be thankful." Two things I'm grateful for today: Ethan living the good life, visiting the White House! A crisp, pre-dusk walk with Ivan last night, ending at the soccer field… Continue reading A simple reminder
Whew, I've made it to Level 39 in the Game of Life!!! Today is my 39th birthday. (As I did last year, stealing my friend Joel's "level" reference re: birthday years, because it's just fun to me! 🙂 ) (Also, I just accidentally clicked something and published this post with 1 1/2 sentences written, so,… Continue reading Level 39
GRATEFUL KAE 