Well I've really dropped the ball on my NaBloPoMo quest. Unfortunately, I'll have to admit this is kind of how my personality goes. Once I break the proverbial seal and "screw up" at something, I am way more likely to sort of throw in the towel and be like, "Eh, well, already broke the chain,… Continue reading The day before Thanksgiving
I’ll drop a few pics of my Christmas decorations I put up today! A stuffed animal I’ve had since I was 3! Santa brought it to me the Christmas we spent at a hotel in Oshkosh because my grandma was passing away that week. (I think he used to have a little sweater- not sure… Continue reading Instead of skipping today…
Yay, NaBloPoMo is here! I already laid out my plan, but in case you missed it, it's: post every day in November my posts must be <500 words (*I might make an exception for the quinceanera recap which I still haven't gotten around to) no daily themes. I'm not a "theme blogger" and I generally… Continue reading NaBloPoMo Day 1! And Halloween 2024
Sorry for the radio silence over here... not sure where the last ~5 days went! My parents came to town Friday night (and are actually still here as we speak). We hadn't seen them since early December, which, as any faithful readers know, is a LONG time for me to go without seeing my parents.… Continue reading A belated 2023 Christmas celebration…finally feels like the new year
Hola from Mexico; we made it! Travel to Chicago Even though I had mostly already packed in advance, I was grateful to have most of the day Saturday to get ready to go. Not sure where so many loose ends always come from, but I seemed to stay busy with misc stuff. We left home… Continue reading Travel + Christmas Eve in Mexico
Final Christmas prep, or lack thereof I'm mostly about as done with Christmas as I'm gonna be this year, for now. Well, almost. My Christmas cards still need to be addressed, but they are here and ready and I have stamps. It is actually sort of nice that some of the pressure is "off", in… Continue reading Wrapping things up… and something I’ll miss
This has been a pretty swim dominated weekend so far. Friday night Asher and I attended the high school swim meet. His best swim friend is a year older and already in high school, so we went to watch him swim. It made Asher very excited to do HS swim next year!! There is a… Continue reading A swimming weekend and Christmas challenge check-in
Monday night we had a fun family outing. I feel like generally speaking, 2023 is not the year that we are doing "all the holiday fun things". It's just been a weird year with the puppy and the bathroom remodel and the houseguests, yada yada. You all know, if you've been reading along. Plus, we're… Continue reading A fun holiday evening!!
There are officially 12 days until Christmas! I forget now who said it- maybe Jenny? No, I think it was Suzanne- but I 100% agree that the holidays seem to exist in two phases. Phase #1: It's way too early for Christmas music and decorations!! Christmas is so far away yet! Phase #2: Christmas is… Continue reading 12 Days of Christmas Challenge 2023!
Hello hello! Happy Monday. This was a largely very nice weekend- shockingly "open", for our standards. We had no out of town visitors, Asher did not have swim practice, no one played soccer. The only events were a birthday party Asher attended on Fri night (but the Birthday Mom joyfully both picked him up and… Continue reading Weekend accomplishments/ why don’t I feel relaxed?
GRATEFUL KAE 