The week has been chugging along pretty quickly over here. It's been a good week, I'd say. I have felt quite productive and generally very focused at work, despite having a lot of random balls in the air at home this week too.I have taken my social media time down to <30 minutes a day… Continue reading Good Things Thursday
One (kind of) positive aspect of COVID has been virtual piano lessons. I say "kind of" because I do not actually feel that piano lessons over Zoom are fully equal or preferable in any way to real, in person lessons.But, I have been surprised at how well they have gone overall and I think from… Continue reading Covid + music
I'm apparently getting old and am losing my endurance for high levels of activity. After our busy, fun-filled day on Friday, I just felt kinda lazy yesterday. It was another gorgeous day, and part of me felt like we should be heading out again somewhere to cherish it!! I briefly contemplated going hiking, biking, corn mazing,… Continue reading Weekend Vibes
The kids crossing the field together. 💓 So beautiful.Like I mentioned, we took a little road trip yesterday to visit our old neighbors who moved away in August, out into the country 2 hours north of us. The boys and the little girl grew up together, and were best of friends. The tres amigos hadn't seen… Continue reading Bliss
I've had a thought rolling around in my head intermittently since a week or so ago when I listened to an episode of the podcast The Mom Hour. I believe it was Episode 279, titled "Home Learning Success Strategies + Our Kids' Fall Schooling Update."They were talking about how virtual learning was going for them currently-… Continue reading Maybe it’s okay to let go sometimes…and, Travel Tuesday!
Just a little life update today... Life definitely feels much fuller and busier again than a few months ago. It's that slow creep, like what happens with weight gain, or spending too much money. 😁 Overall it feels nice to have a sense of "normalcy" again, even though many areas of life still aren't really… Continue reading Little Life Update
Hello Friday. This week felt a little bit chaotic for me, because my parents were here from Monday night-Thursday afternoon while my Dad worked on our tile project. I'm not complaining!! It is looking awesome and I'm so grateful for his help.But, with our school day routines, evening activities mostly back in almost full-swing and… Continue reading Friday 5
Sometimes the littlest things add up to make a big difference in your week.WINS:1. Delegating!Ethan has a well child check this morning (with several shots). The appt. is at 8:45 a.m. Normally, since I "work from home", I am the default errand-runner/appointment-taker/etc. Technically, yes, it works out better for me, since my hours are flexible.… Continue reading Wins
Our weekend got a bit freed up due to the cancellation of both of Ethan's soccer games. Apparently, a player on the other team had an exposure to someone with COVID, so out of an abundance of caution, that club decided to halt all play for that team until the boy's test results come back.… Continue reading Weekends + the secret to life??
Happy Fall! It has arrived. Yesterday was the first official day of autumn. I celebrated by pulling out my fall wreath for the front door and putting the summer one away. I am seeing all the talk of fall everywhere this week - lots of "fall" themed podcast episodes are popping up on my feed, fall images… Continue reading Happy Fall
GRATEFUL KAE 