We ended up having something every night this week. Monday- swim board meeting Tuesday- went to see The Odyssey basically right after work Wednesday- our 19th anniversary! We had early dinner reservations at 5:30 and I had a meeting until 5.... Thursday- Ethan's soccer game in Verona at 7 pm (35 min away), picked up… Continue reading A quick Friday post
Protein + Fiber After an extremely loose summer + lots of travel, I finally jumped back on the "high protein and fiber" train last week. I never was totally off the train, but was kinda hanging off the back of the caboose... "Protein and fiber" are definitely having their moment in society right now, and… Continue reading Back on the protein/fiber train + quitting soda update #6
Meal planning has long not been a strength of mine. I recently mentioned, when I was on SHU's podcast Best Laid Plans (just realized I NEVER SHARED ABOUT THIS! Whoops! Sarah and I recorded a mid-year goals check-in episode when I visited her in July; link here), that I wanted to streamline our meal planning.… Continue reading Project Routine Optimization #3: Meal Planning!
When I posted last time, it was Wednesday and I still felt rather frazzled. I'm happy to report that things finally feel like they're settling down. We had a busy but overall nice week. Like I mentioned, we attended a Senior Parent Meeting on Wednesday at Ethan's school. Of course, LOTS of "college application" talk… Continue reading Settling down
I just sat here and pondered what I wanted to title this post I'm about to write. At first I thought "exhale", as in, I'm finally able to exhale. But I don't quite yet feel that I'm exhaling. "Brain dump" isn't right either. "Catch up" or "Lately" feels a little too benign or relaxed for… Continue reading Whew
Today's habit/ routine that I'm optimizing is: charging my Apple watch. I have had weirdly problematic issues with keeping my devices charged lately (specifically my watch). To the point that I basically gave up and stopped wearing my Apple watch for several months. (Long enough that I forgot my little 4 digit passcode and had… Continue reading Project ‘Routine Optimization’ #2: charging my watch + steps
I'm starting an informal "blog series"! I'm calling it: Project Routine Optimization. 😁 With back to school season underway for us + family visits winding down, my mind has shifted toward tweaking a few routines. I'll cover one each day. I have ~6-ish on my list. Up first: #1: My workout routine Strength: Long term… Continue reading Project Routine Optimization #1 + last first day
I still have 1 more Florida recap to write, but haven't had a chance. I wanted to pop in and say hi and give a little update though. Re-entry In terms of post vacation re-entry, this was one of our best yet! We were away for a total of 9 nights and got home Sunday… Continue reading Touching base!
Hello! Things have been a little crazy hence the radio silence on the blog. 🙂 This summer has been full of so many great and fun things and ALSO has been a lot! big family vacation several weekends and days full of helping my parents move/ move-related activities a spontaneous (amazing!) long weekend to see… Continue reading Catch up + household calamity edition
June!! Is long over now. As you can see by the (many) pics I selected above, the main focus of June was our trip to Zion National Park + Las Vegas. (See all the recaps here.) However, we were home for the whole beginning of the month. The focus of that half was Sectionals and… Continue reading June 2026 Recap
GRATEFUL KAE 