A little shopping + minimalism fail: Saturday my mom and I ran some errands; I had to deal with a couple of returns, stopped at a couple of stores, and got my van washed! I also ran across these cute Adidas hats: I really like wearing hats- especially when we travel, but also sometimes to… Continue reading Recent happenings, etc.
Whew, February already! 1 month in to the new year. (Everyone always says January feels so long, but it just felt... average, I think, to me. Possibly because we were out of town until January 6th?) I love the rapid-fire style recaps I've seen this week (Coco and Sarah) and have done these myself in… Continue reading January 2024 Recap
I woke up this morning with many things rolling around in my head that I wanted to do. I've actually struggled with this in general lately on the weekends- lots of random things to do, but none of them necessarily time sensitive, exactly, or urgent. So, on some "free" weekends like this one (i.e. not… Continue reading A Numerical List Style Saturday
1. Daily Stoic I saved a little snip in Google Keep (my Second Brain... 😉 ) the other day from the Daily Stoic newsletter. It was titled "It's Cheap To Be Dead". The gist was that some people take penny pinching, frugality, "investing for the future" and "saving for retirement" to the extreme. And for… Continue reading Friday 5!
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
Last night Asher and I attended a Course Expo at the high school to learn about the various course offerings. His course selections for high school next year are due tomorrow already! It's hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that I will have two kids in high school next year. WHAT?! Asher… Continue reading High school x2?!
Ohhhh I want this weekend to just keep going on!!! I liked this weekend so much. Friday was the big snow day, so although I worked, it had a "let's all just hunker down" feel. Then no work or school for any of us Saturday, Sunday OR today! (MLK Jr. Day Holiday) I feel like… Continue reading A perfect week and can the long weekend please continue?
Father Winter sure stopped by this week around here. I don't know the exact totals, but something in the 8 inch range on Tuesday, and yesterday into today we got hammered with another ~12 inches. I envision a wintery, mythical creature like this waving a snow wand over Wiconsin: I've been generally feeling it! Yes,… Continue reading Snowy snowy Saturday…
Whew, we're home!! As alluded to in my last post, we did not actually make it home Friday night as planned. Womp womp. As soon as we landed in Guadalajara, Ivan pulled up the Aeromexico airline app, checked our next flight and it said... "In the air". So much for that. It was already after… Continue reading Home, Charlie reunion, setting 2024 intentions…
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 