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
Today is day 84 with no soda. Not one single sip! I'm truly very proud of myself. Overall, it's going well. I can't tell if I actually miss IT, or I just miss the dopamine hit that came along with it. I believe that I mostly miss having that thing to really look forward to,… Continue reading Quitting soda update #5
Just popping in to say a quick hello. The last couple of days have been BUSY - my parents "officially" moved in yesterday!! I cut out of work early by around 3 on Thursday and drove to their old house and we spent the whole evening packing and carting things out of the basement. I… Continue reading They’re here!
I’ve been feeling a teeny bit twitchy lately because this “extroverted introvert” has been camped pretty solidly on the “slightly too much togetherness time” side of the aisle for weeks now. NOT actually complaining, because obviously on our wonderful vacation, there was naturally a lot of togetherness time! And that’s a great thing. It’s just… Continue reading Lately
It feels good to be home. I already told you how I launched myself right from vacation -> back into work mode. Ivan and I both felt pretty sleep deprived for a few days due to the red eye flight, obviously, but also I'm sure just the time change (2 hours earlier on Vegas time)… Continue reading Some good things + resuming a skincare routine….
You guys know by now that I STRUGGLE with packing. I have felt like in the last couple of years I've actually gotten worse with it, not better, too. Due to both cost increases and space reasons, we've shifted to being pretty much exclusively carry-on only travelers now. We also frequently take fairly long trips,… Continue reading Packing tips for an indecisive traveler
