Good news! This past weekend I finally sat down and did a marathon London planning session! On the negative flip side, it ended up completely dominating literally my entire day and into the evening (and I ended up ignoring other things I needed to do). Oh well, I guess. I mean, I needed to find… Continue reading London planning- officially underway
Work has been SO BUSY lately that I have been more excited than usual when the weekends roll around. I mean, things are going well at work overall and much of the work is very interesting and engaging, but it's just very go-go-go all day long. And some days seem to stretch later than I… Continue reading Weekend and a little work mystery
I'm sitting here on an extra DAY OFF (yes!!) feeling quite literally and figuratively frozen at the moment. I mean, it's perfectly warm in my house, thankfully, because my phone says it is -5F outside with a "feels like" temp of -12F. So it is literally freezing, but I'm actually feeling frozen in terms of… Continue reading Feeling frozen… literally and figuratively
Adventures in thrifting: Last night I volunteered at Asher's weekly swim team pasta dinner again. Each family has to do it twice, and back in November at the Parents Meeting, I astutely signed up for two post-Christmas dinners. This was a very good decision, because although I still didn't particularly "feel" like making 6 lbs… Continue reading I thrifted! and “choose the suck”
TGIF, ya'll.... this was my first full week of work in a bit due to the holidays/vacation days, and let's just say, it came to PLAY. 😳 But I want to keep going in my goals series! The 3rd domain is next: Kids/Family. 1. Spend a minimum of 1x/ week quality time with each of… Continue reading 2025 Goals: Kids/Family
Our Year: 2024 January Rang in the new year in Mexico! Hiked the Toluca Volcano and met our baby niece. Started a new lifting program! (Momentum by Sohee). Worked on pull-ups (still terrible at them). Dabbled in running...? (quit). Lots of work changes. Helped boys plan high school courses! Bathroom remodel continues. Watched a lot… Continue reading 2024 Rapid-Fire Year in Review
I'm officially on my little "Christmas break!" YAY! It's nothing too much, really. Well, 5 days, I guess. I'm off today through the 25th. I just work Thursday and Friday next week. The following week I have off Monday the 30th and January 1st, so I only work 3 days that week (and NYE will… Continue reading Snowy Saturday before Christmas + goals contemplation
Wow, I last posted on 12/10 (and sorry, I never responded to everyone's great and very helpful comments about my gift buying process dilemma! I read every single one and am appreciative of the great ideas from all!). This week has been BUSY!!! 'Tis the season, right? So what have I been doing instead of… Continue reading Busy busy… why I was MIA for 8 days
A quick mini-rant about gift buying: I have heard recently in multiple places about people who have "carved out a couple hours and sat down to buy all their gifts", most recently on The Lazy Genius podcast yesterday. Just go on and get that pesky little task checked right off the list! This idea sounds....… Continue reading Gift buying mini-rant and other recent misc.
Okay, 3 days into my December Fitness challenge, and so far, so good. LOL! Let's hope I can at least stick with something for 3 days.... Sunday I just did an Emkfit Dance video on YouTube (~25 minutes) + a 5 minute abs workout on Bodi.com. I debated going to the gym, but I got… Continue reading So far, so good + 15!!
GRATEFUL KAE 