Yesterday was the winter solstice- the shortest day of the year. Here in Wisconsin, it's kind of a pastime for people to complain about the short days in December. 🙂 My own husband said one evening about a month ago, "Ugh. Here we go...into my least favorite time of the year. I hate driving home… Continue reading Patience and the Parable of the Pear Tree
My brain is kind of fried right now, not going to lie. I was up super late last night dealing with some fairly last minute gift purchasing (?- kind of...there's a week left, but I just really want/need to be done with all gift buying for all people now!). I am feeling some serious "gift… Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday
Well, what did I say? Election day came and went, and what do you know.....HERE COMES THE SUN AGAIN! 😉 The world is indeed still turning!! Granted, we don't have a result yet. But, I'll go out on a limb here and predict an identical view from my sunroom window tomorrow at 5:55 a.m. And… Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday- #modestyfail 🙂
A long time ago, my husband said something along the lines of, "I think happiness is a myth. No one is really happy "all the time." So much of life is unpleasant. I think happiness is really just brief moments sprinkled in among all the rest." This was years ago now, and I don't even… Continue reading Happiness and moments that make you go “ahhh”
I'm almost finished reading Solve for Happy, and it's one of those books I'm sad to be coming to the end of. I really love it.One big recurring theme throughout it is the concept of mindfulness. The author talks about how we so often spend a majority of our lives "living in our thoughts" in the… Continue reading A fascinating experiment in mindfulness
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
I love fables. I think they are such an amazing way to share a lesson. I ran across two recently that I thought were awesome, so I'm going to share those today. I also posted my personal favorite fable back on Cinco de Mayo here if you want more. 🙂 #1: "You never really know for… Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday
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
The other day (on the day of my watermelon explosion, to be precise), I decided that I was going to try to address an issue with someone about something that had been bothering me. I thought (mistakenly) that just being direct about it might be better than stewing in silence. I thought (also mistakenly) that this… Continue reading Thumper’s Golden Rule
Happy Sunday morning! I slept in a little bit and man it felt good. I've got three things I want to share with you today....in no particular order. 1. Gratitude pumpkins!A friend of mine posted this on Facebook and I LOVED the idea!! It would be so fun to do for Thanksgiving. What a great activity for… Continue reading 3 Things
GRATEFUL KAE 