After the long holiday weekend, let me just say it feels GOOD to me to be back at my desk before 6 am doing my morning routine. Holidays and vacations are amazing, but I really do miss my beloved mornings when I don't have them, too. Only 4 more days left in 2020!!!! Wow. I… Continue reading End of the Year: A To-Do List
Fave Christmas Eve pic of the boys + hamsters! Ok, Christmas is really over now! My parents left a bit ago, the presents are mostly put away and the festivities have ended. I'm so happy with what a wonderful Christmas we had! It was quiet and maybe could be considered uneventful for more excitable folks,… Continue reading Christmas 2020!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas!! I meant to pop in to send Christmas wishes on the 24th or 25th, but just didn't get around to it. 🙂 Guess I was too busy decking the halls and fa-la-la-la-la-ing. Throughout my whole life, I always get a little twinge of a sad feeling when I… Continue reading December 26th
The kids have been home fulltime again for over 4 weeks now. (They went virtual Monday of Thanksgiving week.) I am feeling READY for them to go back to school. With the colder weather and no sports happening AND now no school (winter break) to keep them occupied, I am just feeling like there is… Continue reading Pick. Up. Your. Stuff.
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
Hey! How was your weekend? Mine was really nice. Plenty of holiday prep in full swing, as I mentioned yesterday, but it felt even-paced and festive, not frantic. Cookies: ✔ Presents: ✔ Christmas Challenge Day #8 (Read old Christmas books with kids): ✔ Time got away from us and it got late, so we only… Continue reading Happy Monday
And just like that, it's December 20th! It's Christmas week. Love these cool wooden Advent calendars! (Photo by Elena Mozhvilo on Unsplash) Here's a little rundown of where we sit: 🌲 Kids are officially on winter break! They have an extended, two full weeks off this year (originally planned when they had been in-person). 🌲Still… Continue reading Christmas week
Coming at you later than usual today due to some technical difficulties this morning. 🙂 Oh the joys. Our little date night last night for Day #6 of the Christmas Challenge turned into less of a "date" and more into spreading out the Christmas presents and taking inventory of anything that is missing, plus deciding… Continue reading Someday….
Day #5 of the 12 Days of Christmas Challenge ✔ - Night walk The boys and I headed out on a walk around the neighborhood last night. Ivan got home late from work and had just walked in the door and wasn't really in the mood to go back out in the 26 degree weather.… Continue reading Friday 5
I touched yesterday on the fact that I was feeling a bit of "gift fatigue". It's not even really just "gift fatigue", though that has been the department that has caused me the most headaches this year. The Christmas season is just always so crazy! It's one of those HUGE Catch-22s for me (and many,… Continue reading Christmas chaos
GRATEFUL KAE 