Happy 2021! We stayed in, ordered Chinese food and watched the new Disney/Pixar movie Soul on Disney+ (HIGHLY recommend!!! So good! Main theme is finding your passion/ purpose in life and it's a real "feel good" show. Love the New Orleans/ jazz music vibe too).We then sort of killed time until the ball drop in… Continue reading Happy New Year and Goal Setting
We made it. It is the LAST DAY of 2020. Whoa. I, for one, am most excited because I can fully and officially start using my new planner tomorrow! 😁 What a year, what a year. When I look back, I think...did that just happen? IS THIS still happening?? It is so surreal. Yet, if… Continue reading 2020 Year in Review
More snow!! I think I finally decided on a 2021 word. PEACE. It took me a while to land on it, but I'm glad I spent the last couple weeks mulling it over. The word has to "feel" right, and it can take time to figure it out. So, why "peace"? Last year, my word… Continue reading Word
My Aunt shared this photo on Facebook yesterday (shared originally from frugalfarmwife.com) and I thought it was a perfect and fitting image for this time of year! A great reminder when making long term goals. Accomplishments- from my 20 in 2020 List I decided to NOT go through my 20 in 2020 List one by… Continue reading Accomplishments
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
GRATEFUL KAE 