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 âś” - 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
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
Morning! Now only 10 days until Christmas. My "favorite" part of the Christmas season has officially passed....I actually really love the time between ~Thanksgiving and right about now. Those early December days are the best, to me. Once we get into the final days leading up to the 24th, there's always a sense of anxiety… Continue reading Screens & vaccines
Happy Monday 🙂 I'm feeling a bit zen this morning and I'm surprisingly not really in the mood to write too much. The weekend was nice. After my "glorious" Saturday, Sunday was pretty similar. Pretty low key and included: a sweaty workout, more cookies, taking Asher to the pool, more Netflix, helping the boys record… Continue reading Monday
I had a pretty glorious day yesterday. The snowy weather definitely set the mood for me and I was in full on "cozy mode". I did get all my work done from my home office with my slippers on :), I DID try out the hot tub while it was snowing (loved it!) and I… Continue reading Glorious day + My 12 Days of Christmas challenge
FINALLY feels like Christmas!! After a week of weirdly warm, sunny weather, we got our first bigger snowfall last night (currently- still snowing!). I'm sorry, but it just does not feel like Christmastime to me when it's sunny and warm! No offense to anyone living in a warm climate, but it just doesn't work for… Continue reading Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
We are now almost done with Week 2 of our temporary switch to virtual school for the holiday season. One more week until Christmas break. Then they'll have 1 more week virtual after break before hopefully going back to school on January 11th. It's going waaaaaay better than previous attempts. I am kind of shocked,… Continue reading Virtual school update
GRATEFUL KAE 