My big accomplishment of the day yesterday was that I didn't get in my car or have to go anywhere in the entire day. 🙂 I know we are all supposed to still be staying home, and for the most part, we are. We really don't go anywhere too exciting these days, but with the… Continue reading Housekeeping- cleaning & meals
I like this pic I took the other day. I told the boys I took a picture of heaven. 🙂 I feel like I had a good week, thinking about it as a whole. All in all, I'd give it a solid A- probably. But when I was skimming over my highlight journal entries for… Continue reading 5 Bad Things
5 things I'm loving at the moment: 1. WEEKLY REVIEW: I am in love with my relatively new "weekly review" process on Fridays. (See post here for more details.) I actually find myself looking forward to it. Knowing that I have time blocked off to just deal with many loose ends + time to proactively… Continue reading Friday 5: Loving
Do you have a "favorite" side effect of the pandemic? That probably sounds like a weird question, but I mean, is there one outcome from all of the changes that you like the best? (I know we all really despise many things about it. But I think most people agree there are SOME perks to… Continue reading Silver Lining #1
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 🙂
Oh boy, oh boy, the day has come. It's Election Day here in the U.S. I dropped off my absentee ballot yesterday (meant to do it sooner, but just didn't get around to it...). I had never voted absentee before, but decided to request a ballot because it just seemed nice to fill it out… Continue reading We Can Work it Out
Last night I was sitting and reading my current non-fiction choice (You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why it Matters), and a couple of lines stood out to me that I wanted to share. "Everybody is interesting if you ask the right questions."-Kate Murphy, p. 40 I had to stop reading for a second… Continue reading Everybody is interesting
Halloween 2020 is a wrap. This is basically the end of "fall" to me, too, although November is obviously still technically fall. Things just start moving full steam ahead toward more of a Christmas feel I think, and the weather here usually turns colder, darker, windier, etc. Last night was a pretty quintessential "Halloween night"… Continue reading Halloween 2020 and on to November!
Connection You hear a lot of talk about kids and the pandemic, how bad this all is for their social development and especially their mental health. I was just thinking how very grateful I am that overall, my kids are fine in this regard. (I know this is so not the case for so many,… Continue reading Social Connection + Fun
Band Asher is in the school band and plays percussion. Even though their school is back in person, band is still being done virtually (the teacher goes to 6 different schools, so decided to keep it virtual to avoid interacting with many groups). Totally understand the reasoning, but it has been really, really bad for… Continue reading Friday 5
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