I have a window of time to myself this Mother's Day morning, it's a beautiful day, I'm in the sunroom, the windows are open, the sun is shining, and I thought to myself, "It's my 'special day'. What's something I can do for a little while to fill my own cup?" (before we start on… Continue reading Colorado/Utah Trip Days 1-3: Driving, Vail + Glenwood Springs
I have an extra skip in my step this weekend because the weather forecast is SO GOOD!!!!! As often has been happening to me on the weekends lately, I feel a little paralyzed, though. I technically have a lot of open space this weekend! But I have no real plans, yet, and can't quite decide… Continue reading Happy weekend!
We're down to the final stretch of the school year already. WHAT?!??! Ethan gets done in less than 2 weeks!! AP exams are this week, then one more week of classes before finals May 19-21. This summer, Ethan's main plans are: working (he just got a new job at Panera) daily lifting/conditioning at school (I… Continue reading Summer plans + thoughts on the end of sports
My mom was in town this past week! So, I've been a little quiet in the blogosphere and just doing other things! It was so nice to have her here. She comes like this, alone, now and then and while of course I love to have both of my parents here, it's just a little… Continue reading Tuesday misc.
Hmmm, April! I'm not sure what I think about April. I think in general spring is just not my favorite season. In March we had the big London trip which dominated everything, but April was pretty typical, I guess. I did have a few events that "shook up" my regular routine (namely houseguests + having… Continue reading April 2025 Recap
So a couple weeks ago, Elisabeth did a Day in the Life post (always favorite posts in the blogosphere because deep down, we’re all just nosy 🤣). Sarah had texted me, “We should do some D.I.T.L.s too!!” to which I replied, “We should!”, except then she started to do them and I did not. Ha.… Continue reading My first ever Day in the Life post!
It's Sunday morning, and our houseguests are gone! They left last night. It all went really well! I mentioned I was apprehensive, because our guests included Ivan's friend/wife/daughters (who I know) but also his friend's parents and mother-in-law (who I did not know). Also, we just don't host people a lot, besides immediate family (which… Continue reading Our houseguest weekend= success!
Thanks for the commiseration the other day! 🙂 As is often the way, as soon as I wrote all that, I actually had a good day and felt generally more upbeat, for some reason! Maybe our warm, spring-like weather this week is helping... I sat in a patio chair for 10 minutes yesterday on my… Continue reading A few switch-ups
Ugh, I have just felt in a little bit of a funk lately. I touched on it in my time frustrations post the other day. That's part of it, I think- just the constant sensation of things not quite fitting right. It's... annoying! Kind of an underlying persistent stressor. But more than that, I have… Continue reading Blah
I've accumulated a little stash of good quotes or snippets in my Google Keep "second brain", so I think I'll share a few today! 1. "I am arriving right on time to the person I'm becoming." - From the Four Thousand Mondays newsletter 2. "Every storm runs out of rain." - Maya Angelou 3. "Every… Continue reading Friday 5: Quotes
GRATEFUL KAE 