I need a happy story today. I stayed up too late watching some news and ended up going to bed with a pit in my stomach. When I woke up, my mind went right back to it all and the pit returned. I need to stop thinking about that and focus on something positive. So, I think… Continue reading A Mexican tradition
Gratitude is everywhere
Hey! How was your weekend? I blinked and I guess it's Monday now, so I must have had a weekend, though it was apparently kind of a blur. 🙂 I'll share one highlight that was a fun little surprise. So, Asher currently has swim practice in a tiny little town about 20 minutes from where we live.… Continue reading Gratitude is everywhere
The return of the busy weekend
For the past several years (up until March 2020), our weekends have been notoriously busy. soccer games x2 kids, sometimes in different cities, at different times, different teams- spring and fall1-3 soccer tournaments per season mixed in (for each kid) in different cities...and as you can imagine, a tournament eats up, like, the whole dayindoor futsal… Continue reading The return of the busy weekend
An unexpected reset
It has rained here ALL week. Literally, it has felt like just a steady stream of drizzle to moderate rain almost constantly for days now.I don't really mind spurts like this, if I don't have much going on. It feels like a good excuse to be lazy or curl up and watch TV or something.… Continue reading An unexpected reset
Whirlwind
These are certainly crazy times.Last night we learned that the Wisconsin Supreme Court issued a temporary injunction blocking the emergency order that required all of the schools in our county to open virtually. (If you recall in this post, I explained how our private school was planning and was prepared to safely open this fall,… Continue reading Whirlwind
Snapshots
Good morning! Hope school and life and work and whatever you have going on is treating you well. I'm going to try to keep this brief on text today... I have been choosing to get up later currently (closer to 6 am instead of my normal 5:00). I can use the extra sleep to sustain my patience,… Continue reading Snapshots
An easy day vs hard day: parenting edition
Yesterday was the first "real" day of school, I would say. First day with regular schedule, academics, etc. It went fine. Overall, it was all fine. The biggest issue is that I already feel exhausted from just being "on" all the time. The easiest days by far of having kids home with me while I work… Continue reading An easy day vs hard day: parenting edition
Life, and a SPLURGE!
3 day weekend, complete. On to the....first "real" week of school! Technically the boys started last week Thursday, but it was super light. Too light, in my opinion, after months and months with no school, but I digress. Anyway, they basically just had a couple check ins with their teachers and worked through a few "techy" things… Continue reading Life, and a SPLURGE!
How to waste a morning
Whoops, I missed a day! Sorry about that (if you noticed 😉). I intended to wake up yesterday morning at 6 am to enjoy a quiet morning, but this happened instead:*alarm goes off at 6 am*Me (gets up to shut off alarm across the room on my hamper): "Oof, I'm super tired. Gonna crawl back… Continue reading How to waste a morning
“Elevate the Everyday”
Last year I listened to a podcast episode that really stuck with me, to the point that I have thought about it quite frequently over this past year. Turns out- it was from way back in September 2019, and I still find myself thinking about it, so I figured I should share here!It was a… Continue reading “Elevate the Everyday”
GRATEFUL KAE 