Yesterday I took a vacation day with the intention to work all day. Wait, what?? Yep, that’s right. I took a vacation day from my paid job to work for free at my house all day. 😊 Do you ever do this? I do this fairly regularly- at least a couple times per year probably.… Continue reading A vacation day to….work?? And a little bit about “priorities!”
Summer Routine
Today is Day 2 of what I call our “official summer break”.Their "last day of school" pictureSo far, we’ve mostly been winging it schedule wise, which has been overall okay (for now....) I felt perfectly fine last week just letting the boys do basically whatever they wanted- that first week or so I always think… Continue reading Summer Routine
Why Complain
Well, things sure change fast sometimes. I had a great weekend- that fun yet productive summer day and night on Saturday, and then a sort of lazier day yesterday filled with a good amount of relaxing time, Chipotle for lunch, a couple of TV shows, catching up on some work out on the deck and… Continue reading Why Complain
Summer Nights
Yesterday felt like “SUMMER” with capital letters. Specifically, a “summer night”. And every time I say the words “summer night”, I inevitably think of the song “Summer Nights” and the movie “Grease”.You see, when I was growing up, maybe around 13ish?, my sister, best friend and I went through a period of time where we… Continue reading Summer Nights
Making a Difference: The Starfish Story
I slept in today until 7:30 and it's a beautiful Saturday morning. I'm sitting on the deck, sipping my tea and enjoying the sight of both a female AND male cardinal on the tree branch in front of me. (Of course, I just tried to snap a picture and they got shy and flew away).I… Continue reading Making a Difference: The Starfish Story
Last Day of School
Happy Friday! Today is officially my boys’ last day of school, although we basically called it as of like, Tuesday. 😊 They really didn’t have any real “work” this week- just some fun, optional virtual activities and things like that. I mostly gave them a free pass the rest of the week to just do whatever… Continue reading Last Day of School
Bedtime Woes and Bad Habits
Last week I wrote a post about habits, so this has been on my mind all week. I’ve noticed a couple “bad habits” sneaking into our household a bit during this lock down time. Maybe it's not even really fair to call them "habits"- more like "routines that might not be the best to continue… Continue reading Bedtime Woes and Bad Habits
June Goals!
I’m hopping on here later than usual this morning, thanks to hitting the snooze button 1 ½ times, just generally feeling a little slothful while trying to get my workout started and then needing to move both of our cars to park them a block away (due to the road construction/ concrete work on our… Continue reading June Goals!
A New Day
Okay, it’s a new day. Yesterday was June 1st, but as you know, I didn’t really have it in me yesterday to write a regular post. It felt like the world was imploding (honestly, it still does to me). I hope you enjoyed the wise words of MLK Jr in my place. But I had a… Continue reading A New Day
Be The Light
I have no strength or energy this morning to write a usual post. The world feels heavy and sad. I just don't even have words to describe what I'm thinking and feeling right now about the state of things happening in our country, nor is this blog meant to be a place for heated discussions… Continue reading Be The Light
GRATEFUL KAE 