It’s so hard to believe, but being June, it means the year is basically about half over. Obviously, this has been a WEIRD (oh, so very weird) year, but, I guess I don’t think we necessarily have to throw the baby out with the bathwater. Surely there must be some good things we can still accomplish,… Continue reading Word of the Year: Intentionality
Bye!!!!!!
Yesterday a strange thing happened. My kids went somewhere. Away from home. Away from me! Away from us. And I don’t just mean outside to the neighbor’s yard for an hour! We packed up their things and they climbed in the car with my Mom and drove over an hour away to stay at my… Continue reading Bye!!!!!!
A vacation day to….work?? And a little bit about “priorities!”
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!
GRATEFUL KAE 