I loved the comments and thoughts on my social media post yesterday. Thanks all! I think I'd like to try the "only use Facebook on my laptop" idea for a while. Cal Newport often suggest this to people who may have an actual need or use for social media (e.g. an artist who needs to… Continue reading Net negatives
On Friday night Ivan and I were out to dinner. Our Mexican place is casual; we usually always sit at the actual bar rail. At some point I had my phone out and ended up scrolling on Facebook. (During dinner out with my husband... yes, I realize this sounds bad when I write it out,… Continue reading Lately: on social media
March went so fast!! I know it's because a large chunk of the month was dedicated to preparing for travel, traveling, or resetting after travel. At first I felt like the rest of the month was kind of a wash- nothing particularly exciting stood out in my mind. Fortunately, I have my time logs/ trackers… Continue reading March 2025 Recap
Hi! I'm done with the London posts (minus maybe one other I have floating around, but that's more of a "general thoughts/ observations about London" type of post), so I'm excited to be back in real time voice now. Re-entry Re-entry all went fine. The kids seemed to bounce right back. Literally the next 2… Continue reading Back to misc. posts!
Thursday, March 27 Thursday! Our last full day in London. 😢 This was a shorter trip than many of our recent trips, but it felt like a good amount of time overall. Of course, I could always use more time... there were certainly things we didn't get to (I mean, I think you could spend… Continue reading Days 8 + 9: St. Paul’s Cathedral, British Museum, and The End!
Wednesday, March 26 Day 7 already! This was a great day. This was a more structured day, because we had Warner Brother Studios: The Making of Harry Potter tickets for 4:00 p.m., and the studio is quite far away. I had strategically planned to do the Natural History Museum in the morning, because our apartment… Continue reading Day 7 in London: Natural History Museum + Harry Potter Studios!
Tuesday, March 25 *Real time update! We're home! We got home LATE last night (Friday night... well, actually early Saturday morning by the time all was said and done). It was a long trip: we left the apartment at 8 am London time --> tube to Heathrow --> breakfast -> 12 pm flight (7.5 hours)… Continue reading Day 6 in London: Richmond! And The Grenadier.
Monday, March 24 Westminster Abbey On Monday we had timed tickets for Westminster Abbey for 10:00, so it was a “slightly” earlier morning to get everyone up and ready and out the door. (In this season not necessarily essential to pre-book, but I saw conflicting reports and as we had other firm evening plans, I… Continue reading Day 5 in London: Westminster Abbey, bridge pics, graffiti tunnel, Abbey Road and… football!
Sunday, March 23 The “plan” for the day included 3 big rocks- Buckingham Palace at 11:00 (1-2 hours total), Churchill War Rooms in the afternoon (~2 hours), and then the Jack the Ripper walking tour at 7 pm (2 hours). Adding on travel time and meals and wandering time, I knew this would be a… Continue reading Day 4 in London: Buckingham Palace, Churchill War Rooms and Jack the Ripper…
Saturday, March 23 Saturday’s plan was mostly a day trip to Windsor. We ended up staying up too late Friday night and probably still had some jet lag effects, so we were just slow and lazy Saturday morning. Which was actually fine, since the main attraction in Windsor is the Windsor Castle, and it doesn’t… Continue reading Day 3! Hyde Park + Windsor day trip
GRATEFUL KAE 