Ethan sort of goes back to school today! Ahhh. (Just a short orientation day, which as a sophomore basically means going to get his picture taken and receive new school ID and some other misc. tasks.) His first real day is tomorrow! I always think it's nice to start on a Thursday, to ease in… Continue reading Back to school- round 1
I have a couple of good nuggets from two podcast episodes I listened to recently! Up first is a fan favorite, The Lazy Genius. In the recent Office Hours episode (ep. 377), she answers a question about how to "lazy genius" exercise (how to actually get it done or be consistent). The listener says, "I… Continue reading Expectations + “my days are better when…”
I realized this week that there are two distinct changes coming our way this year, and I'm pretty on board with both of them! 1. The mornings This will be the first year ever that I will not be responsible for driving at least one child to school (or the bus stop). Even when the… Continue reading 2 things I’m looking forward to this school year
A few random things on this Tuesday: #1. I wrote a guest post! On Sunday NGS published my guest post as part of her special 20th anniversary blog series. Every Sunday a guest blogger shares some sort of "20 Things" list of their choice. Mine was, of course, 20 Things I'm Grateful For. I had… Continue reading Tuesday misc.
I am having difficulty wrapping my head around the fact that it's August! This has felt like the weirdest summer to me. And it's kind of almost over, but also kind of not. Ethan starts school in a week and a half, on August 15, but Asher doesn't go back until September 3! So that's… Continue reading AUGUST + soda + swim updates
This weekend, in comparison to last weekend's intense weekend, had some very welcome breathing room in it. Asher ended up getting a last minute invite to go up north on Thursday afternoon with his friend and his friend's dad to their lake house. So he was gone. He got home Sunday night, at 9:30 p.m.… Continue reading A much needed breather + blogger meet up!
Annnnd the very choppy blogging schedule continues. Sigh. The week has been basically a continuation of previous recent weeks. I will not lie and say this post-Hawaii summer has been my most awesome summer. But, nothing is overtly horrible (at all!), either, and I also cannot exactly figure out how to express my discontent without… Continue reading An intense weekend
1. Steps update! Since I wrote this post last week (on July 10th) bemoaning my recent lack of steps and activity, I'm happy to report that I've moderately upped my steps, overall. I have not done any strict challenge or even really paid too much attention to them, but I've just been mindful. Here's my… Continue reading Steps update + stoic advice
Gosh, I do not know what is UP but I just have not had much time to blog lately. Seems like I've been writing only one post every 5-6 days, which is so much lower than my typical cadence. This weekend was busy, so I guess that explains that part. Friday My last post was… Continue reading Weekend, birthday, OFFICIAL NEW DRIVER, etc….
ETHAN IS 16 TODAY!!! What!!?!?! I know, it's the most cliche thing ever to say, but time please slow down.....😭 I feel like I can divide my kids' lives into "pre-covid" and "post-covid". It's probably just due to their ages when the pandemic hit (5th and 4th grades), but I felt like we entered the… Continue reading 0>6>16!
GRATEFUL KAE 