1) I was walking Charlie the other afternoon, on one of our surprise-spring-warm-days (not today which is absolutely frigid again). As I approached this one corner house, I saw 2 little boys playing in the front yard. Maybe... 4 and 6? 5 and 7? Somewhere in there. Anyway, it was such a nice day and… Continue reading Random…Thoughts from A Walk with Charlie
I have long known that a solid protein intake is very important for overall health, plays a crucial role in body composition, muscle growth and recovery, and much more. (Even before I read Peter Attia's Outlive, lol!) I first tracked my macros back in ~2014 for a few months, which was quite eye-opening and educational.… Continue reading Reincorporating more protein + my current sources!
Decluttering success I've (finally) made some decent recent progress in some house decluttering projects, after feeling very stalled out for a while there. Last fall I made a Google Keep label called "House - TO DO LIST", and then made a separate note for each area of our house. I literally went to each room… Continue reading Forward progress, slowly
We have been having some AMAZING weather this week. Warm- like mid 50s I think yesterday?!- and sunny. Asher asked if "spring was here" now. Oh. Um, no. I'd love to say yes, but I've lived here long enough to know not to be fooled by Mother Nature's trickery. It will snow again. I actually… Continue reading Thursday misc., running update
So, the verdict on the new fancy suit.... I would say...."very helpful but not magic, either". Asher had a great meet!! But that being said, it didn't seem like the suit was absolutely life-altering, either. Which, in fairness, I think we expected. I mean, it's still just a swimming suit, not a turbo-charged jet pack.… Continue reading Swim success (relative) and weekend
Just popping in to say Happy Saturday! Hope you're all having a nice start to the weekend. The big event around here is Asher's Regional swim meet. He's swimming both today and tomorrow, and our team is co-hosting, so I have to volunteer. FORTUNATELY, I am no longer the team's Volunteer Coordinator, so this weekend… Continue reading Happy Saturday
Since I was a guest on Best Laid Plans recently, I have had several requests to share visuals of my digital time logs/ journal pages that I referenced in the episode. Before I do this, I have to make sure to pause to give huge credit to Laura Vanderkam. I downloaded the original time tracker… Continue reading My digital time logs/ journal pages- with visuals!
I'm happy to report that my bad week has generally settled down. Things have still felt just a little crazy, but at least Charlie is finally doing better!! Charlie Update: So, I had mentioned he had chewed up a lamp cord last week, followed by a week of nighttime wakings with loose stools. (I did… Continue reading Sunday updates
I have not done a great job of keeping up with my goal of going back in time to recap/ "immortalize on the blog" our past trips. (For any new readers, I love writing up detailed trip recaps of our family travels. I started this in 2020, when I started the blog. It's my version… Continue reading Flashback Friday: BARCELONA!
Argh, today is not my day! This is not feeling like my week! I keep feeling "squished" (ie pressure, issues, things I have to do) from all sides and I'm annoyed. Sleep (p.s. sorry if this part is Too Much Information): A large portion of the problem is lack of sleep, I think. Charlie seemed… Continue reading Stop squishing me
GRATEFUL KAE 