1. Daily Stoic I saved a little snip in Google Keep (my Second Brain... 😉 ) the other day from the Daily Stoic newsletter. It was titled "It's Cheap To Be Dead". The gist was that some people take penny pinching, frugality, "investing for the future" and "saving for retirement" to the extreme. And for… Continue reading Friday 5!
Sorry for the radio silence over here... not sure where the last ~5 days went! My parents came to town Friday night (and are actually still here as we speak). We hadn't seen them since early December, which, as any faithful readers know, is a LONG time for me to go without seeing my parents.… Continue reading A belated 2023 Christmas celebration…finally feels like the new year
A general focus for me so far in 2024 has been to work on FIXING and SIMPLIFYING things that are persistent problems. I've had this nagging feeling for a long time now that many things in my life are mildly "out of sorts". Some areas just need a good declutter, yes. But others are minor issues… Continue reading Fixing/ simplifying things + a little Second Brain talk
Last night Asher and I attended a Course Expo at the high school to learn about the various course offerings. His course selections for high school next year are due tomorrow already! It's hard for me to wrap my brain around the fact that I will have two kids in high school next year. WHAT?! Asher… Continue reading High school x2?!
Ohhhh I want this weekend to just keep going on!!! I liked this weekend so much. Friday was the big snow day, so although I worked, it had a "let's all just hunker down" feel. Then no work or school for any of us Saturday, Sunday OR today! (MLK Jr. Day Holiday) I feel like… Continue reading A perfect week and can the long weekend please continue?
Father Winter sure stopped by this week around here. I don't know the exact totals, but something in the 8 inch range on Tuesday, and yesterday into today we got hammered with another ~12 inches. I envision a wintery, mythical creature like this waving a snow wand over Wiconsin: I've been generally feeling it! Yes,… Continue reading Snowy snowy Saturday…
I shared my fitness goals the other day, which are going well so far EXCEPT for one thing. My "do morning workouts" goal was based on the idea that it is the one time slot in the day that I can generally always count on. Everyone else is sleeping, there's no soccer practice then, etc.… Continue reading (Attempted) morning derailment….
This title perhaps sounds grander than it really is, because I don't have any crazy big goals for 2024. (I mean, I'm not trying to qualify for the Boston marathon like someone I know is! 😉 SO excited for her on this, by the way!) My fitness main goals are: 1. Keep strength training regularly.… Continue reading Fitness goals for 2024 and new strength program
Whew, we're home!! As alluded to in my last post, we did not actually make it home Friday night as planned. Womp womp. As soon as we landed in Guadalajara, Ivan pulled up the Aeromexico airline app, checked our next flight and it said... "In the air". So much for that. It was already after… Continue reading Home, Charlie reunion, setting 2024 intentions…
Wednesday, January 3rd Two days left on our trip! Wednesday was another pretty chill day, which worked out well since on Tuesday we did the volcano hike + spent the whole evening out at Ivan’s sister’s house. Ironically, not even 12 hours after we left her house, she went into labor! So by 8 a.m.… Continue reading Final days and homeward bound!
GRATEFUL KAE 