Yesterday was the first day of NaBloPoMo, or "National Blog Posting Month". San has all the details on her blog, but it's an annual thing in November where bloggers post everyday for 30 days. I have never participated in this, though I did post almost daily during my early blogging days in 2020. LOTS of… Continue reading Blog challenge + post length
Happy belated Halloween. Hope you all had a fun and spooky day! 🎃 We got our first snowfall yesterday morning. Here is Charlie licking it to find out what the heck this cold wet stuff is: And now, on to November! Wow. There is a big part of me that keeps thinking it is like,… Continue reading November!
You all know I am a fan of silly memes and basically anything that gets a laugh or smile out of me, randomly. I've accumulated a couple fun ones lately: #1: Made me laugh hysterically. I saw this one right after our especially busy summer, with multiple houseguests from all sides of the family. Our… Continue reading Fall and Friday Funnies
How is it Thursday already?! I feel like this week is flying by. As promised, I'm just checking in to see if my week has, indeed, resembled any semblance of normal, or not. I'd say.... sort of. Ha. Wins: 🔷 I have worked out 3 times!! Monday - shoulders/tris at the gym. Tuesday - 30… Continue reading As promised, checking in
Okay, this week marks the beginning of week 4 of owning a puppy. What?! Already? Since we got him, life has not felt "normal" at all. I mentioned in my post Saturday how most of my typical daily life activities like walking, reading, exercising, cooking.... have mostly all been fitting in a VERY scattered manner,… Continue reading New week…resume a semblance of normalcy?
First off, a huge THANK YOU to everyone for the birthday wishes!! I was especially touched by quite a few "lurker readers" (I call you that lovingly 😆) who came out of the shadows to leave me a comment! I read and responded to every single one. Thank you to all of you! I felt… Continue reading Happy…. chaos?
It has finally arrived today.... my big 4-0! I have been thinking about this for a while now, because I am a little bit younger than many/most of my friends. Ivan and my sister both also turned 40 a couple years ago now. In a way I think this has sort of helped "prepare" me… Continue reading 40!!! Some reflections.
Saturday, October 7th We again had a dreary, slightly rainy morning on Saturday. The forecast was showing just clouds, but there did seem to be intermittent rain showers, too. Saturday was our last full day, so we were hoping to get out and see a few more local sights. By mid-morning, after breakfast, tea and… Continue reading Fall U.P. Retreat- Days 3 and 4
Friday, October 6 We stayed up pretty late on Thursday watching a movie, so we slept in until almost 8 a.m. yesterday!! Glorious. The weather seemed a little iffy and we weren’t in any hurry, so it was a slow, relaxing morning. Made tea and puttered around and I baked some cinnamon rolls for breakfast.… Continue reading Fall U.P. Retreat- Day 2
Coming at you today from the beautiful Upper Peninsula in Michigan! Ethan and I are on our highly anticipated mother/son fall retreat, which I planned and booked back in June. As in, before I realized I would have a new puppy in our house this week...... ha. Oh well, what is life without a little… Continue reading Fall U.P. Retreat- Day 1
GRATEFUL KAE 