I will not beat around the bush here: WE GOT A PUPPY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! O.M.G.!!!!!!!!!!! Ivan surprised me with this adorable little guy on Saturday- an early 40th birthday present. (My 40th is coming up on October 17th.) I was shocked. Like, SHOCKED shocked. SHOCKED!!!! Here's the story........ Ivan had told me he had to "run a… Continue reading The surprise of my life
Eek, the week is flying by here. Life: Ivan's mom left Sunday to fly back to Mexico, but then my parents arrived Monday afternoon. Kind of "unfortunately", because our house has just been so full of people and chaos that we could really probably use some guest-free time! But also "fortunately", because they came so… Continue reading Thursday misc.: life, remodel, fashion, mental load….
The Packer game kicks off in 20 minutes, so I don't have much time. Just jumping on to say hola and give a quick weekend update. The weather has been BEAUTIFUL. Just beautiful. Well, yesterday and today, anyway. Friday night Ethan had a 4:30 p.m. soccer game and it was overcast and spitting a few… Continue reading A “it’s really feeling like fall now” weekend update
Happy Friday. Whew, it's been a week. A couple unfortunately non-bloggable stressful things popped up, but hopefully we're on the downswing now. Here are 5 things on this Friday.... 1. Kid Updates This week on Wednesday Ethan's school had a full day Community Service event. They do this every year. The entire high school gets… Continue reading Friday 5: kid updates, parenting + tech webinar, 100 days to 2024?!
Fall beginnings... After an exceptionally dry/sunny summer, we are having some rain today. The whole vibe is "gloomy fall" and I'm kinda loving it. I went for my 7 a.m. walk in the rain (not so heavy I needed an umbrella, but I definitely needed a rain jacket): I haven't done any of my usual… Continue reading Rainy fall-ish day + improving B/L options
(Actually, backing up beyond the weekend to Thursday, which was the last day I posted.) Updates Asher: We're now firmly settled into September. Although he started much later than Ethan, Asher's school year is officially in that "underway" feel now (i.e. no longer feels like the "first week"). Seems like all is going well at… Continue reading Weekend updates
Last night Asher and I volunteered for an event benefiting his swim team from 6:30- 8:15. Once a year, a locally based/ now-chain Wisconsin fan-favorite restaurant called Culver's does a benefit night for his team, where a % of the proceeds go to the team. As such, they ask for some team volunteers to "help… Continue reading More volunteering (but the okay kind) + a kids/tech webinar
On the Girl Next Door podcast episode about "middle age and aging" that I shared recently (sharing again here), they talked a little about things they'd like to do more of as they age. I think one of them said they'd either like to learn to play the piano, or play more of it (I… Continue reading What would I do with more time?
Gosh, I didn't mean to go 6 days without posting, but apparently I did. Well, it's not that surprising, because my life continues to feel a bit like a tilt-a-whirl over here... Backing up to the weekend: So what I wanted to do this weekend looked about like this: I did not, however, curl up… Continue reading Catching up/ a Sept. weekend
Two things today: #1. AN IMPORTANT PSA to any blog readers of Elisabeth Frost!!! I got a text from Elisabeth yesterday saying that it seems her blog has accidentally been possibly permanently deleted!!! There was some sort of accidental server deactivation which apparently deleted her site.... and all of her amazing content!! This is so… Continue reading An important PSA and 2 quotes
GRATEFUL KAE 