Mental hurdle: a busy gym I love our local gym, but guess what? So do a lot of other people. And this makes me happy, because it's locally owned by a couple (and the owners are super nice), AND our gym provides an AMAZING place for teens and pre-teens to hang out somewhere safe and… Continue reading Overcoming a mental hurdle, books + a meal plan!
As promised, I'm back with my 2023 Goals Idea List. I'm calling it that instead of a firm "Goals List", because I wouldn't say these are like, hard goals exactly. It's more of a.... brainstorm list, honestly. Which probably is not the right way to approach goal setting, but oh well. I basically just sat… Continue reading 2023 Goals Idea List
If one of your goals for this year is to decrease mindless phone/ tech use, check out this article from Techno Sapiens! She shares a bunch of great ideas for ways to cut back on your screen time. Even though I haven't included cutting screen time as a major goal for my year (those are… Continue reading Tech Use/ Screen Time Widget + early 2023
Happy New Year! It's the first Monday of the new year. New year energy, new month energy, new week energy! I am an absolute sucker for the "fresh start" vibe the new year brings. I know, I know.... statistically speaking, over 80% of people who make New Year's resolutions fail. Apparently 23% of people quit… Continue reading First Monday of 2023!!
Borrowing this from Lisa..... 1) What did you do in 2022 that you'd never done before? Traveled to Europe with my kids! Also went to two professional sporting events in Chicago (first time at pro soccer games). 2) Did anyone close to you give birth? Not that I can think of! 3) Did anyone close… Continue reading 2022 Survey
Gosh, this week was supposed to be kind of a "down" week after our holiday festivities, but as usual, it's managed to still feel rather full! It's been a nice week, just maybe not as super low key as I thought it might be. Still haven't sorted my Christmas pictures, either! So stay tuned for… Continue reading This week
Hello! I hope everyone had a great Christmas. I definitely did!! It was so nice. I'll write a little Christmas recap this week, but I don't have time this morning. Asher is at early swim practice and I don't have that long before I need to go pick him up. Just a few thoughts on… Continue reading Post-holiday state/ re-grouping
Merry Christmas Eve!! Just popping in to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas- whatever that looks like for you. I was thinking this morning, as I brushed my teeth.... isn't it funny how "everyone" seems to do so many of the same things around the holidays, yet at the same time, we all do them… Continue reading Holidays: the same, but different
Happy Christmas Eve Eve. We are just about to what I consider "the good part". Meaning, the part where all the "work" is over, and we can just hopefully relax and enjoy the fruits of our labor. As I mentioned, my maybe favorite part of the season is actually early December. But the 24 through… Continue reading Getting close to the good part
2 days until Christmas Eve! I'm just about ready. I actually glanced back through my journal from last year on this day, and I can see I was way behind on wrapping gifts last year, to the point that I apparently spent much of Christmas Eve frantically wrapping stuff. Thankfully, that is not the case… Continue reading Almost ready + 2022 Christmas card!
GRATEFUL KAE 