We got our first significant snowfall of the season yesterday. It started just as the morning commute time was starting- around ~7:30 a.m. It snowed heavily for most of the day, finally wrapping up by early evening. Unfortunately for the boys, school was ON, as the worst of it really happened during the time they… Continue reading A snow day in photos
1. I am feeling pretty good about my progress on my "Christmas To Do List"! I am especially happy that I think we're in solid shape on gift buying- I think better than we have been on December 9th in past years. I'd say we're almost done with the boys, minus maybe a couple of… Continue reading Friday 5: Christmas to-dos, time blocking and meals
I've mentioned that my current workout "plan" (in air quotes because it was quite hit or miss in November on how much I followed "the plan") is from EmPowered Fitness and basically looks like this: Day 1: Legs Day 2: Chest/Shoulders/Triceps/Abs + 20 minutes cardio Day 3: Back and Biceps + 20 minutes cardio Day… Continue reading Adding more CARDIO + facing personal truths
Yesterday around 4 pm Ethan was practicing the piano. Our piano is in our basement rec room, just outside my office. I was still working and was planning to work until around 5:00. Ethan was busy later in the evening though, so he had to fit his piano practice in then while I was down… Continue reading Amid the chaos/ a funny story
It's Advent calendar season. As you probably are too, I am seeing a lot of things about advent calendars and advent season around right now. It's a lovely tradition. I especially love the idea of doing something special every day leading up to Christmas, not just the "open a door and get a candy" variety.… Continue reading Advent calendar season + St. Nick
Asher is off in Iowa, as mentioned previously. My weekend started Friday afternoon with helping to get him packed up and to the high school to leave by 4 p.m. It was a group of I think around 34 kids: 30 teenaged girls and 4 boys. Haha. Poor boys! They are very outnumbered. (It's high… Continue reading Weekend so far, holiday parties + wondering something….
Well, it's happened. We are officially a household of "teenagers", and only teenagers. Asher turned 13 today!!! I've been referring to the boys as "teens" for a while now, since Ethan is in fact 14 at this point. But since Asher was only 12 until today, I would often say things like, "Yeah, I have… Continue reading Officially a teenage household
Okay, feeling more human today. I think just being over the middle of the week hump helps some, and knowing that today (Thursday) I don't have any big meetings or appointments on my calendar feels really refreshing. Having a generally "open" day has become one of my favorite things. haha. I can just focus on… Continue reading Just what I needed (and, didn’t)
My body feels tight, my back kind of hurts and I have a dull headache today. I'm 99% sure it's just.... "stress". I hate saying that, because I can't help but feel that sounds pathetic. What on earth do I have to actually be stressed about?? Wrapping Asher's birthday presents? Not having time to go… Continue reading So many things
November is almost over, which means my goal of adding a specific habit for the month of November is almost over, too. If you recall, I talked about this idea in this post. I have really enjoyed focusing on just ONE THING for a month. I chose to start with "adding" a good habit (versus… Continue reading Update on my adding/subtracting habit plan + some fitness “advice”
GRATEFUL KAE 