Hello from Atlanta! Family Mexico Trip 2022 is officially underway. So far, so good. Flight from Milwaukee left a little after 11 a.m. I made the boys take their obligatory “start of vacation pic” as we left home and drove to Milwaukee: We stopped by my parent’s house quick, picked up my Dad and then… Continue reading On our way/ kids leading travel/ Mexico safety
I feel mildly discombobulated right now. A) It's Monday.B) It's a rainy day.C) 24 hours from now, we'll be on the way to the airport.D) I'm kind of packed, but not really.E) I have two meetings today, one right at the end of the day.F) I want to get a spray tan tonight before we… Continue reading Weekend/ Pre-vacation mood
1. Vacation Thoughts I saw a post in a local Facebook group about our high school sports teams starting up practice this week. (So, very early in August.) This made me pause... We typically like to plan our bigger family trips in August, because it is normally our "free month". Asher's pretty intensive swim season… Continue reading 2 Random Things on a Friday: a shrinking vacation window and social media
Our 1-child week marches on.... again, it's been an oddly nice little break having Asher away! haha. I feel bad saying that - I miss him, too. I really do. He's often my more "snuggly" kid who will randomly come and hug me, or that sort of thing. But time with just the 14-year-old this… Continue reading A week with only 1 kid and old vans
I wrote a post back in May all about my recent skincare woes. The short version is: I have been struggling with acne and melasma pretty badly for the past few years. Despite trying what felt like countless different things (and lots of $$$ products from a MedSpa place), nothing seemed to work. I was… Continue reading Skincare- update
This past weekend was pretty great. I've talked, ad nauseam, about how busy we've been lately. We finally weren't busy this weekend!!! Asher left Friday morning to go up north with a few friends, to celebrate his friend's birthday at their lake house. So, we had a wide open weekend with just Ethan home. This… Continue reading Life lately
Monday, March 21 (continued) St. Peter's Square Continuing into St. Peter's Square.... Vatican City is actually surrounded by a big, stone wall that encircles it. We had a moment of excitement as we passed under the arches and stepped into the square, when you really get your first sweeping view of it all. We paused… Continue reading Day 10: Arrival to Rome (Part 2)- St. Peter’s Basilica, Piazza Navona and Campo de’Fiori
Monday, March 21 Picking back up! The end portion of our trip was like the icing on the cake, so I absolutely cannot leave it out. (If you haven't seen the rest of my Ireland/Italy trip recaps, check out March 2022 in my Travel Page for days 1-9!) Dublin Airport Monday morning we were up… Continue reading Day 10: Arrival to Rome!! (Part 1)
According to my records 🤓, I haven't been to the gym since July 11. ARGH. I am feeling this familiar frustration, where I want to do things, but "can't"/ "am not making time"/ "life schedule has been way too wonky for consistency". We left for San Diego on July 14, got home late on Sunday… Continue reading Temporary(?) workout plan/ gym fail
Not sure why I sometimes find it oddly therapeutic to share my to-do list with the world, but, I do. 🙂 With our Mexico trip coming up relatively soon, I'm feeling a little pressure to make sure I have my back-to-school ducks in a row before we go. When we get back, it will be… Continue reading To do list & Mexico planning
GRATEFUL KAE 