Easter Sunday was very "just okay" for me yesterday. I mean, it was nice and all. But I just came away from it feeling pretty "meh" about it all. Maybe I was just in a bit of a down mood, I don't know. For context, Easter is my least favorite holiday. (Besides the religious aspect,… Continue reading A very “just okay” Easter + some mom guilt
Today is Good Friday, and Easter weekend is upon us. I feel like I should have some kind of profound post prepared to honor the important significance of this day in my religion (Christianity), but, I do not. I've got nothin'. I'm sorry. But at the same time, I feel like when it comes to… Continue reading I’ve got nothin’
*Picking back up on some trip recaps! See Days 1-4 in my Travel link on my site's homepage menu. Wednesday, March 16 The plan for Wednesday was to do a "Galway day". Galway is a very cute, very popular city in western Ireland, which is about 1 1/2 hours south from my sister's house. It… Continue reading Day 5- Galway, Ireland: Part 1
In the front of my Wonderland 222 planner there is this "Yearly" page, with little boxes for each day of the year. The whole year is spelled out over just 2 pages. These boxes don't leave a lot of room for writing, but I've developed a little code system that allows me to track a… Continue reading Mood tracking
Yesterday I sorted through and cleaned out my April 2020 photo folder. As you all would know, April 2020 was when most of the world was on pretty tight lockdown mode. In the U.S., in our region, this was the strictest, most extreme lockdown period we ever had, I'd say. Literally everything was closed and/… Continue reading A few laughs + pandemic memories
Yesterday: Biggest accomplishment= I did our taxes!!! On April 10th. Plenty of time in advance...a whole 8 days to go til the deadline. 😆 We actually intentionally decided to do them "late" this year/ after our trip. It was just too busy in February with all my volunteer work stuff + trip planning, etc.... so… Continue reading Sunday list + Meal plan
Last weekend, our first full weekend home, was pretty busy. Multiple volleyball games, soccer tournament, etc. So, I've been looking forward to this weekend, because we had literally zero plans on the schedule. (And looking ahead, most of the next weekends for....hmmm....eternity, don't look nearly this open.) Last night Ivan and I went out for… Continue reading Looking like a good day
Yesterday I listened to a podcast episode from the Friends on FIRE podcast. (I don't often listen to this podcast, but I guess I follow them on Instagram, b/c I saw a post there that intrigued me.) It's a financial podcast, geared toward the FIRE movement. (Also, disclaimer- we are not "FIRE movement" people, so… Continue reading Retiring at 41?
WORK: Work has been a bit intense lately. The long vacation break was very restorative for me, but I returned to sort of a chaotic scene. I mentioned before that I'm newly responsible for covering a bunch of tasks for someone who recently left. All in all, it's going okay, but you know how it… Continue reading Today’s thoughts: Work + Health
In March, I finally finished Cal Newport's So Good They Can't Ignore You. I am a big Cal fan, so I was really excited for this one. Unfortunately, I don't think it was my favorite. It was okay- and I think the big, general takeaways have stuck with me. It definitely made me think differently… Continue reading Recent books/ with kids
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