First, a very big Happy Father's Day to all the Dads! Here's a picture I like a lot of me and my Dad, taken on the roof of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, TN back in March: Love my Dad so much!!! ❤❤❤❤❤ And here's one of my very favorite pics of Ivan with the… Continue reading Father’s Day and other happenings
UGH, I am feeling a little overwhelmed right now. I hate saying that, because honestly, my life is really not that difficult (at ALL) compared to so many others'. Still, I have had a definite feeling of some "overwhelm" going on for a while now. I think I generally handle busy-ness fine, maybe better than… Continue reading Some overwhelm
Duck families...so fun to watch We're almost a 2 solid weeks in to summer break now. Inevitably, I feel like we always go through a slightly bumpy transition period when we shift from school to break or back again. Maybe this is my "fault", for lack of planning or foresight...I'm not sure. I mean, we… Continue reading Getting in a groove/ summer schedule
Hello and happy Wednesday! It's been a while. These last days have been FULL but fun. Asher and I left around 2 pm Friday afternoon for a 3 day swim meet ~1 1/2 hours away (but near my parents' house). He swam right away Friday evening, so we went straight to the pool. We got… Continue reading Whew, I’m back
My #1 impression so far, after using probably 99% less social media this week than I have any week in the past 10+ years: The old adage is true. "If you don't use it, you lose it." (Lose it= the desire to use it.) I am quite honestly SHOCKED at how I feel about this… Continue reading Social Media Break
1. Something I'm happy about/ proud of: Asher decided to give open water swimming another try! He did a 1.2 mile lake swim race last summer, which he was really nervous about it but did it. This season, his swim team has some lake practices and a couple open water events on the calendar, but… Continue reading 3 Things Thursday
The other day I received this great little story in 5 am Joel's daily email*: There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys. How’s the water?”And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and… Continue reading Wisdom Wednesday & “This is Water”
The problem: I've wrestled for a long time (-years-) with my phone feeling like a distraction. In general, but especially during working hours. I tend to time block my best, "deep work" blocks (usually 1 hour blocks), and I hate getting interrupted during them. That's when I put my head down and really just WORK.… Continue reading A phone use hack- Do Not Disturb mode
Woke up feeling a little bit exhausted again this morning! What the heck?! Not quite this bad, but it still felt like a lot was fit into the weekend. It was SUPER HOT again, so maybe that's actually what has me feeling drained. đź”· Last Day of School pic! 5th and 6th grades are in… Continue reading 1st Summer Weekend Highlights
WE MADE IT. It's the last day of school, and we have officially survived the most wacky school year ever. The boys aren't up yet and I don't have any "last day of school pics" yet, so here is a throwback to their 1st day: 1st day of 6th and 5th grade Talk about a… Continue reading Last day of school: covid year & summer plans
GRATEFUL KAE 