I had the fleeting thought yesterday, while looking around my decorated house, of, "Awww, the Christmas season here at home is basically over now!" CHRISTMAS is obviously not over yet, but we leave for Ireland tonight (!) and return after Christmas. We will certainly leave our decorations up for a while- always through New Year's… Continue reading A pre-holiday gratitude list
I'm officially on my little "Christmas break!" YAY! It's nothing too much, really. Well, 5 days, I guess. I'm off today through the 25th. I just work Thursday and Friday next week. The following week I have off Monday the 30th and January 1st, so I only work 3 days that week (and NYE will… Continue reading Snowy Saturday before Christmas + goals contemplation
A quick mini-rant about gift buying: I have heard recently in multiple places about people who have "carved out a couple hours and sat down to buy all their gifts", most recently on The Lazy Genius podcast yesterday. Just go on and get that pesky little task checked right off the list! This idea sounds....… Continue reading Gift buying mini-rant and other recent misc.
I’ll drop a few pics of my Christmas decorations I put up today! A stuffed animal I’ve had since I was 3! Santa brought it to me the Christmas we spent at a hotel in Oshkosh because my grandma was passing away that week. (I think he used to have a little sweater- not sure… Continue reading Instead of skipping today…
I finally cleaned my office yesterday. I aim to do this monthly, but it gets away from me sometimes. It's not a large chore, but you know how it goes. It's important, though, because as things pile up and it literally starts to get dusty, I obviously just don't feel my most centered and professional!… Continue reading It’s Christmas in my office + idea request
I hope everyone had a nice Christmas! Just like that, it’s the 26th already. Wow. We had a good day, albeit drastically different than any other Christmas in my life! The boys were mildly grumbly about the fact that it “didn’t feel like Christmas”. They didn’t not enjoy the day or anything, but they said… Continue reading Christmas Day + Coyoacán
Hola from Mexico; we made it! Travel to Chicago Even though I had mostly already packed in advance, I was grateful to have most of the day Saturday to get ready to go. Not sure where so many loose ends always come from, but I seemed to stay busy with misc stuff. We left home… Continue reading Travel + Christmas Eve in Mexico
Final Christmas prep, or lack thereof I'm mostly about as done with Christmas as I'm gonna be this year, for now. Well, almost. My Christmas cards still need to be addressed, but they are here and ready and I have stamps. It is actually sort of nice that some of the pressure is "off", in… Continue reading Wrapping things up… and something I’ll miss
I got our tree up on Saturday, and we decorated it Sunday night. The boys and I did it- Ivan had an indoor soccer game at 7. (Traditionally the tree decorating has been a “me + the boys” thing. I am not entirely sure why. Occasionally Ivan is there for it, but for some reason… Continue reading Christmas Tree 2023
Halloween is over, so Christmas is somehow on the horizon already. First order of business.... take down my Halloween stuff. Which is all definitely still up, including the orange outdoor lights. Eh, what's the rush. But I am feeling a small sense of urgency to get a move on in the Christmas department, because we… Continue reading Christmas ponderings
GRATEFUL KAE 