1. Asher's swim banquet was Tuesday night. This was SO well done!! I've talked about how lovely other end-of-season sports banquets have been, but this one was maybe even above and beyond. The food was great (donated from Texas Roadhouse- grilled chicken, BBQ pork, those yummy rolls w/ cinnamon butter, mac n cheese, salad, cookies...so… Continue reading Friday 5: banquet, eyes, and I Believe
The holiday season is flying by...December 6th already today! Not to once again defend my choice to "start early" in November, but I already feel like it just goes SO FAST. So, starting early feels like the only way I get a sufficient amount of Christmas coziness in my life. 🙂 1- In person work… Continue reading Friday 5: work, travel, dogs, laughs
(I have nothing spooky or freaky to share in this post, besides deciding to title it "Freaky Friday" because it's Friday the 13th. 😆) 1- IT'S BEEN A WEEK. Outside of work, it's actually been a nice week in many ways. 🟡 I went to both of Asher's VB games this week (Monday and Wednesday)… Continue reading Freaky Friday 5
1- Ethan's tennis banquet Last night we attended Ethan's end-of-season tennis banquet at school. It was at 5:30 p.m. and way across town (for me anyway, from home...). Ivan met us there from work. Ethan drove me, despite being essentially "rush hour" on the "busy/ scary interstate route" (which is actually just his normal route… Continue reading Friday 5: Misc
1. Daily Stoic I saved a little snip in Google Keep (my Second Brain... 😉 ) the other day from the Daily Stoic newsletter. It was titled "It's Cheap To Be Dead". The gist was that some people take penny pinching, frugality, "investing for the future" and "saving for retirement" to the extreme. And for… Continue reading Friday 5!
1. I am loving all of the "Yearly Round Up" posts that are starting to circulate. They are so fun to read and give me great ideas! Unfortunately, I have not had a chance to sit down and formulate any of my own thoughts on any of these yet. A few post ideas I've seen… Continue reading Friday 5: long-winded exercise update edition (and other misc)
I sometimes do the cute "Friday 5" posts, but definitely not always. Just depends on my mood. However, it seems like today EVERYBODY did a Friday 5, so, I am joining in. 🙂 1) I worked a flexed schedule today- 5:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. This sounds nice on the surface- done at 1:30! But… Continue reading Friday 5
Happy Friday. Whew, it's been a week. A couple unfortunately non-bloggable stressful things popped up, but hopefully we're on the downswing now. Here are 5 things on this Friday.... 1. Kid Updates This week on Wednesday Ethan's school had a full day Community Service event. They do this every year. The entire high school gets… Continue reading Friday 5: kid updates, parenting + tech webinar, 100 days to 2024?!
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
1- How Not to Parent It's the end of what I feel has been a very busy week. SO MUCH GOOD stuff happened, but I honestly feel a little overwhelmed. Being gone all last weekend and getting home at 8 pm Sunday night, then rolling right into a busy week with my birthday stuff, the… Continue reading Random Friday 3: How not to parent, a nice article, and a podcast
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