Ivan had to go into work for a bit this morning and then stopped by his cousin's house to see his aunt and uncle (who are flying back to Mexico tomorrow), so I had most of the day to myself today. Indeed, as much as I love my husband, I also really love days to… Continue reading A quite lovely day, and I trialed a new grocery store time
I'm waiting for some potato and bacon soup I'm making to come to a simmer, so this will be quick. 🙂 I wanted to share a few ways I've been using ChatGPT lately! I've suddenly been leaning more into the voice-to-text feature (after never really using that feature before), and I have to say, it's… Continue reading 3 Ways I’ve Been Using ChatGPT Lately
I LOVE the month of October, and this October was no exception. I had a great birthday weekend, a fabulous fall couples trip to Lake Geneva, insanely perfect weather.... and also a lot of work stress, illness, hectic weeks and big emotions. I basically crawled to the finish line of October this past week. November… Continue reading New month, new energy! And tell me about your grocery shopping habits.
Writing this on my phone as I get a pedicure done. I fly out at 8 am tomorrow for my work conference in Clearwater Beach, Florida! I’m looking forward to it. I’m honestly looking forward to both the conference part (I think it will be interesting!), having a King sized, gulf front room all to… Continue reading Quick weekend check in and some thoughts on “going out” at almost 43…
We got Ethan's senior pictures back!! I of course am too antsy to share them to wait for the official downloads, so these are just some of the proofs. But I think they turned out so well! He's so handsome!! (in my humble opinion). Sorry for the overload, but it's way too hard to narrow… Continue reading Senior pic preview! And other misc. (volunteering at kid stuff + a fall recipe)
Time + expansion I've been pondering the concept of time perception this week. Specifically, Parkinson's law, "Work expands to fill available space". As in, the more time you have to complete something, the longer you will spend on it. I find this to be such a fascinating concept. I also really believe that it's true,… Continue reading Time perception/expansion and easing into fall vibes
I'm feeling a sense of relief today. The last ~month or so has been so busy at work. On top of other things, in the last week I had 2 big quarterly meetings that I am basically solely responsible for preparing and presenting at (the 2nd one was yesterday at 3 pm). There are like,… Continue reading This and that
Ugh, did not mean to take a weeklong blog break!! But over the long Labor Day weekend I just wasn't really in the mood and felt like people probably weren't reading blogs anyway. And then the rest of the week flew by and it just did not seem to fit in. I am sorry, blog… Continue reading Catching up + a FIASCO + MESSI!
We ended up having something every night this week. Monday- swim board meeting Tuesday- went to see The Odyssey basically right after work Wednesday- our 19th anniversary! We had early dinner reservations at 5:30 and I had a meeting until 5.... Thursday- Ethan's soccer game in Verona at 7 pm (35 min away), picked up… Continue reading A quick Friday post
Meal planning has long not been a strength of mine. I recently mentioned, when I was on SHU's podcast Best Laid Plans (just realized I NEVER SHARED ABOUT THIS! Whoops! Sarah and I recorded a mid-year goals check-in episode when I visited her in July; link here), that I wanted to streamline our meal planning.… Continue reading Project Routine Optimization #3: Meal Planning!
