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!
When I posted last time, it was Wednesday and I still felt rather frazzled. I'm happy to report that things finally feel like they're settling down. We had a busy but overall nice week. Like I mentioned, we attended a Senior Parent Meeting on Wednesday at Ethan's school. Of course, LOTS of "college application" talk… Continue reading Settling down
I just sat here and pondered what I wanted to title this post I'm about to write. At first I thought "exhale", as in, I'm finally able to exhale. But I don't quite yet feel that I'm exhaling. "Brain dump" isn't right either. "Catch up" or "Lately" feels a little too benign or relaxed for… Continue reading Whew
We've been home a week already so I know this is old news, but for the sake of posterity, I need to finish up the end of our trip. 🙂 Friday was our last full day. The original plan had been to drive out to St. Andrews State Park and spend the morning there (per… Continue reading Final Beach Report #4: Friday and travel home
I still have 1 more Florida recap to write, but haven't had a chance. I wanted to pop in and say hi and give a little update though. Re-entry In terms of post vacation re-entry, this was one of our best yet! We were away for a total of 9 nights and got home Sunday… Continue reading Touching base!
Hello! Things have been a little crazy hence the radio silence on the blog. 🙂 This summer has been full of so many great and fun things and ALSO has been a lot! big family vacation several weekends and days full of helping my parents move/ move-related activities a spontaneous (amazing!) long weekend to see… Continue reading Catch up + household calamity edition
June!! Is long over now. As you can see by the (many) pics I selected above, the main focus of June was our trip to Zion National Park + Las Vegas. (See all the recaps here.) However, we were home for the whole beginning of the month. The focus of that half was Sectionals and… Continue reading June 2026 Recap
GRATEFUL KAE 